Data Loss Prevention
The latest Data Loss Prevention coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Microsoft Pushes Content-Aware Network DLP Integration to September 2026—Here’s How to Prep
Microsoft has delayed the general availability of its network-layer data loss prevention feature that integrates Microsoft Purview with Entra Global Secure Access. The capability, which inspects file...
Your Government Cloud DLP Alerts Are Getting a Power Automate Upgrade in 2026
Microsoft has set a September 2026 target for bringing automated workflow responses to Data Loss Prevention (DLP) incidents in its most locked-down cloud environments. Government Community Cloud...
Microsoft Purview DLP Now Lets Admins Block Specific External Users from SharePoint, OneDrive Files
Microsoft has begun rolling out a new Data Loss Prevention action that lets organizations block individual external users or entire domains from accessing sensitive files in SharePoint Online and...
Microsoft Suspends Expansion of OCR Scanning in Purview Endpoint DLP for Office Files and Archives
Microsoft has pulled back the rollout of expanded optical character recognition (OCR) capabilities in its Purview Endpoint Data Loss Prevention service, even as the official roadmap marks the feature...
Exchange Online DLP to Get Granular Failure Handling: Preview Starts This Month
Microsoft is gearing up to release a long-awaited refinement to its Data Loss Prevention (DLP) engine in Exchange Online: the ability to craft distinct policies for different types of content-scan...
Microsoft Purview to Get AI-Powered Policy Tuning in August 2026
Microsoft will open a public preview of an AI-driven Data Loss Prevention Policy Optimizer for its Purview compliance portal in August 2026, with general availability expected the following month....
Microsoft Roadmap Reveals Purview DLP Clipboard Protection for Mobile App Management
On July 8, 2026, Microsoft added a new item to its Microsoft 365 roadmap that promises to close a long-standing data leak vector on mobile devices. Roadmap ID 567311 details an upcoming feature in...
Microsoft Brings Copilot Prompt-Level DLP to Government Clouds, Plugging Data Leak Risks
Microsoft has begun rolling out prompt-level Data Loss Prevention (DLP) for Microsoft 365 Copilot to its government cloud environments, finally giving public sector organizations automated tools to...
Korean Essay Urges Banks to Filter AI Prompts Locally Before Data Leaves Windows Devices
On July 8, 2026, The Korea Times published an economic essay by Inha University student Narzullaeva Maftuna Shukhrat Kizi that could rewrite how banks think about AI security. The proposal: deploy...
Microsoft Adds In-Alert File Previews to Purview Insider Risk Management, Speeding Up Investigations
Microsoft has started rolling out a long‑awaited capability to its Purview Insider Risk Management platform: the ability to preview files and content directly from inside an alert. The rollout,...
Preview: Purview Insider Risk Management Now Catches Data Leaks in Microsoft Fabric and Cloud Apps
Microsoft has quietly rolled out a preview that arms security teams with new weapons against data leaks in two rapidly expanding frontiers: Microsoft Fabric and cloud storage services. The update to...
Microsoft Purview to Introduce Pre-Curated File Extension Picker for Endpoint DLP by September 2026
Microsoft has quietly added a new feature to its development roadmap for Microsoft Purview: a pre-curated file extension picker for Endpoint Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies. Roadmap ID 562993,...