Auditing and compliance features in Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace
Ensuring the security and compliance of organizational data is a top priority for security professionals and incident responders. Both Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace offer robust sets of features designed to monitor, audit, and secure data while helping organizations meet compliance requirements. Next, we discuss their respective capabilities.
Microsoft 365’s Security and Compliance Center (Microsoft Purview)
Moving forward, we will discuss the core of Microsoft 365’s security mechanisms, focusing on the Security and Compliance Center (now known as Microsoft Purview). Purview is rich in features such as eDiscovery, DLP, and audit logs, all important features that can be leveraged in a digital forensic investigation. Let’s take a closer look at these features:
- eDiscovery: Microsoft 365 comes with eDiscovery Manager, a feature that enables organizations to search, hold, analyze...