Assess
Understand information risks, compliance obligations and governance maturity.
Your Data Is Valuable. Make Sure It’s Protected.
Customer information, financial records, employee data, commercial information, intellectual property, and organisational knowledge.
The challenge isn’t simply storing this information. It’s knowing where it exists, who can access it, how it’s being used and what risks it creates.
As organisations adopt Microsoft Copilot, AI Agents and intelligent automation, information governance becomes even more important.
Microsoft Purview helps organisations discover, classify, protect and govern information across their digital estate.
At CPS, we help organisations create trusted, secure and AI-ready information environments.
Why Microsoft Purview?
- Discover Sensitive Information: Understand what information exists and where sensitive data is located.
- Protect Data: Apply policies and controls that help keep information secure.
- Govern Information: Manage information throughout its lifecycle.
- Reduce Risk: Identify and respond to data security and insider risks.
- Support Compliance: Strengthen governance and regulatory compliance.
- Enable AI With Confidence: Create the information governance foundations needed for Copilot and AI Agents.
The Challenges Organisations Face
- Data Sprawl: Information exists across multiple applications, cloud services and repositories.
- Limited Visibility: Organisations may not fully understand what sensitive information they hold.
- Accidental Data Sharing: Employees can unintentionally expose sensitive information.
- Growing Compliance Requirements: Regulatory and data protection requirements continue to evolve.
- Insider Risk: Not every security risk originates outside the organisation.
- AI Access Concerns: Organisations need confidence that AI can access information without exposing sensitive content.
The Foundation Of Responsible AI
One of the biggest concerns organisations have when adopting AI is:
“Can AI access sensitive information?”
The answer depends on how that information is governed.
Before organisations scale Microsoft Copilot, Copilot Studio and AI Agents, they need confidence that:
- Information is classified correctly
- Sensitive content is protected
- Access permissions are appropriate
- Data is governed consistently
Purview provides the controls that help establish that confidence.
What Is Microsoft Purview?
The Data Governance And Protection Platform For The AI Era
Microsoft Purview brings together capabilities for:
- Information protection
- Data Loss Prevention
- Information governance
- Insider Risk Management
- eDiscovery
- Data security posture management
- Compliance
Rather than treating governance as a separate activity, Purview helps embed protection into the way organisations work.
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Key Microsoft Purview Capabilities
- Information Protection: Identify and protect sensitive information through classification, labels and policies.
- Data Loss Prevention: Help prevent sensitive information from being shared or exposed inappropriately across Microsoft 365, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, endpoints and applications.
- Information Governance: Manage information through retention, records management, archiving and disposal.
- Insider Risk Management: Identify behaviours that may indicate data misuse, policy violations or information theft.
- eDiscovery: Support investigations, legal requests and compliance activities.
- Data Security Posture Management: Gain visibility into sensitive information and prioritise remediation activities.
Purview & Microsoft 365 Copilot
AI Governance Starts With Information Governance
Before scaling Copilot, organisations should understand:
- What information exists
- Who can access it
- How it is classified
- Where risks may exist
Purview helps establish these foundations.
This allows organisations to adopt AI with greater confidence while reducing information governance risks. Discover more on Microsoft Copilot 365, here.
Purview & Microsoft Graph
Microsoft Graph helps AI understand organisational context.
Purview helps govern how information within that context is protected.
Together they provide:
- Intelligence: Through Microsoft Graph.
- Governance: Through Microsoft Purview.
- Trust: Through consistent security controls.
This combination becomes increasingly important as organisations move towards AI-powered operations.
Purview & The Intelligent Organisation
As organisations embrace:
Information governance becomes increasingly critical.
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Without governance:
- AI can create risk
- Compliance becomes difficult
- Information becomes harder to trust
With governance:
- AI becomes more secure
- Information becomes more valuable
- Organisations operate with greater confidence
Common Use Cases
- Sensitive Data Protection: Identify and protect personal, financial, commercial and confidential information.
- Data Loss Prevention: Reduce the risk of inappropriate sharing or exposure.
- Information Lifecycle Management: Control how information is retained, archived and disposed of.
- Insider Risk Management: Identify potential misuse of sensitive information.
- Compliance: Support regulatory and governance requirements.
- AI Readiness: Prepare information environments for Microsoft Copilot and AI Agents.
Business Outcomes
- Reduced Data Risk: Identify and protect sensitive information more effectively.
- Stronger Compliance: Improve governance, visibility and auditability.
- Better Information Visibility: Understand where sensitive information exists.
- Improved Data Protection: Reduce accidental or inappropriate exposure.
- Safer AI Adoption: Create stronger foundations for Copilot and AI Agents.
- Greater Trust: Give employees and leaders greater confidence in how organisational information is used.
The CPS Approach To Information Governance
Discover
Identify sensitive information across the organisation.
Classify
Apply meaningful information protection and governance policies.
Protect
Implement controls that support security and productivity.
Govern
Establish sustainable information management practices.
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Enable AI
Prepare information environments for Microsoft Copilot, AI Agents and intelligent automation.
Why CPS?
We Make Data Governance An Enabler Of AI, Not A Barrier To It
CPS helps organisations create trusted information environments that support innovation, compliance and AI transformation.
Our expertise includes:
✔ Microsoft Purview
✔ Microsoft 365 Security
✔ Microsoft Defender
✔ Security Copilot
✔ AI Governance
✔ Microsoft 365 Copilot
✔ Information Governance
✔ Compliance & Risk Management
We help organisations balance security, governance and productivity while preparing for the future of AI. Learn more about us at CPS here.
Build Trust In Your Data And AI
As organisations become more data-driven and AI-powered, governance becomes a strategic requirement rather than an administrative activity.
Microsoft Purview helps organisations understand, protect and govern information while enabling innovation and productivity.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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