Introduction
Microsoft Purview includes data loss prevention capabilities to help you prevent accidental and intentional data loss for your sensitive information. Sensitive information can include financial data or personal information such as credit card numbers, social security numbers, or health records. With a data loss prevention (DLP) policy, you can identify, monitor, and automatically protect sensitive information across Microsoft 365.
Suppose you're the administrator for your organization, responsible for information protection, including preventing inadvertent data loss. This module will walk you through the concepts, procedures, and best practices to configure data loss prevention policies in your organization.
Learning objectives
By the end of this module, you should be able to:
- Understand the purpose and benefits of Microsoft Purview DLP.
- Plan, design, simulate, and deploy DLP policies.
- Apply Adaptive Protection for dynamic, risk-based data controls.
- Use DLP analytics to improve policy effectiveness.
- Monitor, investigate, and refine policies using alerts and activity tracking.
Prerequisites
Before starting this module, ensure you:
- Have basic knowledge of data protection and compliance.
- Are familiar with Microsoft Purview Information Protection.