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Peter Rising
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Peter Rising has over 25 years' experience in IT. He has worked for several IT solutions providers and private organizations in a variety of technical and leadership roles, with a focus on Microsoft technologies. Since 2014, Peter has specialized in the Microsoft 365 platform, focusing most recently on security and compliance in his role as a Consulting Services Manager for Insight. Peter is heavily involved in the wider Microsoft community and has been recognized by Microsoft as an MVP. He holds several Microsoft certifications, including MCSE: Productivity; Microsoft 365 Certified: Enterprise Administrator Expert; and Microsoft 365: Cybersecurity Architect Expert.
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Creating and managing SITs

SITs are pattern-based classifiers that can detect information such as credit card numbers to identify sensitive items under your organization’s control. Microsoft Purview provides you with the following methods to identify these items so that they can be classified manually by users, or by using automated pattern recognition and machine learning processes.

An SIT is defined by a pattern that can be identified by the following characteristics:

  • Regular expressions or functions
  • Dictionary keyword
  • Checksums
  • Confidence levels
  • Proximity

There are many built-in SITs available as part of Microsoft Purview. These can be viewed in the Microsoft Purview compliance portal at https://compliance.microsoft.com under the Data classification section, as shown in the following screenshot:

Figure 11.1: Built-in SITs

Figure 11.1: Built-in SITs

However, there may also be occasions wherein organizations need to add one or more custom...

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Peter Rising has over 25 years' experience in IT. He has worked for several IT solutions providers and private organizations in a variety of technical and leadership roles, with a focus on Microsoft technologies. Since 2014, Peter has specialized in the Microsoft 365 platform, focusing most recently on security and compliance in his role as a Consulting Services Manager for Insight. Peter is heavily involved in the wider Microsoft community and has been recognized by Microsoft as an MVP. He holds several Microsoft certifications, including MCSE: Productivity; Microsoft 365 Certified: Enterprise Administrator Expert; and Microsoft 365: Cybersecurity Architect Expert.
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