application protection – Providence IS Communication

Sensitivity Labels Offer New Tools to Classify Documents and Protect Them from Misuse

Friday, November 6, 2020 IS Communications All Caregivers

Caregivers have a new tool to combat data loss and security breaches. Sensitivity labels, part of Microsoft’s Azure Information Protection solution, provides caregivers with the ability to classify and protect data.By applying one of the two available sensitivity labels, either Patient Data – Regulated or Confidential, to an email in Outlook or a document you create in Microsoft Word, Excel, or PowerPoint

> Click into the article headline to read more about application protection for Microsoft Word, Excel, or PowerPoint.

Microsoft Mobile Applications Protection Continues Roll Out

Tuesday, June 9, 2020 IS Communications All Caregivers

We’ve begun taking a new approach to protect company data accessed on our personal devices via Microsoft Office 365 apps. We have already applied Application Protection Policies (APP) to knowledge workers and support workers, who were previously enrolled, but are now expanding this protection.

> Click into the article headline or graphic to review the upcoming schedule.

Microsoft Mobile Applications Protection Rolls Out

Wednesday, May 6, 2020 IS Communications All Caregivers

As we take an enhanced approach to protect data, Office 365 mobile apps will soon have Application Protection Policies (APP) applied. The new settings will be deployed for the Apple iOS and Android devices for three different phases.

> Click into the article headline or graphic to review the upcoming schedule.

Microsoft Intune Supports Modern Workplace Application Protection – Dec. 11 Rollout to IS

Monday, December 9, 2019 IS Communications All Caregivers

As Rick Stover also shared at our December 5 IS town hall, part of our Modern Workplace initiative involves providing PSJH applications and communications with data protection and security.

Microsoft Intune is the endpoint management solution within Modern Workplace that ensures applications accessed by non-managed (personal) devices are secured with application protection policies (APP). APP safeguards data in our Office 365 mobile applications by requiring users to input a six-digit PIN (can later be your thumb or face biometric factor supported by your phone or device) and then limiting transfer of PSJH app data to that personal device.

> Click into the article headline or graphic to learn a bit more about how Intune will support APP and what to expect now that it is being tested within IS.