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A data security investigation exists to close that gap.
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## How data security investigations differ from activity-based investigation
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Traditional security investigation often starts with activity. An alert fires, a user performs an action, or a signal indicates something unusual. From there, the investigation focuses on timelines, indicators, and behavior.

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In data security posture management (DSPM), objectives are the primary way risk is organized and addressed. An objective represents a specific outcome related to data security, like reducing oversharing, limiting exposure, or strengthening protection for sensitive data.
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:::image type="content" source="../media/objectives-as-outcomes.png" border="false" alt-text="Diagram showing objectives progressing through assess, identify, recommend, and validate steps over time." lightbox="../media/objectives-as-outcomes.png":::
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Objectives aren't checklists or static views. They function as workflows that connect:
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- Assessing current posture

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DSPM doesn't inspect data or user behavior on its own. It aggregates signals from other Microsoft Purview solutions that already do that work.
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:::image type="content" source="../media/posture-aggregation-overview.png" border="false" alt-text="Diagram showing signals from Purview tools flowing into a single data security posture overview." lightbox="../media/posture-aggregation-overview.png":::
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Those signals come from areas like:
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- **Data Loss Prevention**, which detects risky data handling
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- **Information Protection**, which shows how data is classified and labeled
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- **Data Loss Prevention**, which detects risky data handling
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- **Insider Risk Management**, which highlights risky patterns and behaviors
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- **Audit and activity data**, which provide evidence of how data is used
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- **Investigation tools**, which add context when deeper review is needed
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AI changes how data moves through an organization. Prompts, responses, summaries, and agent workflows create new paths for sensitive information to be shared, reused, or exposed. This activity is often distributed across users, apps, and services, which makes risk harder to see when you look at tools in isolation.
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In these environments, posture matters more than individual alerts. You need to understand patterns like oversharing, repeated exposure, or gaps in protection before those patterns lead to incidents. DSPM treats AI interactions as another signal source, not a separate problem to solve in isolation.
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In these environments, posture matters more than individual alerts. Identifying patterns like oversharing, repeated exposure, or gaps in protection helps prevent those patterns from escalating into incidents. DSPM treats AI interactions as another signal source, not a separate problem to solve in isolation.
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By focusing on posture, DSPM helps organizations stay ahead of risk in environments where data is constantly in use, not just sitting at rest.
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