Strengthening data protection in the modern workplace with Microsoft Purview Information Protection
In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, the protection of sensitive organizational data is critical, especially given the accelerated adoption of AI technology. However, only 22% of organizations feel extremely confident in their ability to keep data secure as they adopt generative AI technologies [1]. Simultaneously, data security teams are tasked with protecting organizationaldata across a growing set of access points as employees work from a variety of different devices, browsers, and locations. Microsoft Purview Information Protection continues to invest in comprehensive protections to safeguard data across modern data estates – including those that have enabled generative AI for their workforce. In this blog, we’ll share notable classification improvements and additions to Information Protection that can help your organization protect sensitive data wherever it lives or travels, extend support for protected documents wherever work happens, and strengthen protections for mission-critical documents. Protecting sensitive data wherever it lives or travels across the modern data estate Today, we are excited to announce enhanced labeling and document protections for Office files and PDFs in SharePoint for customers with E5 and SharePoint Advanced Management licenses. Previously, SharePoint site owners could apply default sensitivity labels to newly added or created files in a document library. Now, site owners can easily extend sensitivity labels to all documents at rest in a library and protect them through the label if they are downloaded, moved, or copied from SharePoint. This two-fold enhancement, now in public preview, not only streamlines labeling for all currently-unlabeled and unprotected documents at rest but also ensures that protections travel with the documents if they leave the original SharePoint site. After selecting the option to “Extend protections on unencrypted files when they’re downloaded, copied, or moved" in the library settings, site owners will now see the specified label applied to all previously-unlabeled files or files with labels that were not configured to apply encryption. These labels also extend to files that are synchronized with OneDrive. Based on the label’s user-defined permissions, only those who have access rights to the online copy of the file can decrypt and access the file when downloaded. If a user's permissions to the original SharePoint library are revoked, their access to any documents within that library – even when downloaded locally – are also revoked. This keeps documents protected as they leave SharePoint, such as for collaboration purposes or due to attempted exfiltration. This feature is also supported by the Information Protection SDK. It is worth noting that this capability only supports labels with user-defined permissions at this time. Additional labeling & SDK improvements in Microsoft Purview Information Protection In addition to the enhanced labeling capability for SharePoint document libraries detailed above, we are pleased to share improvements to our auto labeling capacity for OneDrive and SharePoint. Purview Information Protection now supports auto-labeling of up to 100k files per day, up from the previous 25k file limit. This improvement is generally available. Additionally, auto-labeling simulation mode now features the ability to view the sensitivity label currently applied to a file, and the ability to filter based on label. These improvements to auto-labeling simulation mode will become available in public preview in the coming weeks. Learn more about auto-labeling simulation mode here. Extending label-based protections to Teams, Copilot Studio, and Fabric To further enable consistent, streamlined sensitivity labeling of your important business data, we are announcing label inheritance for Teams meetings based on the sensitivity of files shared in the meeting in public preview. This capability, which will be available in the coming weeks, facilitates secure collaboration across your organization by ensuring that if labeled files are referenced in a Teams meeting, the highest sensitivity label will be applied holistically to the meeting, its artifacts, and the files that were shared within. For example, if a Teams meeting is initiated with a “General” sensitivity label, and a collaborator in the meeting shares a document labeled “Highly Confidential” in the meeting chat, the label of the meeting will be upgraded to “Highly Confidential.” Microsoft Purview is also supporting ways to protect sensitive data in custom AI applications built through Copilot Studio. In May, we announced that developers using Copilot Studio can turn on the Purview integration to extend our best-of-suite data security controls to their custom apps – this includes the ability to limit access to sensitive data to only authorized users, and for AI-generated outputs to inherit and cite the sensitivity label of referenced files. To learn more about new Purview data security & governance controls for apps