We live in a time where digital technology is profoundly impacting our lives, from the way we connect with each other to how we interpret our world. First and foremost, this digital transformation is causing a tsunami of data. In fact, Micrsoft estimates that in 2025 the world will create and replicate 163ZB of data, representing a tenfold increase from the amount of data created in 2016.

In the past, organisations primarily dealt with documents and emails. But now they are also dealing with instant messaging, text messaging, video files, and images. The internet of things, or IoT, will only add to this explosion in data.

Protecting information is critical to ensuring trust but also meeting internal and external compliance requirements.  Protecting data has become more challenging as people work in new ways, creating and sharing data across boundaries.  While mobility and cloud services have helped users become more productive and collaborative, securing, and monitoring the data has become harder.  Business leaders now need to protect sensitive information across devices, SaaS applications, and cloud services in addition to on-premises environments. But before an organisation can protect its data, they first must know where it resides, how it is being used and shared, what the associated compliance risks are, and even if the data is still needed.

About the Iris 365 Compliance and Risk audit

The Iris 365 Compliance and Risk audit will help business leaders to understand the compliance risks related to their organisational data and offers a structured approach to mapping these risks to solutions that will help manage and protect their data and mitigate the associated risks. The Compliance and Risk Audit is delivered by Iris 365 certified consultants using Microsoft best practice to ensure consistency in discovery of your environment.