An Introduction of Data Loss Prevention (DLP) capabilities in SharePoint Online

The Data Loss Prevention (DLP) is very much a lingering but an important issue with many organizations. There are many ways in which an organization saves its critical data and thus the need to protect it from unsolicited resources is very urgent. In many cases the organization may be storing data in the e-mails and drafts that are further stored in the libraries. If the data of an organization needs to be protected then it has to be done at the content level or in other words at the file level. Data Loss Prevention (DLP) capabilities in SharePoint online would help the organization in storing the data anywhere in the SharePoint. 

In the SharePoint the permission to access data is defined by the SharePoint administrator that allows the access to certain libraries and lists. But this approach is very much at odds with the use of the SharePoint as an enterprise collaboration platform. The need of the hour is to have a solution that would look into the specific files and individual documents which need to be secured based on specific policies. The content must be checked with the pre-defined checkpoints resident within the policy manager. The content then can be classified and the access to it can be restricted and the content encrypted.

Following this approach it can be assured that the permissions are applied at the individual file level rather than at the library level. This would allow the user to store sensitive content, share it or collaborate from any site or library in the SharePoint farm. It would also ensure that the file can be accessed by only those who are permitted to it as defined by the classification. Organizations that are using SharePoint to store and manage data need to make sure that are using the right company. The SharePoint development company in India has the wherewithal to do the needful.