built in Copilot Studio, visit the blog. Last month, weannounced that we were extending the ability to apply labels and restrict access to content based on sensitivity label to Fabric data, helping admins discover, classify, and protect sensitive information. With this expanded sensitivity label support, admins could use sensitivity labels to manage who has access to Fabric items. For example, a security admin could restrict access to data items with a “financial data” sensitivity label to users except for those in the finance department. These data protection and auto labeling policies are now available in public preview for Fabric, Azure SQL, and Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS), ensuring that your business-critical data is protected even beyond Microsoft 365. In the spirit of expanding Information Protection support across services and platforms, we’re also happy to share that the Information Protection SDK on .NET is now generally available on all supported Ubuntu LTS versions. Extending support for protected documents wherever work happens With the goal of securing sensitive data without hindering user productivity, we’d like to share three additional enhancements to Information Protection that make it easier for users to access protected documents: Broader support for protected PDFs on mobile devices: We recognize that in today’s digital world, work doesn’t just happen on a corporate desktop – employees can access organizational data from anywhere in the world, on a broad variety of devices. To better enable secure access to this data, we are excited to share expanded support for documents encrypted and protected by Information Protection on mobile devices: 1-click support on Outlook mobile application: Now generally available on iOS and Android. In the Outlook app, we are also making it easier for authorized users to decrypt and view protected PDFs with just one click, without the need for additional tools or steps. OneDrive mobile application: Now generally available on iOS and in coming weeks on Android. Microsoft 365 mobile application: Now generally available on iOS and Android. Broader support for protected PDFs on web: As the global workforce spends more of its time working directly in browsers, we must also expand our support for protected documents on the web. We're happy to share that starting today, OneDrive and SharePoint Online users can now view protected PDFs directly from any browser – including Chrome, Firefox, and Safari – without the need to switch to desktop applications for rendering and decryption. This makes it easier for users to access and consume protected PDFs without disruption. These improvements augment support for Information Protection-defined usage rights restrictions that already exist in the Microsoft Edge browser, such as screen capture restrictions on Office files. Strengthening document protections with dynamic watermarking Earlier this year, weannounced dynamic watermarking in preview, which equips information protection admins with more robust document protections through sensitivity labels. This capability is available in public preview for all Information Protection customers with Information Protection Plan 2 (included in E5). When an admin enables the dynamic watermarking setting for a protected sensitivity label, files with that sensitivity label will render with dynamic watermarks when opened in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. This deters collaborators or users who have access to the document from sharing its contents broadly, preventing sensitive data leakage and enabling easier attribution of leaks. Noteworthy classification updates to optical character recognition and named entity SITs Optical character recognition (OCR) enables Microsoft Purview to scan images for sensitive information. Examples include screenshots of sensitive documents, scanned forms, and pictures of proprietary data like Personal IDs or credit cards. OCR is billed to customers based on the number of images scanned In September of this year, we announced the availability of the OCR Cost estimator in public preview. The OCR cost estimator minimizes uncertainty due to lack of visibility or predictability into the total images you may incur costs for. It also breaks down a clear estimate by location for Exchange, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, and endpoints. Once you select “Try for free,” you will have 30 days to run estimates through the OCR cost estimator and configure settings based on the needs and budget of your organization. It can be run without setting up an Azure subscription, making it accessible to all organizations. We are also delighted to announce a significant expansion innamed entity sensitive information types (SITs). Named entity SITs play a crucial role in identifying and protecting sensitive data within documents such as person names, physical addresses, and health-related data. This is essential for ensuring compliance with various regulations and safeguarding privacy even across geographic regions. Recent improvements include: Expanded support for the