Work IQ: Microsoft IQ

🚨 The Signal: Microsoft IQ unifies organizational knowledge for Copilot agents. This expands the data accessible to AI, increasing the risk of sensitive information exposure if not properly governed.

The Impact

All users are affected as Copilot agents gain access to more data, increasing the risk of inadvertent data exposure.

• Security Teams: Increased risk of data leakage from expanded AI access.
• Data Owners: Need to review and classify data for AI consumption.
• End Users: Potential for AI to surface sensitive information inappropriately.
• Compliance Teams: New audit requirements for AI data access and usage.

The Action

1. Review and enforce Microsoft Purview Information Protection policies for all data sources.
2. Implement data loss prevention (DLP) policies to prevent sensitive data exfiltration by AI.
3. Audit Copilot agent access to organizational knowledge sources regularly.
4. Educate users on responsible AI interaction and reporting potential data exposure.

Domain: Agentic-AI · Impact: high · Workload: Other