Microsoft Purview Compliance Portal: Dynamic watermarking for files protected with sensitivity labels

🚨 The Signal: Microsoft Purview now supports dynamic watermarking for sensitivity-labeled Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files. This overlays user-specific information as a watermark, enhancing data traceability and deterring unauthorized sharing of sensitive content.

The Impact

Security teams and data owners are affected, gaining a new tool to deter unauthorized data sharing and improve forensic traceability.

• Security Teams: Gain enhanced data protection capabilities.
• Data Owners: Can better protect sensitive information.
• End Users: Will see watermarks on protected documents.
• Compliance Officers: Improved audit trail for sensitive data.

The Action

1. Navigate to Microsoft Purview compliance portal > Information protection > Labels.
2. Edit an existing sensitivity label or create a new one.
3. On the 'Customize settings for content marking' page, enable 'Add a watermark'.
4. Select 'Dynamic watermark' and configure the desired text variables (e.g., username, date).
5. Publish the updated sensitivity label policy.

Domain: Purview · Impact: medium · Workload: Microsoft Purview