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Data Governance
Protect and manage your data assets with comprehensive governance solutions. Know where your data lives and who can access it.
You Can't Protect What You Can't See
80% of organizations have sensitive data they haven't classified — scattered across email, SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, and local drives. Without knowing where your sensitive data lives, you can't protect it from leaks, comply with regulations, or respond to data subject requests. Data governance isn't a nice-to-have — it's the foundation of every security and compliance program.
Data Governance Results
Measurable data protection and compliance outcomes
Have Unclassified Data
Sensitive data without labels
Sensitivity Tiers
From Public to Highly Confidential
Data Coverage
Email, files, Teams, SharePoint
Deployment
Full governance framework live
Comprehensive Data Governance
🏷️ Data Classification
5-tier sensitivity label framework with automatic and manual classification. Labels follow data across email, files, and collaboration tools — enforcing protection wherever data travels.
🛡️ Data Loss Prevention
DLP policies that prevent sensitive data from leaving your organization. Content inspection, pattern matching, and automated blocking for email, Teams, SharePoint, and endpoints.
🔍 Data Discovery
Find and inventory sensitive data across your entire environment. Content search, data mapping, and automated classification identify what you have and where it lives.
📋 Retention Policies
Automated data lifecycle management. Retain what regulations require, delete what you should, and never lose what you need for legal holds or compliance.
🔐 Access Controls
Permissions management that ensures only authorized users access sensitive data. Information barriers, conditional access, and encryption tied to sensitivity labels.
📊 Compliance Reporting
Dashboard visibility into your data governance posture. Track classification coverage, DLP incidents, policy violations, and compliance scores in real time.
Governance vs. Data Chaos
Without governance, sensitive data proliferates unchecked. Employees share confidential files externally, email PII without encryption, and store regulated data in unauthorized locations. One data breach or failed audit reveals the cost of chaos. CMTG implements governance that protects data without blocking productivity.
- ✅ Automatic Classification — AI-driven labeling at scale
- ✅ Policy Enforcement — DLP blocks risky actions automatically
- ✅ User-Friendly — Labels and controls that don't slow people down
- ✅ Audit-Ready — Documentation for any compliance framework
- ✅ Continuous — Monitoring and improvement, not one-time setup
Governance Framework
- 🏷️ Purview — Sensitivity Labels
- 🛡️ Purview — Data Loss Prevention
- 🔍 Purview — Content Search & eDiscovery
- 📋 Purview — Retention Policies
- 🔐 Entra ID — Access Governance
- 📊 Compliance Manager — Posture Scoring
Implementing Data Governance
Discover
Scan your environment to find and map sensitive data across email, files, cloud storage, and collaboration tools
Classify
Deploy sensitivity labels with automatic and recommended classification. Train users on proper labeling practices
Protect
Enable DLP policies, encryption, access controls, and retention rules tied to your classification framework
Report
Continuous monitoring, compliance reporting, and policy refinement to maintain and improve your data governance posture
Frequently Asked Questions
What are sensitivity labels?
Sensitivity labels are tags applied to documents and emails that define their classification level (e.g., Public, Internal, Confidential). Labels can automatically enforce protections — encryption, watermarks, access restrictions, and DLP policies — that follow the data wherever it goes.
Will this slow down our employees?
No. Automatic classification handles most labeling without user intervention. When manual classification is needed, it's a single click in Outlook or Office apps. DLP policies run transparently — users only notice when they attempt something that violates policy, like emailing SSNs externally.
Which compliance frameworks does this support?
Data governance supports all major frameworks — HIPAA, SOC 2, CPRA, PCI DSS, CMMC, and GDPR. The classification and DLP framework maps directly to regulatory requirements. Compliance Manager provides real-time scoring and evidence collection.
Do we need additional Microsoft licenses?
Basic sensitivity labels are included in Microsoft 365 Business Premium and E3. Advanced features like automatic classification, trainable classifiers, and advanced DLP require E5 or the E5 Compliance add-on. We'll assess your licensing and recommend the most cost-effective path.
How long does implementation take?
A full governance framework is typically deployed in 30-45 days. We start with discovery and classification design, then deploy labels and DLP policies in phases — starting in audit mode before enforcing, so there are no productivity disruptions.
Know Where Your Data Lives. Control Who Can Access It.
Get a free data governance assessment. We'll map your sensitive data, identify gaps, and build a classification framework that protects without disrupting.