In the era of AI, data is the fuel that drives innovation and progress. It powers the algorithms that drive our businesses, our economies, and our daily lives. As we generate and consume more data than ever before, it is crucial that we take the necessary steps to secure it. Failing to do so can have consequences, from data breaches and identity theft to the loss of trust and reputation. To run responsible analytics and business processes, organizations are looking for ways to seamlessly secure data across the entire lifecycle, from creation to consumption. Only then can we unlock its full potential and activate the data effectively.
Microsoft Purview, as we revealed at Ignite in November 2023, simplifies the process of getting insight into data locations from a new consolidated portal, including sensitive data from Microsoft 365, Microsoft Fabric, Azure, AWS, and other cloud environments. It provides a single data scanning and classification engine that can apply across both structured and unstructured data sources.
Today, we are excited to share some of the next steps in our journey to secure your data estate. In this blog, we will unpack how we are enabling customers to:
- Apply built-in data security controls in Microsoft Fabric.
- Establish uniform protection policies across multiple data sources.
- Enhance user risk signals in Insider Risk Management.
Apply built-in data security controls in Microsoft Fabric
Security admins can apply sensitivity labels in Microsoft Purview Information Protection to Microsoft Fabric workloads. This will allow users to manually label Fabric items with their sensitivity level, and the label will flow to and from these items based on the policies set by administrators. All label settings will be respected consistently. Moreover, Purview Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies will also work for Microsoft Fabric. This will help security teams automatically detect when Fabric workspaces contain sensitive data based on sensitive information types or sensitivity labels and take actions such as blocking sharing.
Figure 1: Extending data loss prevention policies to Microsoft Fabric workspaces.
Read the full post here: Seamlessly secure your data estate with Microsoft Purview