SharePoint: Site attestation

🚨 The Signal: SharePoint introduces site attestation policies, enabling regular reviews of site necessity, ownership, permissions, and sharing. Unattested sites can be automatically acted upon, reducing unmanaged content exposure risks.

The Impact

SharePoint admins and site owners are affected, reducing the risk of data overexposure from unmanaged sites.

• SharePoint Admins: Reduced risk of unmanaged sites and content overexposure.
• Site Owners: New responsibility for regular site attestation.
• Security Teams: Improved visibility and control over SharePoint site sprawl.
• Compliance Teams: Enhanced ability to enforce data governance policies.

The Action

1. Navigate to SharePoint admin center > Policies > Site attestation.
2. Create a new attestation policy, defining review frequency and actions for unattested sites.
3. Communicate new attestation requirements to site owners.
4. Monitor attestation reports for compliance and identify high-risk sites.

Domain: SharePoint · Impact: medium · Workload: SharePoint