Category Archives: Purview

Entra Global Secure Access Content Policies + Purview Scan (Preview) – A First Look at the New Integration Ahead of General Availability

DLP, Purview, SSE April 19, 2026 Leave a comment

Microsoft Entra’s Secure Web Gateway (SWG) capabilities under Global Secure Access (GSA) are expanding rapidly. One of the newest additions visible in the portal is the “Scan with Purview (Preview)” action inside Content Policies.

This feature represents a major step forward:

Inline, real time file upload scanning using Microsoft Purview’s classification engine directly inside Entra Secure web gateway (SWG). This helps organizations better protect sensitive files in transit.

By integrating Entra Secure Web Gateway with Purview, organizations gain the ability to inspect file transfers at the network layer and enforce DLP rules in real time. This prevents sensitive data from leaving the organization through untrusted cloud apps, regardless of whether the upload happens via a browser, desktop application, API, or add‑in

This feature as it appears today in preview, based entirely on observable behavior in a Microsoft 365 E5 tenant.
Because this is a preview feature, some components are still evolving, and full functionality is expected to be available by mid June when the feature reaches General Availability (GA) and when the tenant gets this feature completely enabled.

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Navigating DORA with Microsoft Purview: A compliance blueprint for Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365, Purview October 28, 2025 Leave a comment

Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) is reshaping how EU financial entities manage ICT risk, resilience testing, incident reporting, and third‑party risk. If you run Microsoft 365, Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager gives you a practical way to translate DORA requirements into actions, evidence, and measurable progress. This guide walks through a clean, step‑by‑step implementation flow from setting up a DORA assessment to assigning improvement actions and tracking your score, so you can be audit ready without drowning in spreadsheets.

Why use Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager for DORA ?

  • Prebuilt assessments: DORA assessment templates map regulatory articles to actionable controls you can assign and track.
  • Control mapping: Microsoft‑managed baselines and customer‑managed controls provide clarity on shared responsibility.
  • Improvement actions: Structured tasks with owners, due dates, and recommended steps create accountability.
  • Evidence management: Centralized artifacts (documents, links, screenshots) simplify audit preparation.
  • Real‑time scoring: Compliance scores help prioritize high‑risk gaps and demonstrate progress.

Prerequisites and approach

  • Access: Ensure you have appropriate roles in Microsoft Purview (e.g., Compliance Manager Admin or similar).
  • Scope: Decide which services to cover first; start with Microsoft 365 for a focused rollout.
  • Vanilla setup: Use a fresh assessment group to avoid inherited noise and control drift.

Quick Tip

Can also use the default user access options available from the Assesment option in the Compliance Manager Portal

Step‑by‑step setup in Compliance Manager

Create and configure your DORA assessment

  • Open Purview: Go to Microsoft Purview portal → Compliance Manager – Navigate to assessment – Select Regulation
  • Find templates: Search for “Digital” under assessment templates. (I was not able to find with DORA :))
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Deep Dive into Microsoft Purview Adaptive Protection: A SOC Team’s Guide to Investigating Insider Risk Alerts in Adaptive Protection

Adaptive Protection, DLP, Microsoft 365, Purview October 7, 2025 Leave a comment

In today’s hybrid work environment, insider threats are becoming increasingly complex. Microsoft Purview’s Adaptive Protection and Insider Risk Management (IRM) offer a dynamic, risk-based approach to protecting sensitive data while enabling SOC teams to investigate and respond to alerts with precision.

This blog provides a step by step walkthrough of how SOC teams can leverage these tools to investigate alerts, assess user behavior, and take appropriate action.

Step 1: Understanding the Adaptive Protection Dashboard

The Adaptive Protection dashboard is the SOC team’s starting point. It provides a bird’s-eye view of user risk levels across the organization, helping analysts prioritize investigations.

