New capabilities in Microsoft Information Protection make it easier for organizations to protect their data and prevent data loss.
Protecting sensitive business data in documents and emails in Windows 10 is about to get a whole lot easier as Microsoft has updated its Microsoft Information Protection (MIP) solution with new capabilities. MIP is built-in to Windows 10 and it provides a unified set of capabilities to know and protect business data and prevent data loss across Microsoft 365 apps, services, on-premises locations, devices and even third-party apps and services. Understanding what sensitive data resides in an organization is the first step to protecting it and preventing data loss. This is why MIP includes both out-of-the-box sensitive information types (SITs) and well as Exact Data Match (EDM). Out-of-the-box SITs use pattern matching to find data such as credit card numbers, account numbers and Social Security Numbers that need to be protected. MIP currently offers over 150 out-of-the-box SITs that are mapped to various regulations worldwide. EDM on the other hand is a classification method that enables users to create custom sensitive information types that use exact data values.
