AI Agent Governance: Learning from the Past to Prepare for the Future
A practical guide to enabling AI agents safely, scaling adoption with confidence, and avoiding the mistakes companies have made in earlier technology waves. Every major technology shift follows a familiar pattern. At first, new tools appear in isolated pockets of the business. A few enthusiastic users find ways to get value quickly. Innovation moves faster […]
How to enable AI and agents to deliver business value without compromising security, privacy, or compliance
In our webinar March 5, I was joined by Jon Erik Bjøre, Vice President Technology Management at the energy company Equinor and Adithya Narayanan, Product Manager at Microsoft to discuss security, privacy, and compliance for AI and Agents. Equinor saved 130 million USD last year by using AI and Agents, and I will in this […]
The Must-Read Data Security & Governance Series for 2026
As we head into 2026, AI, Copilot, and rapid data growth are forcing organizations to rethink how data security and governance are designed, operated, and sustained. Microsoft Purview provides a critical foundation—but success in 2026 depends on how you implement, operate, and extend it to support AI-driven ways of working. To help you stay ahead, […]
Is Your SharePoint Environment Ready for April 2026?
April 2026 may feel far away—but for many organizations running SharePoint Online, it’s closer than it looks. Microsoft has announced the retirement of several legacy SharePoint Online records and information management features. When these features are switched off, organizations still relying on them could face compliance gaps, governance disruption, and rushed remediation projects. The key […]
Start with Microsoft Purview. Finish Everywhere with the Infotechtion-ARM.
Microsoft 365 is now fully embraced by most organizations as the primary platform for collaboration and productivity. Microsoft Purview plays a critical role in securing this environment by protecting information stored in Microsoft 365 and shared from it—using classification, sensitivity labels, encryption, and data loss prevention to control access, external sharing, and usage. For data created, stored, […]
Stop Treating Microsoft Purview Like a Project
Treating Purview like a one-off implementation—plan, deploy, hand over—produces one-off results. Data grows, risks shift, new controls and regulations appear, and the organization changes. The only way to keep value and risk reduction moving in the right direction is to run Purview as a service, governed by a clear Target Operating Model (TOM). This post […]
Cut SharePoint Storage Costs
Are you struggling to control the rising costs of your SharePoint storage? 60% of M365 customers surveyed by Infotechtion are paying premium rates ($0.20 /GB /month) for hot-tier storage — even for data that’s stale, redundant, or no longer relevant. But deletion isn’t always an option due to compliance, ownership, ambiguity, or business hesitation. That’s […]
How to avoid data breaches
Data breaches rarely happen the same way twice. Some are driven by malicious insiders, others by external hackers, careless employees, or even well-intentioned staff experimenting with new AI tools. What they all have in common: the cost to the business can be devastating. Below are four real-world style scenarios that show how breaches often occur […]
Turning Audit Pain into Audit Readiness: How to Simplify Compliance
IT security audits are meant to validate that an organization’s information assets are secure and compliant. Regulators, boards, and customers expect assurance that risks are managed against standards and regulations such as ISO/IEC 27001, NIST SP 800-171/53, PCI DSS, HIPAA, and GDPR. For CISOs, audits should showcase security maturity. Instead, they often become a repetitive, […]
Securing Data in the Age of AI: Outcomes of Implementing Microsoft Purview and the Infotechtion-ARM Solution to embrace and extend Purview
Data is the lifeblood of modern organizations—and one of the biggest targets for cybercriminals, insiders, and supply chain vulnerabilities. Sensitive information exists everywhere: in emails, collaboration platforms, cloud storage, legacy file shares, and increasingly in AI assistants like Microsoft Copilot. The challenge is not only knowing where sensitive data is, but also ensuring it is […]
