Businesses face an ever-growing imperative to safeguard their sensitive data, encompassing intellectual property, trade secrets, customer data, and personally identifiable information, from both internal and external cyber threats.
Shockingly, 80 percent of organisations encounter more than one data breach in their operational lifespan. With the proliferation of global, industry-specific, and national-level regulations, the urgency to shield sensitive data and prevent data exfiltration has reached unprecedented levels.
In response to this pressing need, Microsoft remains steadfastly committed to furnishing its clientele with secure, intelligent, and user-centric solutions aimed at enhancing visibility, streamlining complexity, and mitigating risk. Over recent years, Microsoft has significantly bolstered its investments in fortifying its Microsoft Purview data security capabilities across various fronts, including information protection, data loss prevention (DLP), insider risk management solutions, and its privacy solution, Microsoft Priva. Among the latest enhancements are advanced machine learning-powered classifiers, Adaptive Protection, a DLP migration assistant tool facilitating the transition from on-premises DLP to cloud-native DLP, and a right to be forgotten feature catering to Microsoft Priva Subject Rights Requests.
It is with immense pleasure that Microsoft announces its recognition as a Leader in the 2023 Wave™ for Data Security Platforms by Forrester. The Forrester Wave™ report meticulously assesses the data security platform market, furnishing an exhaustive analysis of the current offerings, strategies, and market presence of participating vendors. Microsoft garnered the highest achievable score in the current offering category for data classification, data threat and risk visibility, data masking or redaction, encryption, rights management, privacy use cases, and integrations for Zero Trust criteria. Additionally, it secured top marks in the strategy category for its product vision, execution roadmap, and community engagement efforts.
Microsoft attributes this recognition to its unwavering commitment to advancing classification technology, data threat and risk visibility, rights management, and privacy.
The Forrester report also acknowledges Microsoft’s prowess, stating, “Microsoft shines with its ecosystem approach—if you go all in.” Heidi Shey, Forrester Principal Analyst, noted in the report, “Microsoft Purview brings together capabilities to understand and govern data; safeguard data; and improve risk and compliance posture. But Microsoft’s security capabilities go beyond Microsoft Purview. By design, the entire Microsoft ecosystem working together multiplies its value via telemetry from across the environment.” She added, “The power of Microsoft’s telemetry is evident in its capabilities for identifying data threats and risk visibility. These offer strong controls for data masking, encryption, and rights management.”
However, Microsoft’s efforts do not end here. The company remains committed to collaborating closely with its customers to gather feedback, which serves as invaluable insights as it strives to continually enhance its products. Customer input plays a pivotal role in shaping solutions that aid them on their data security journey.
Source: Microsoft
