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Make Sure Information Protection is Baked into Microsoft Teams from the Start

31 May 2020

Nucleus Cyber Logo LIGHT shadowMicrosoft Teams has rapidly become a key collaboration tool for many organizations quickly growing from 44 million to over 75 million users in just a few months. However, if not set up properly from the start it can potentially leave your business-critical data exposed from accidental sharing or oversharing with the wrong individuals or Teams – or worse theft. Ensure Microsoft Teams information protection success and avoid any pitfalls by making sure you provision sites/teams with these 3 key practices in place.

 

The challenges of the rapid adoption of a new collaboration tool are not new. There are parallels between the explosive growth of Microsoft Teams that we are experiencing now and the viral adoption of SharePoint during its early iterations. It’s important that we learn from the early SharePoint years and not repeat those mistakes with Teams.

 
The stakes for getting security wrong are much higher today. New regulations such as GDPR and California Privacy Acts have upped the game on an organization’s responsibility to safeguard data, as well as the financial penalties already costing organizations millions. The risk to IP is also greater with corporate espionage cases like Google vs Waymo, underscoring the risk to an organization’s trade secrets from collaboration tools. These risks are exacerbated by ease and speed at which information can be shared in Teams. The severity of the penalties for incorrectly handling information and risk to the business demand a better solution this time. ...read more!