Azure Information Protection (AIP)
AIP is a cloud-based solution that helps to discover, classify, and protect sensitive data in a cloud or hybrid environment. AIP uses labels to classify data. Once data has been classified, we can protect the data using policies.
Data classification
A famous quote from former US Secretary of State Dean Rusk is "If you protect your paper clips and diamonds with equal vigor, you'll soon have more paper clips and few diamonds." On that particular occasion, he was talking about national security, but when it comes to data protection, the same statement is true. If we need to protect sensitive data, first we need to identify sensitive data. In an infrastructure, this sensitive data can be in different formats and in different locations, such as applications, network shares, and devices. Once sensitive data is identified, we can protect it using relevant services and policies. This is why data classification is so important. AIP...
