Microsoft Teams: Badges in Profile Card in Teams

🚨 The Signal: Teams profile cards now display awards and certifications as badges. This change unifies the experience with Outlook, potentially exposing previously less visible personal information to all users within the organisation.

The Impact

All users are affected by increased visibility of personal awards, posing a low risk of unintended information disclosure.

• End users: Increased visibility of personal achievements to colleagues.
• Security teams: Review of data exposure policies for non-critical information.
• HR teams: Potential for increased visibility of sensitive personal data.

The Action

1. Review existing organisational policies on the display of personal information in Microsoft 365 profiles.
2. Communicate to users about the new visibility of awards and certifications on Teams profile cards.
3. Assess if any awards or certifications contain sensitive data that should not be broadly visible.

Domain: Teams · Impact: low · Workload: Teams