Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager Flashcards
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What does the compliance score in Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager primarily measure?
Answer: Progress in completing recommended risk-reducing actions.
The compliance score measures your progress in completing actions that help reduce risks around data protection and regulatory standards. It provides a quantifiable measure of your organization's compliance posture based on the implementation of recommended controls.
In Compliance Manager, what is the purpose of an 'improvement action'?
Answer: A recommended task to help centralize data governance and reduce risk.
Improvement actions are tasks recommended by Microsoft to help you align with data protection regulations and standards. Completing these actions, which are your responsibility, directly increases your compliance score.
How does Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager help organizations understand their shared compliance responsibilities?
Answer: By detailing which controls are managed by Microsoft versus the customer.
Compliance Manager clearly delineates between actions managed by Microsoft and actions managed by the customer. This helps organizations understand which controls they are responsible for implementing to meet the requirements of a specific regulation or standard.
What is the function of assessment templates in Compliance Manager?
Answer: To provide frameworks for assessing compliance against specific regulations.
Assessment templates are pre-built frameworks for specific regulations and standards, like GDPR or ISO 27001. They provide the necessary controls and improvement actions required to assess your compliance against that particular standard.
If your organization improves its compliance score from 60% to 75%, what does this change signify?
Answer: The organization has completed more recommended improvement actions.
An increase in the compliance score directly reflects that the organization has successfully implemented more of the recommended improvement actions. This indicates a stronger compliance posture and a reduction in risks associated with data protection and regulatory standards.
Which of the following best describes a 'control' in the context of Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager?
Answer: A requirement of a regulation or standard.
A control is a requirement of a regulation, standard, or policy. Compliance Manager maps these controls to specific improvement actions, helping you understand how to meet each requirement.