discover, classify, and safeguard sensitive data to reduce risk and support compliance at scale

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As data volumes grow and regulations tighten, organizations are struggling to keep pace. Sensitive information is scattered across emails, cloud apps, devices, and third-party platforms. Teams are under pressure to ensure compliance, manage insider risks, and prevent data from slipping through the cracks—without slowing down productivity. That’s where Microsoft Purview Information Protection comes in.

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What is Microsoft Purview Information Protection?

Microsoft Purview Information Protection helps organizations discover, classify, and protect sensitive data—wherever it lives or travels. It provides a unified approach to labeling and securing data across Microsoft 365, third-party cloud services, on-premises file shares, and endpoints. Whether you're facing compliance demands like HIPAA or GDPR, or simply want better control over your data landscape, Information Protection enables your teams to protect data without interrupting how they work.

What can you do with Microsoft Purview Information Protection?

Information Protection brings together powerful, built-in capabilities that help you classify, protect, and govern sensitive data. Each feature works seamlessly across Microsoft 365 and beyond to strengthen your data security without adding complexity.

Classify sensitive information with precision with data classification

Leverage data classification to automatically detect, categorize, and tag sensitive content using built-in or trainable classifiers powered by machine learning.

Protect data wherever it goes with sensitivity labels

Apply encryption, access controls, and usage restrictions that persist across Microsoft 365, endpoints, and third-party services.

Prevent data from slipping outside your organization with Data Loss Prevention (DLP)

DLP policies help stop unauthorized sharing by monitoring and blocking risky behavior across email, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, and more.

Learn more about Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention.

Detect risky behavior before it becomes a breach with Insider Risk Management

Track user behavior, flag anomalies, and mitigate potential insider threats based on context and intent.

Integration across Microsoft 365 enables unified protection without disruption

Microsoft Purview integrates natively across Microsoft 365 apps and services, enabling consistent, policy-based data protection without requiring third-party tools.

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How can Purview Information Protection help your organization?

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The IT team uses the Microsoft Purview Data Classification dashboard to gain visibility into the sensitive data spread across their organization’s environment.

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Streamline compliance with confidence

Microsoft Purview Information Protection helps your organization meet regulatory requirements like GDPR, HIPAA, and CCPA by automatically discovering and classifying sensitive data. With built-in policies and customizable labels, your teams can apply consistent protections across your environment—reducing the risk of non-compliance and simplifying audits.

After a client call, two employees apply Microsoft Purview Sensitivity Labels to documents and presentations, enabling them to stay productive without compromising security.

Minimize risk without disrupting workflows

Employees can continue collaborating and sharing information without needing to think about data protection policies. Purview runs seamlessly in the background, applying the right safeguards in real time based on context, content, and user behavior—reducing the risk of accidental exposure without slowing down business operations.

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The same employee shows her team how Microsoft 365 apps integrate with Microsoft Purview to keep sensitive content consistently protected across workflows.

A group of employees prepare for a client meeting with confidence, knowing all shared materials are secured using Microsoft Purview Sensitivity Labels.

Gain visibility and control over your data

With deep insights into how sensitive data is created, accessed, and shared, your IT and compliance teams can quickly identify risks and enforce appropriate policies. Whether it’s detecting unusual activity, tracking data movement, or investigating incidents, Microsoft Purview provides the visibility and control needed to manage data securely at scale.

Dive deeper into the Purview family

Manage and govern on-premises, multicloud, and SaaS data and gain a bird's-eye view on your entire data estate.

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