How a Governed Tenant Blocks or Logs Silent Exfiltration
Ungoverned AI use is not a technology problem. It is a boundary problem. Client data lives inside your Microsoft 365 tenant; the tools your staff reach for live outside it.
A governed deployment draws that boundary in policy, enforces it on the requests its policies match, in both directions, and keeps a record of each decision.
Mark a file Confidential. The mark stays with the file.
Data loss rules: find client identifiers and block the paste or the send.
Sign-in rules that turn away unmanaged devices.
paste containing client identifiers, bound for a free tool
the request never crosses; the user sees the policy notice
Every prompt in, every answer out, every failed attempt to leave. Exports when an insurer or examiner asks.
The block is the visible part. The record is the part that matters at renewal.
When an auditor asks how AI use is governed, the answer is a report, not a promise.
