One Step Beyond – Data Security Engagement (DSE)

Overview

One Step Beyond enables organizations to create and enhance their data security posture through a comprehensive Data Security Engagement (DSE). This engagement leverages Microsoft 365 Purview data security solution to provide deep insights into your cloud data security landscape. Our structured approach helps organizations define, discover and monitor their sensitive information and plan to implement best practices to ensure a robust data security and compliance framework.

In 4 weeks, we guide you through identifying potential data security threats, addressing vulnerabilities, and planning an effective security strategy for continuous protection.

Outcomes

• Enhanced Data Security Posture: Identify and mitigate key vulnerabilities across your Microsoft 365 data landscape.
• Risk Reduction: Implement foundational security measures to minimize exposure to data loss and data leak events.
• Optimized Compliance: Ensure adherence to regulatory and compliance requirements.
• Continuous Protection: Develop a proactive data security approach with managed detection and responses.

Engagement Timeline

Week 1: Initial Configuration of a Data Security Posture Management Solution

The initial week is focused on defining and implementing an initial data security posture for an effective Data Security Engagement.

Key Activities:

• Establish an initial Data Security Posture for your organization that includes:
• Define known Sensitive Information Types (SITs).
• Configure eDiscovery searches to identify where your sensitive information resides.
• Create Data Loss Prevention policies to monitor how sensitive information moves throughout your organization.
• Optional modules can be included to assess your Microsoft 365 landscape through the eyes of regulatory frameworks, i.e., GDPR, FADP, etc., and monitor real-time communication compliance and interactions with Generative AI apps like ChatGPT and Deepseek.

Week 2 - 3: Discovery Mode

A period of time where Microsoft 365 Purview identifies data security threats and compliance information across your Microsoft 365 landscape in preparation for the final analysis phase.

Week 4: Analysis, Recommendations, and Next Steps

Implementing security measures to mitigate identified threats and vulnerabilities and establish an initial Data Security Posture Management solution.

Key Activities:

• Analysis of findings gathered during the discovery phase.
• Identification of potential data security and compliance breaches.
• Stakeholder review and final adjustments to security configurations.

Outputs:

• Final Analysis of your Data Security Posture and recommended next steps.
• Implementation of a Data Security Posture Management solution.
• Handover to Operational Teams.

Scope

The objective is to define and implement a Data Security Posture Management solution to strengthen the organization’s data security posture by identifying and mitigating key data loss, data leak, and regulatory compliance threats across Microsoft 365 cloud environments.

Key Focus Areas:

• Define, Identify, and Monitor sensitive data across your Microsoft 365 platform.
• Implement Data Loss and Data Leak prevention policies.
• Monitor your Microsoft 365 platform from a Compliance point of view.
• Monitor and prevent data exposure via Generative AI applications.

Customer Commitment

To ensure the success of this engagement, customer collaboration is essential:

• Providing access to key systems and stakeholders for setup, analysis, and assessment.
• Defining your organizational Sensitive Information Types and Compliance requirements.
• Engaging in security awareness and training initiatives.
• Committing to implementing and maintaining the Data Security Posture Management solution.

Conclusion

The OSB Data Protection Engagement provides organizations with actionable insights, expert guidance, and Microsoft-powered security solutions to proactively safeguard their data against evolving data security threats and ever-growing compliance requirements.