detection of disease names to 26 additional languages. This enhancement enables more comprehensive protection of health-related information across a broader range of linguistic contexts. Expanded support for physical address detections to 7 additional countries: China, South Korea, Taiwan, Greenland, Russia, Ukraine, and South Africa. Get started You can try Microsoft Purview Information Protection and other Microsoft Purview solutions directly in the Microsoft Purview compliance portal with a free trial! Interactive guide:aka.ms/InfoProtectionInteractiveGuide Mechanics videoon how to automatically classify and protect documents and data Mechanics videoon AI-powered data classification And, lastly, join the Microsoft Purview DLP Customer Connection Program (CCP) to get information and access to upcoming capabilities in private previews in Microsoft Purview Information Protection. An active NDA is required. Click here to join. We look forward to your feedback. [1]2024 Data Security Index Report | Microsoft SecurityStrengthen your data security posture in the era of AI with Microsoft Purview
Organizations face challenges with fragmented data security solutions and the amplified risks due to generative AI. We are now introducing Microsoft Purview Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) in public preview, which provides comprehensive visibility into sensitive data, contextual insights, and continuous risk assessment. DSPM is integrated with Microsoft 365 and Windows devices, leveraging generative AI through Security Copilot for deeper investigations and efficient risk management, and provides several capabilities across centralized visibility, actionable policy recommendations, and continuous risk assessment to enhance data security.Safely activate your data estate with Microsoft Purview
60% of CDOs cite data integration challenges as a top pain-point due to lack of knowledge of where relevant data resides[1]. Companies operate on multi-platform, multi-cloud data estates making it harder than ever to seamlessly discover, secure, govern and activate data. This increases the overall complexity when enabling users to responsibly derive insights and drive business value from data. In the era of AI, data governance is no longer an afterthought, data security and data governance are now both table stakes. Data Governance is not a new concept but with the proliferation of AI and evolving regulatory landscape, data governance is critical for safeguarding data related to AI-driven business innovation. With 95% of organizations implementing or developing an AI strategy[2], customers are facing emerging governance challenges, such as: False signals: The lack of clean accurate data can cause false signals in AI which can trigger consequential business outcomes or lead to incorrect reported forecasting and regulatory fines. Time to insight: Data scientists and analysts spend 60-80% of their time on data access and preparation to feed AI initiatives which leads to staff frustration, increased OPEX, and delays in critical AI innovation priorities. Shadow innovation: Data innovation outside governance can increase business risks around data leakage, oversharing, or inaccurate outcomes. This is why federated governance has surfaced as a top priority across security and data leaders because it unlocks data innovation while maintaining appropriate data oversight to help minimize risks. Customers are seeking more unified solutions that enable data security and governance seamlessly across their complex data estate. To help customers better respond to these needs, Microsoft Purview unifies data security, data governance, and data compliance solutions across the heterogeneous data estate for the era of AI. Microsoft Purview also works closely with Microsoft Fabric to integrate capabilities that help seamlessly secure and govern data to help reduce risks associated with data activation across the Microsoft Intelligent Data Platform and across the Microsoft Cloud portfolio. Microsoft Fabricdelivers a pre-integrated and optimized SaaS environment for data teams to work faster together over secure and governed data within the Fabric environment. Combining the strengths of Microsoft Purview and Microsoft Fabric enables organizations to more confidently leverage Fabric to unlock data innovation across data engineers, analysts, data scientists, and developers whilst Purview enables data security teams to extend Purview advanced data security value and enables the central data office to extend Purview advanced data governance value across Fabric, Azure, M365, and the heterogenous data estate. Furthering this vision, today Microsoft is announcing 1. a new name for the Purview Data Governance solution, Purview Unified Catalog, to better reflect its growing catalog capabilities, 2. integration with new OneLake catalog, 3. a new data quality scan engine, 4. Purview Analytics in OneLake, and 5. expanded Data Loss Prevention (DLP) capabilities for Fabric lakehouse and semantic models. Introducing Unified Catalog: a new name for the visionary solution The Microsoft Purviewdata governance