STP
Many organizations need to have some level of evidentiary data that confirms cloud service providers (CSPs) are adhering to agreed-upon standards for security and data handling. The Microsoft STP (https://servicetrust.microsoft.com) is where all these critical documents are stored.
The core components of the STP include the following:
- Trust documents
- Compliance Manager
Let's look at each of these briefly. First, we'll examine the trust documents.
Trust documents
There are several documents available in the STP that can enable organizations to better understand how the Microsoft 365 platform is designed and operated. With these documents and white papers, organizations can be confident about how their data is being collected, stored, and used in the service. The following sections will provide an example of how these documents can be used to address some of an organization's most common questions.
The areas we'll look at are the...
