Microsoft 365 added control over encrypted emails, increasing user privacy

The Microsoft 365 suite has recently added a number of new controls and features to organizations and businesses, designed to provide a better and more robust data security platform, within most notably, control over encrypted emails is shared outside a specific organization or business.

"In the context that the amount of shared data continues to grow exponentially and gradually exceeds the manageability of businesses and organizations, providing the right tools to maintain the ability to test Control and management of enterprise-level data risks will be one of our priorities, 'a Microsoft representative said in a notice.

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Essentially, Microsoft 365 is a software package that includes Office 365, Windows 10 and EMS (short for Enterprise Mobility + Security), whose mission is to provide users with simpler ways of working. Take advantage of a safe and easy-to-manage work platform, and be able to increase teamwork and creativity.

Encrypted emails can now be set to expire, revoke access

Starting now, Office 365 will come with additional encrypted email management features that help administrators restrict access to shared sensitive content outside of their organization by set this content to 'expired', or by revoking "access to encrypted email through secure web portal".

Simple example, Advanced Message Encryption (Advanced Message Encryption) feature will allow administrators to take advantage of sensitive information such as health ID, as well as automatically encrypt and expire messages. after 30 days ", making it easier to adapt to the requirements.

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In addition, Microsoft 365 now allows customers to more closely monitor phishing attacks or data leaks that can lead to serious privacy or security issues. The built-in data survey features in the current preview can provide some necessary tools for users to search and take appropriate actions to overcome any possible risks.

Besides, Microsoft Teams now allows administrators to create rules designed to automatically block users from sharing sensitive information through channel conversations or chat messages that prevent unacceptable cases. love leaking data.

Information barriers can now also be configured to "avoid conflicts of interest in organizations by limiting who can communicate and collaborate in Microsoft Teams", as well as private channels. Safe provides the option "to limit the members of the group who can see the conversation and related content in that channel".

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Compliance and privacy control features

In this upgrade, Microsoft also updated and enhanced the risk assessment tool based on the process of Compliance Manager to provide organizations with the necessary tools to meet the relevant requirements. to regulations and data protection on all data assets not only in Microsoft Cloud.

Compliance Manager now allows customers to easily create "their own assessments, including on-premises and non-Microsoft applications, under any regulations or standards", to simplify management. data protection control, collaboration between groups and preparation of the audit process "using a single cloud-based platform.

In addition, Compliance Manager will now be integrated with Secure Score API, which automatically updates security control status, enabling multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) risk assessment, wallet For example, to reflect the updated status when deployed.

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In fact, at the end of January, Microsoft also added some new personal data protection and personal security features to the Microsoft 365 software package to 'direct' customers to more respect for Regulations from privacy laws are issued after the EU's general data protection regulation (GDPR) takes effect in May 2018.

2 new security and compliance services called Identity & Threat Protection (temporary translation: Protection of identity & security threats) and Information Protection & Compliance start launched from February 1, also to meet new requirements added by information protection regulations such as EU's GDPR.

Identity & Threat Protection packages along with many advanced threat protection services and Information Protection & Compliance will help blend and combine Office 365 Advance Compliance and Azure Information Protection into a single security package.