solution, made generally available in September, delivers comprehensive visibility, data confidence, and responsible innovation—for greater business value in the era of AI. The solution streamlines metadata from disparate catalogs and sources, like OneLake, Databricks Unity, and Snowflake Polaris, into a unified experience. To better reflect these comprehensive customer benefits, Microsoft Purview Data Catalog is being renamed to Microsoft Purview Unified Catalog to exemplify the growing catalog capabilities such as deeper data quality support for more cloud sources, and Purview Analytics in OneLake. Adata catalogserves as a comprehensive inventory of an organization's data assets. As the Microsoft Purview Unified Catalog continues to add on capabilities within curation, data quality, and third-party platform integration, the new Unified Catalog name reflects the current cross-cloud capability. This cross-cloud capability is illustrated in the figure below. This data product contains data assets from multiple different sources, including a Fabric lakehouse table, Snowflake Table and Azure Databricks Table. With the proper curation of analytics into data products, data users can govern data assets easier than ever. Figure 1: Curation of a data product from disparate data sources within Purview’s Unified Catalog Introducing OneLake catalog (Preview) As announced in the Microsoft Fabric blog earlier today, the OneLake catalog is a solution purpose-built for data engineers, data scientists, developers, analysts, and data consumers to explore, manage, and govern data in Fabric. The new OneLake catalog works with Purview by seamlessly connecting data assets governed by OneLake catalog into Purview Unified Catalog, enabling the central data office to centrally govern and manage data assets. The Purview Unified Catalog offers data stewards and data owners advanced capabilities for data curation, advanced data quality, end-to-end data lineage, and an intuitive global catalog that spans the data estate. For data leaders, Unified Catalog offers built-in reports for actionable insights into data health and risks and the ability to confidently govern data across the heterogeneous data estate. In figure 2, you can see how Fabric data is seamlessly curated into the Corporate Emissions Created by AI for CY2024 Data Product, built with data assets from OneLake. Figure 2: Data product curated with Fabric assets Introducing a new data quality scan engine for deeper data quality (Preview) Purview offers deeper data quality support, through a new data quality scan engine for big data platforms, including: Microsoft Fabric, Databricks Unity Catalog, Snowflake, Google Big Query, and Amazon S3, supporting open standard file and table formats. In short, this new scan engine allows businesses to centrally perform rich data quality management from within the Purview Unified Catalog. In Figure 3, you can see how users can run different data quality rules on a particular asset, in this case, a table hosted in OneLake, and when users click on “run quality scan”, the scanner runs a deep scan on the data itself, running the data quality rules in real time, and updating the quality score for that particular asset. Figure 3: Running a data quality scan on an asset living in OneLake Introducing Purview Analytics in OneLake (Preview) To further an organization’s data quality management practice, data stewards can now leverage a new Purview Analytics in OneLake capability, in preview, to extract tenant-specific metadata from the Purview Unified Catalog and publish to OneLake. This new capability enables deeper data quality and lineage investigation using the rich capabilities in Power BI within Microsoft Fabric. Figure 4: In Unified Catalog settings, a user can add self-serve analytics to Microsoft Fabric Figure 5: Curated metadata from Purview within Fabric Expanded Data Loss Prevention (DLP) capabilities for Fabric lakehouse and semantic models To broaden Purview data security features for Fabric, today we are announcing that the restrict access action in Purview DLP policies now extends to Fabric semantic models. With the restrict access action, DLP admins can configure policies to detect sensitive information in semantic models and limit access to only internal users or data owners. This control is valuable for when a Fabric tenant includes guest users and you want to limit unnecessary access to internal proprietary data. The addition of the restrict access action for Fabric semantic models augments the existing ability to detect upload of sensitive data to Fabric lakehouses announced earlier this year. Learn more about the new Purview DLP capabilities for Fabric lakehouses and semantic models in the DLP blog. Figure 6: Example of restricted access to a Fabric semantic model enforced through a Purview DLP policy. Summary With these investments in security and governance, Microsoft Purview is delivering on its vision to extend data protection customer value and innovation across your heterogenous data estate for reduced complexities and improved risk mitigation. Together Purview and Fabric set the foundations for a modern intelligent data platform with seamless security and governance to drive AI innovation you can trust. Learn more As we continue to innovate our products to expand the security and governance capabilities, check out these resources to stay informed. https://aka.ms/Try-Purview-Governance https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/business/microsoft-purview https://aka.ms/try-fabric [1] Top 7 Challenges in Data Integration and How to Solve Them | by Codvo Marketing | Medium [2] Microsoft internal research May 2023, N=638Unleashing the power of Microsoft Purview with Security Copilot
