Microsoft Purview: Information Protection-Auto-labeling per-policy coverage report

🚨 The Signal: New Purview auto-labeling reports show how policies are applying labels to files compared to simulations. This helps security teams verify data classification and protection efficacy, ensuring sensitive data is correctly secured.

The Impact

Security teams and compliance officers are affected, gaining better insight into data protection policy effectiveness.

• Security Teams: Risk of misclassified data is reduced through better reporting.
• Compliance Officers: Easier to demonstrate adherence to data protection regulations.
• Data Owners: Increased confidence that sensitive data is being protected.
• IT Admins: Reduced effort in verifying auto-labeling policy application.

The Action

1. Navigate to Microsoft Purview compliance portal > Information protection > Auto-labeling policies.
2. Select an enforced auto-labeling policy to view its coverage report.
3. Review the 'Files processed during enforcement' and 'Simulation snapshot' sections.
4. Compare labeled vs. unlabeled files and identify discrepancies.
5. Adjust auto-labeling policy conditions or sensitivity labels as needed.

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