Protect sensitive information
Microsoft Purview DLP implementation
Turn Purview DLP into policies that match real exit paths — tested before they block anyone.
Protect sensitive information
Turn Purview DLP into policies that match real exit paths — tested before they block anyone.
Microsoft Purview DLP can detect and control sensitive information across supported Microsoft 365 services and devices. Switching on a default policy is not an implementation. The work is knowing which information matters, which movements are actually risky, and what a legitimate finance, legal or clinical process looks like before you enforce.
Ghani Governance delivers that work for UK organisations — new rollouts and estates that are already noisy. Product behaviour is defined in Microsoft’s DLP documentation; our job is the design, test and handover layer those pages do not provide. Data-handling, acceptable-use and information-security policies are the usual written inputs, mapped in a Policy-to-Purview design report before DLP is built.
Delivered by the practice — principal scoping, then associate specialists or a referral where that is the better fit. How we staff work.
Policies are introduced in stages. We do not apply organisation-wide block on day one.
Licensing, current compliance controls, existing policy set, and whether audit data is even flowing.
Personal data leaving the tenant, financial files on unmanaged endpoints, confidential packs shared externally — each policy maps to a scenario a stakeholder can recognise.
Conditions, sensitive information types, thresholds, locations, actions, exceptions and user notifications.
Where the risk is on the device, we extend controls to supported endpoint activity rather than pretending Exchange rules cover USB and print.
Matches, false positives and exception requests are reviewed before stronger enforcement.
If Purview is already on, we start by reading the last 30–90 days of incidents. Often the fix is fewer, clearer policies — not more.
Policy intent, alert workflow and change control, written so your administrators can explain it in six months.
Related national pages: sensitivity labels, Insider Risk, Unified Catalog and Data Map. All Purview services. Greater Manchester is a service area, not a list of branch offices.
| Service | Planning range | Typical mid-point |
|---|---|---|
| DLP readiness assessment | £1,500–£3,500 | £2,500 |
| Focused DLP pilot | £3,500–£7,000 | £5,250 |
| Organisation-wide DLP implementation | £8,000–£20,000 | £14,000 |
| DLP policy review and tuning | £2,500–£6,000 | £4,250 |
Indicative planning ranges only. Actual cost depends on scope, user population, workloads, endpoint requirements, existing policy complexity, licensing and the number of data scenarios. These figures are not a quote and not an offer.
Information types, business processes and movement patterns.
Compliance and business concerns become use cases a policy can express.
Matching logic, scope, actions, notifications, exceptions.
Limited scope or audit mode so behaviour can be assessed safely.
Incidents, false positives, legitimate exceptions, user feedback.
Approved controls expand with documentation and owners.
Microsoft Purview includes Data Loss Prevention as one capability among others (information protection, insider risk, catalog, compliance). It can enforce DLP across supported Microsoft 365 locations and endpoints. Whether it is the right DLP for you depends on the channels you must cover. Microsoft’s own overview is the product definition we use.
It can, if you enable block mode on untested conditions. We normally start in audit or with a limited population, read the matches, and only then raise enforcement.
Yes. A noisy estate is a common starting point: overlapping sensitive information types, no owners, and users who click through every tip. The first job is to see what the policies actually match.
Data Loss Prevention. In Purview it is the policy engine that detects sensitive information and can warn, audit or restrict how that information is shared or moved.
A scoping conversation about what you need to protect, what is already configured, and what must not break.