Key Elements of the Dashboard:

  • User Risk Levels:
    • Elevated Risk: Users exhibiting high-risk behavior that may indicate potential data exfiltration or policy violations.
    • Moderate Risk: Users with concerning patterns but not yet critical.
    • Minor Risk: Users with low level anomalies or early warning signs.
  • Policy Integration:
    • Shows which Insider Risk policies are actively using these risk levels.
    • Helps correlate user behavior with policy triggers, such as data leakage,
    • Security violations, or unusual access patterns.
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SOC Analyst Guide: Investigating Insider Risk Alerts in Microsoft Purview

DLP, Microsoft 365, Purview October 2, 2025 Leave a comment

This blog post provides a comprehensive guide for SOC analysts to investigate and respond to alerts generated by Microsoft Purview’s Insider Risk Management and Adaptive Protection. It outlines step-by-step workflows for accessing alerts, triaging incidents, analyzing user behavior, managing cases, and leveraging Microsoft Defender integration.

The guide also includes best practices and suggested screenshots to help SOC teams effectively mitigate insider threats and maintain organizational security.

Introduction

Microsoft Purview’s Insider Risk Management (IRM) and Adaptive Protection empower SOC teams to detect and respond to insider threats dynamically. This guide walks through how SOC analysts can triage, investigate, and respond to alerts generated by these systems.

Part 1: Investigating Insider Risk Management Alerts

1. Access the Alerts Dashboard

Go to: Microsoft Purview Portal > Insider Risk Management > Alerts

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Microsoft Purview Adaptive Protection – A Step-by-Step Guide to Setting It Up Effectively

Adaptive Protection, Purview September 28, 2025 Leave a comment

We’ll walk through how to configure it effectively so your organization benefits from smarter, risk-based security controls. By the end, you’ll understand how to integrate it with tools like Defender, Intune, and Conditional Access. This session will cover the purpose of Adaptive Protection, its benefits, and the key steps involved in its implementation. Whether you’re a security architect or IT administrator, this guide will help you align Adaptive Protection with your existing infrastructure and security policies

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Sathish Veerapandian

Getting started with Microsoft Purview Data Security Posture Management (DSPM)

DSPM, Purview September 28, 2025 Leave a comment

In this video, we dive deep into Microsoft Purview Data Security Posture Management (DSPM)—what it is, why it matters, and how it works.

We’ll cover:

✔ Key data security challenges
✔ DSPM process and features
✔ Integration with DLP, Information Protection, and Insider Risk Management
✔ Live portal walkthrough
✔ DSPM vs Insider Risk Management comparison

Take a look at this video to know more about Data Security Posture Management

Regards
Sathish Veerapandian

Top Best Practices for Insider Risk Management Using Microsoft Purview to Strengthen Organizational Security

Insider Risk Management, Purview September 28, 2025 Leave a comment

Discover how to protect your organization from internal threats with Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management. In this video, we explore best practices for identifying, assessing, and mitigating insider risks such as data leaks, IP theft, and policy violations.

Learn how to:

✅ Plan and implement effective insider risk policies

✅ Collaborate with IT, HR, Legal, and Compliance teams

✅ Maintain privacy with pseudonymization and role-based access

✅ Align with regional compliance requirements

✅ Use Microsoft Purview tools to detect and respond to risky behavior

Take a look at this video to know more information about the same

Regards
Sathish Veerapandian

Strengthen Insider Threat Defense with Microsoft Adaptive Protection

DLP, Endpoint Security, Purview February 3, 2025 Leave a comment

Adaptive Protection in Microsoft Purview is a powerful feature that strengthens data security by proactively safeguarding sensitive information within organizations

Take a look at this video to get started with this option from the Microsoft Purview Data loss prevention capabilities.

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Prevent Data Exfiltration via Browser through Microsoft Purview

DLP, Purview January 8, 2025 Leave a comment

Remember Insider Risk Management is an ongoing process.Regularly review and update your policies, stay vigilant and leverage the right tools to keep your data secure !

Take a look at this video that explains on how to prevent your browser from Data Exfiltration activities.

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Getting started with Microsoft Purview – Insider Risk Management

DLP, Purview December 19, 2024 Leave a comment

Implementing Microsoft Insider Risk Management can help you proactively manage and mitigate risks from within your organization, ensuring better security and compliance.

Take a look at this video to learn more about the offering from Microsoft.

Hope you enjoyed this video !

Regards
Sathish Veerapandian