With cyber threats escalating in scale and complexity, generative AI (GenAI) is redefining data security by enabling faster, smarter threat detection and response. Unlike traditional security systems, which often rely on rigid rules and past patterns, GenAI continuously learns and adapts, identifying anomalies and suspicious activities that would otherwise remain undetected. Recent research underscores this shift, showing that organizations using AI-powered security solutions can cut data breach costs by as much as 22%[1] and reduce incident response times by up to 50%[2], marking a major leap forward in protecting critical data. GenAI is also transforming the way investigations are conducted, helping security teams delve deeper into complex incidents with speed and precision. By automating the analysis of massive datasets, GenAI can uncover critical insights in minutes, rather than days. This rapid investigative power not only enhances response times but also strengthens predictive security measures, empowering organizations to stay ahead of emerging threats in an increasingly volatile cyber landscape. That’s why today we’re thrilled to announce the most recent integrations of Security Copilot with Microsoft Purview, taking data security teams’ experience and investigations to the next level. Fortifying data security posture with the power of generative AI Visibility into data and user activities is considered vital for most organizations to understand the efficacy of their data security programs. Today we are excited to announce the public preview of Microsoft Purview Data Security Posture Management (DSPM), that for the first time brings together insights from Microsoft Purview Information Protection, Data Loss Prevention, and Insider Risk Management in a centralized place, providing visibility into data security risks and recommending controls to protect data. DSPM offers contextual insights into data, its usage, and continuous risk assessment of your evolving data landscape, and it can be enhanced by Security Copilot for deeper investigations and uncovering unseen risks with AI-powered insights. With Security Copilot embedded in DSPM, organizations can gain more out of DSPM by accessing GenAI-powered insights in natural language. Data Security teams can conduct deeper investigations to better understand potential risks to their data. DSPM with the embedded Security Copilot capabilities will help teams get started and prioritize their efforts through: Starting suggested prompts: These are contextually relevant insights for the top data risks in your organizations such as ‘Which sensitive files were shared outside the org from SharePoint last week?”. Right in the DSPM experience, your teams can see five categories such as ‘alerts to prioritize’, ‘sensitive data leaks detected’, ‘devices at risk’, and ‘risky sequenced activity’. Suggested prompts: Building on the response to these starting prompts or user-entered open prompt, Copilot provides suggested prompts to guide you through a recommended path of investigation. Open prompts: You can further customize your analysis by using open prompts allowing you to explore investigations in many directions across data sets, alerts, users, and activities. Security Copilot in DSPM enables teams to discover previously unseen risks and accelerate data security by suggesting scenarios and prompts that can help triage and prioritize risks. Through these guided investigations, Copilot makes it easy to onboard newer team members and drive greater efficiency for experienced team members. Learn more about DSPM in our documentation and deep dive video. This capability will be available in public preview within the coming weeks. New enhancements to embedded Security Copilot experiences in Purview Data Loss Prevention We are also excited to announce new Security Copilot skills in public preview that are embedded in Purview DLP to assist admins. These capabilities augment the embedded & standalone Security Copilot-powered alert summarization experiences that are already available in Purview DLP. The new enhanced hunting prompts in Security Copilot allow for a deeper dive into DLP alert summaries (to complement enhanced hunting prompts in IRM summary that are already in preview) providing detailed exploration of data and users involved in incidents. This includes actions taken on the data and the specific sensitive information type (SIT) that triggered the alert. Additionally, Security Copilot now