OUR SERVICES / DATA PROTECTION AND PRIVACY
Data protection and privacy.
Understand where sensitive information is, who can access it and how to protect it.
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THE SECURET METHOD / DATA PROTECTION
Protect sensitive data wherever it travels.
Connect information classification and access governance to protection, retention and accountable handling.
- 01
Discover
Data stores, flows, owners and sensitivity
- 02
Classify
Information value, obligations and handling
- 03
Restrict
Least privilege, sharing and lifecycle access
- 04
Protect
Encryption, DLP and appropriate safeguards
- 05
Verify
Monitoring, retention and privacy evidence
Privacy and security decisions must reflect the actual data lifecycle and relevant legal obligations.
Illustrative delivery model. Activities are tailored to the engagement scope, environment and risk profile.
WHO THIS IS FOR / BUSINESS CONTEXT
When organisations call us.
Who this is for
Data owners, privacy officers, CISOs, architects and teams handling government, customer or regulated information.
Common triggers for an engagement include:
- Sensitive data is scattered across platforms without consistent labels or owners
- A privacy impact assessment or data handling obligation requires action
- Information can be accessed or exported more broadly than policy allows
ENGAGEMENT SCOPE
What we examine and design.
Work is proportionate to the system, its operating context and the decisions you need to make.
Sensitive data inventory and classification
Microsoft Purview information protection and DLP design
Access governance and data exposure reduction
Encryption, key management and secure sharing patterns
Data lifecycle and retention alignment
Privacy impact assessment and breach preparedness support
Cloud and AI retrieval-data protection design
OUR APPROACH
How we deliver.
We establish data ownership, classification and access flows first, then choose controls that fit the information and business purpose.
Standards and platforms
Microsoft Purview · Australian Privacy Principles · ASD ISM · ISO/IEC 27001
Where we draw the line.
Legal privacy advice and regulator determinations sit with authorised legal or regulatory functions. Technical controls require client-specific assessment.
See our working methodPRACTICAL ANSWERS
Questions worth asking.
Answers are scoped to the service described here, not guarantees for an individual environment.
Does classification have to precede DLP?
Data owners, classification and exception decisions should be clear before policy enforcement so the system does not block legitimate work.
How does this relate to AI security?
Enterprise AI systems inherit the exposure of the information they can retrieve, transform or export. Data governance and least privilege are therefore foundational.
CONNECTED EXPERTISE
Related capabilities.
Most security architecture decisions cross more than one domain.
AI and agentic AI security
Secure the data, tools and authority your AI systems actually have.
Explore service 02 / CAPABILITYIdentity and access management
Make access easier to grant, govern, remove and prove.
Explore service 03 / CAPABILITYCloud security
Design cloud landing zones and guardrails before risk spreads.
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