New Blog Post | MSFT Purv. Info Protection now includes enhanced sec. for detection of credentials

Microsoft Purview Information Protection now includes enhanced security for detection of credentials - Microsoft Tech Community

 

Hybrid work environments have introduced new vulnerable access points to organizations’ data and credentials, requiring improvements in credential security to help prevent the risk of cyber-attacks. In addition, the associated costs of security incidents that involve remote work are over $1 million more expensive on average than incidents that don’t involve remote work.¹ Sixty-one percent of data breaches involve credentials, making them the most compromised data type in breaches.² Cyber attackers often leverage compromised credentials to access personal data like medical history and banking information, which they can later sell on the “dark web.”

 

At Microsoft, our goal is to provide a built-in, intelligent, unified, and extensible solution to protect sensitive data across your digital estate – in Microsoft 365 cloud services, on-premises, third-party SaaS applications, and more. With Microsoft Purview Information Protection, we are building a unified set of capabilities for data classification, labeling, and protection not only in Office Apps, but also in other popular productivity services where information resides (e.g., SharePoint Online, Exchange Online, and Microsoft Teams), as well as endpoint devices.