guides admins through analyzing insights within Activity Explorer. Pre-built prompts offer a birds-eye view of top activities detected over the past week, such as DLP rule matches or sensitive data used in M365 Copilot interactions. With Security Copilot, admins can also use natural language to apply the correct investigation filters to pinpoint specific activities or data. One of the persistent challenges for DLP admins has been quickly and easily grasping the full extent of their DLP policies' coverage across the environment. The new Security Copilot-powered policy insights skill addresses this by summarizing the intent, scope, and resulting matches of existing DLP policies in natural language. This skill provides insights such as the DLP policies deployed for each workload (like SharePoint or Exchange), the sensitive information types they aim to detect, and the number of rule matches associated with those policies. With this information, security admins can swiftly identify and address any protection gaps. You might ask something like “do my DLP policies cover my organization for PII information” or “What policies protect my OneDrive sites". Upskilling data security, compliance and governance with generative AI We are also thrilled to announce new Security Copilot and Purview capabilities for beyond just data security. The eDiscovery quick case summarization feature is designed to streamline case management by providing an intuitive, at-a-glance overview. This new capability allows users to quickly access a comprehensive summary of eDiscovery cases, holds, and searches, eliminating the need to navigate through multiple tabs. It consolidates information into a single, easy-to-understand summary, displaying status, statistics of completed actions, pending tasks, and ongoing jobs. This feature significantly reduces the time needed for investigations when dealing with large amounts of evidence data. eDiscovery also leverages AI to build search queries by generating keyword query language from natural language (NL2KeyQL) -already in Public Preview Other capability we’re making available now is theKnowledge Base Copilot, crafted to improve user experience by offering instant answers to general questions about the Purview platform and its solutions, utilizing public Microsoft documentation. The prompt cards are dynamically displayed based on the page context. It supports both open-prompt and zero-prompt interactions, allowing users to either submit any prompt they wish or engage with pre-defined prompts for immediate responses. This Copilot experience aims to resolve customer complaints about navigating documentation by providing direct answers to their questions, minimizing the need to open multiple tabs and search through links. Knowledge Base Copilot is a global capability accessible through the Purview portal and provides answers to queries related to all Purview solutions and capabilities. Get started Learn more about Copilot for Security in Purview with Microsoft Documentation. If you are a security partner interested in using Microsoft Security Copilot with your solutions, please sign up to join theSecurity Copilot Partner Ecosystem. Stay up to date on our Microsoft Purview features through theMicrosoft 365 Roadmap for Microsoft Purview. Learn more about these solutions in theMicrosoft Purview compliance portal. Visit your Microsoft Purview compliance portal toactivate your free trialand begin using our new features. An active Microsoft 365 E3 subscription is required as a prerequisite to activate the free trial. Join the community -https://aka.ms/JoinCCP Get started with Microsoft Copilot for Security -Get started with Microsoft Copilot for Security - Training | Microsoft Learn Copilot for Security Ninja -How to Become a Microsoft Copilot for Security Ninja: The Complete Level 400 Training Microsoft Copilot for Security Community Github -GitHub - Azure/Copilot-For-Security: Microsoft Copilot for Security is a generative AI-powered security solution that helps increase the efficiency and capabilities of defenders to improve security outcomes at machine speed and scale, while remaining com [1] AI reduces data breach lifecycles and costs, Security Intelligence (2023) [2] Secureworks Threat Score Ushers In a New Age of Cybersecurity AI | Secureworks (2024)Creating Endpoint DLP Rules using PowerShell - Part 1
