What is Azure Information Protection?

Azure Information Protection (AIP) is a cloud-based solution from Microsoft that protects and classifies data using labels and encryption. It helps organisations secure sensitive information both internally and externally.

Encrypt your data with Microsoft 365

If you use Microsoft 365, you may already have access to encrypt your emails to comply with the requirements of the Danish Data Protection Agency.

Azure Information Protection (AIP ) is a security solution for Microsoft 365 that makes it possible to encrypt and protect data regardless of who it is shared with. Azure Information Protection for Microsoft 365 protects data across different platforms in Microsoft 365 - such as SharePoint, Exchange and Office.

You can configure policies for classifying, labelling and protecting data based on its sensitivity. Classification with Azure Information Protection can be fully automated (requires Azure Protection Plan 2) or can be user-driven and based on recommendations.

Data classification and protection features are integrated into Microsoft Office and common applications, so you can protect the data you work with with a single click. The applications can notify you of recommended classifications, for example, and help users make the right decisions.

With AIP, you can protect your organisation's data wherever it is stored and whoever it is shared with.

Mail encryption in Microsoft 365

Azure Information Protection for Office365 also includes message encryption, making it easy to send protected emails to recipients inside or outside your organisation.

Microsoft 365 users can send encrypted emails directly from Outlook, Outlook Mobile or via Outlook.com to anyone inside or outside the organisation. Recipients outside your organisation who do not use Outlook, Outlook Mobile or Outlook.com receive a link where they can securely and easily open and reply to the protected email.

Policies, labels and classification make it easy for users to encrypt emails containing sensitive data. You can use Microsoft's standard labels and policies and supplement them with your own policy requirements and wishes.

Azure Information Protection

Get started with Azure Information Protection (AIP)

Azure Information Protection is included in the Microsoft 365 Enterprise plans E3 and E5, and is available in two premium editions that are also part of Microsoft Enterprise Mobility + Security (EM+S) or Microsoft 365 E3 and E5. There are varying degrees of protection in the solutions, but they can all be used to comply with the new requirements from the Danish Data Protection Agency.

We help you find the right solution based on your needs - and we can implement Azure Information Protection for Microsoft 365. Among other things, we help you with

Creating encryption policies
Branding emails and portals
Guide end users

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