This blog is Part 1 of our multi-part series on managing Endpoint DLP Rules using PowerShell. In Part 1, we will demonstrate how we can use PowerShell to create Endpoint DLP Rules with AdvancedRule, AlertProperties and EndpointDLPRestrctions Parameter. In Part 2, we will cover the same for EndpointDLPBrowserRestrictions. Step 1: Create the text file with complex condition as per the requirements and save it. Here is a sample for reference: { "Version": "1.0", "Condition": { "Operator": "And", "SubConditions": [ { "ConditionName": "ContentContainsSensitiveInformation", "Value": [ { "Groups": [ { "Name": "Default", "Operator": "Or", "Sensitivetypes": [ { "Name": "Credit Card Number", "Mincount": 1, "Maxcount": 5, "Confidencelevel": "Low", }, { "Name": "U.S. Bank Account Number", "Mincount": 5, "Confidencelevel": "Medium", } ] } ], "Operator": "And" } ] } ] } } In the above example, we are using the conditionContent Contains Sensitive Information with SIT’s Credit Card or Bank Account Number. You can choose to add/remove additional SIT’s/conditions as needed along with the desired operator. You can also change the Confidence level to Low/Medium/High as per the requirements and update the Min/Max count. We have saved it as advancedrule.txt in our example. Note: If you do not specify the Min/Max attribute, the value is taken as any by default. In our example we have not specified the Max attribute for the Bank Account Number, hence it would take the default value i.e. Any. Here is another example: { "Version": "1.0", "Condition": { "Operator": "And", "SubConditions": [ { "ConditionName": "ContentContainsSensitiveInformation", "Value": [ { "Groups": [ { "Name": "Default", "Operator": "Or", "Labels": [ { "Name": "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx", "Id": "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx", "Type": "Sensitivity" } ] } ], "Operator": "And" } ] }, { "ConditionName": "ContentFileTypeMatches", "Value": [ "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx" ] } ] } } In this example we are using the conditionContent Contains Sensitive Level with a specific label and Content matches a specific file type. Please ensure to replace the ID’s with the appropriate values before saving the file. Step 2: Define the parameters for endpointDlpRestrictions or create a text file for complex restrictions. Here is an example for a simple restriction: $endpointDlpRestrictions = @(@{"Setting"="Print"; "Value"="Block"},@{"Setting"="RemovableMedia"; "Value"="Warn"}) In this case we are setting the Print action toBlock and Copy to removable USB Device to Warn. We can configure the value to Block/Warn/Audit as per our requirements. Here is an example to create a text file with complex condition: [ { "defaultmessage": "none", "setting": "Print", "value": "Block", "appgroup": "none", "networkLocation": [ { "priority": "1", "type": "vpn", "action": "Audit" } ], "printerGroup": [ { "priority": "1", "id": "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx", "action": "Audit" } ] }, { "setting": "RequireBusinessJustification", "value": "Required" }, { "setting": "RemovableMedia", "defaultmessage": "none", "value": "Warn", "appgroup": "none" }, { "setting": "CloudEgress", "defaultmessage": "none", "cloudEgressGroup": [ { "priority": "1", "id": "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx", "action": "Audit" } ], "value": "Warn", "appgroup": "none" }, { "setting": "PasteToBrowser", "defaultmessage": "none", "pasteSensitiveDomainsGroup": [ { "priority": "1", "id": "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx", "action": "Audit" } ], "value": "Block", "appgroup": "none" }, { "setting": "CopyPaste", "defaultmessage": "none", "value": "Warn", "appgroup": "none", "networkLocation": [ { "priority": "1", "type": "corporateNetwork", "action": "Audit" } ] }, ] We are setting the below restrictions in the above example. The Action and restrictions can be modified as per the requirements. We have saved it as endpointdlprestrictions.txt in our example. Activity Action Network Restrictions Group Restrictions Print Block VPN is set to Audit A custom Printer Group with Action as Audit The group ID can be retrieved from the Endpoint DLP Settings using PowerShell. Make sure to update the ID before saving the file. Copy to Removable USB Device Warn Upload to restricted cloud service domain Warn A custom Sensitive service domain Group with Action as Audit The group ID can be retrieved from the Endpoint DLP Settings using PowerShell. Paste to browser Block A custom Sensitive service domain Group with Action as Audit The group ID can be retrieved from the Endpoint DLP Settings using PowerShell. Copy to clipboard Warn CorporateNetwork is set to Audit Step 3: Define the Parameters: # Define the parameters to read complex condition from the file we created in Step 1 $data = Get-Content -Path "C:\temp\advancedrule.txt" -ReadCount 0 $AdvancedRuleString = $data | Out-string # Define the parameters for the DLP rule with Simple restriction $ruleName = "Endpoint Rule - Restrict Financial Information Sharing Rule" $PolicyName = "Endpoint Policy - Restrict Financial Information Sharing" $endpointDlpRestrictions = @(@{"Setting"="Print"; "Value"="Block"},@{"Setting"="RemovableMedia"; "Value"="Block"}) $Notifyendpointuser = @{NotificationContent = "default:The sharing is blocked, please contact the helpdesk for more details" ; NotificationTitle = "default:Restricted"} $alertProperties = @{AggregationType = "SimpleAggregation" ; VolumeThreshold = "5" ; AlertBy = "Tenant"; Threshold = "15"; TimeWindow = "60"} Note: The values in bold for notification content can be changed as per the notification you would like to configure. Similarly, the values in Alert properties can also be changed to meet different requirements. Step 4 Create the DLP rule: #Create the DLP rule New-DlpComplianceRule -Name $ruleName -Policy $PolicyName -GenerateAlert admin@xxxx.onmicrosoft.com -ReportSeverityLevel "Medium" -Notifyendpointuser $Notifyendpointuser -EndpointDlpRestrictions $endpointDlpRestrictions -AlertProperties $alertProperties -AdvancedRule $AdvancedRuleString You can use the below if you want to create a DLP rule with complex EDLP Restriction: # Define the parameters to read complex condition from a file we created in Step 1 $data = Get-Content -Path "C:\temp\advancedrule.txt" -ReadCount 0 $AdvancedRuleString = $data | Out-string # Define the parameters for the DLP rule with Simple restriction $ruleName = "Endpoint Rule - Restrict Financial Information Sharing Rule" $PolicyName = "Endpoint Policy - Restrict Financial Information Sharing" $Notifyendpointuser = @{NotificationContent = "default:The sharing is blocked, please contact the helpdesk for more details" ; NotificationTitle = "default:Restricted"} $alertProperties = @{AggregationType = "SimpleAggregation" ; VolumeThreshold = "5" ; AlertBy = "Tenant"; Threshold = "15"; TimeWindow = "60"} # Create the DLP rule using the EndpointDlpRestrictions file we created in Step 2. New-DlpComplianceRule -Name $ruleName -Policy $PolicyName -GenerateAlert admin@xxxx.onmicrosoft.com -ReportSeverityLevel "Medium" -AlertProperties $alertProperties -Notifyendpointuser $Notifyendpointuser -AdvancedRule $AdvancedRuleString -EndpointDlpRestrictions (Get-Content -Raw ("C:\temp\endpointdlprestrictions.txt") | ConvertFrom-Json -AsHashtable) Note: PowerShell 7 is a must for this to work.Records Management Webinar
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This blog is Part 2 of our multi-part series on managing Endpoint DLP Rules using PowerShell. In Part 1, we demonstrated how we can use PowerShell to create Endpoint DLP Rules with AdvancedRule, AlertProperties and EndpointDLPRestrctions Parameter. In this blog, we will cover the same for EndpointDLPBrowserRestrictions. Step 1: Create a text file with condition to restrict browser access. Here is a sample for reference: { "Version": "1.0", "Condition": { "Operator": "And", "SubConditions": [ { "ConditionName": "RestrictBrowserAccess", "Value": true } ] } } We have saved the file as advancedrule.txt in our example. Step 2: Create a text file with endpoint Dlp Browser restrictions. Here is an example for a restriction: [ { "setting": "WebPagePrint", "defaultmessage": "none", "sitegroup": "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx", "value": "Block" }, { "setting": "WebPageCopyPaste", "defaultmessage": "none", "sitegroup": "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx", "value": "Warn" }, { "setting": "WebPageSaveToLocal", "defaultmessage": "none", "sitegroup": "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx", "value": "Audit" }, { "setting": "WebPagePrint", "defaultmessage": "none", "sitegroup": "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx", "value": "Block" }, { "setting": "WebPageCopyPaste", "defaultmessage": "none", "sitegroup": "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx", "value": "Warn" }, { "setting": "WebPageSaveToLocal", "defaultmessage": "none", "sitegroup": "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx", "value": "Audit" } ] We are setting the below Sensitive Site Restrictions in the above example. The Action and group can be modified as per the requirements, we can also choose to add more groups and remove one out of the two. We have saved the file as EndpointDlpbrowserRestrictions.txt in our example. Note: Please ensure to replace the SiteGroupID before saving the file. Activity CustomSensitiveGroup1 Action CustomSensitiveGroup2 Action Print the site Block Block Copy the date from the site Warn Warn Save the site as local files (Save-As) Audit Audit Step 3: Define the Parameters: # Define the parameters to read condition from the file we created in Step 1 $data = Get-Content -Path "C:\temp\advancedrule.txt" -ReadCount 0 $AdvancedRuleString = $data | Out-string # Define the parameters for the DLP rule $ruleName = "Endpoint Rule – Sensitive Site Restrictions" $PolicyName = "Endpoint Policy - Sensitive Site Restrictions" $alertProperties = @{AggregationType = "SimpleAggregation" ; VolumeThreshold = "5" ; AlertBy = "Tenant"; Threshold = "15"; TimeWindow = "60"} $Notifyendpointuser = @{NotificationContent = "default:The sharing is blocked, please contact the helpdesk for more details" ; NotificationTitle = "default:Restricted"} The values in bold for notification content can be changed as per the notification you would like to configure. Similarly, the values in Alert properties can also be changed to meet different requirements. Step 4: Create the DLP rule: New-DlpComplianceRule -Name $ruleName -Policy $PolicyName -GenerateAlert admin@xxxx.onmicrosoft.com -ReportSeverityLevel "Medium" -Notifyendpointuser $Notifyendpointuser -AlertProperties $alertProperties -AdvancedRule $AdvancedRuleString -EndpointDlpbrowserRestrictions (Get-Content -Raw ("C:\temp\EndpointDlpbrowserRestrictions.txt") | ConvertFrom-Json -AsHashtable) Note: PowerShell 7 is a must for this to work.
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