Northstar Data Security
Protect Your Data With Microsoft Purview
Northstar Data Security helps organizations discover, classify, protect, and govern sensitive information across Microsoft 365.Built on broad Microsoft cloud and security expertise, Northstar specializes deeply in Microsoft Purview and the implementation of practical, enterprise-ready data security controls.
Microsoft Purview Services
Northstar provides specialized Microsoft Purview consulting designed around your organization’s actual data, risks, business processes, and users.Assess and DesignEvaluate your Microsoft 365 environment, identify sensitive-data risks, review existing controls, and develop a practical Purview architecture and implementation roadmap.Implement and OptimizeConfigure, test, deploy, document, and tune Microsoft Purview capabilities. Northstar supports both new implementations and existing environments that need stronger coverage, fewer false positives, clearer user notifications, and policies better aligned with business risk.Data Loss PreventionDesign and implement DLP policies across Exchange Online, SharePoint, OneDrive, Microsoft Teams, Windows and macOS endpoints, Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot Chat, Microsoft Fabric and Power BI, supported on-premises repositories, and connected cloud applications.Support includes requirements gathering, policy design, simulation, testing, exception handling, deployment, tuning, documentation, and operational handoff.Information Protection and GovernanceBuild scalable classification and protection controls using sensitivity labels, Sensitive Information Types, Exact Data Match, trainable classifiers, encryption, automated labeling, Information Lifecycle Management, Records Management, Insider Risk Management, and Data Security Posture Management.Copilot Data Security ReadinessPrepare Microsoft 365 for Copilot by identifying overshared information, improving classification and permissions, and implementing Purview controls that reduce the risk of sensitive-data exposure.
Broad Microsoft Expertise. Deep Purview Specialization.
Northstar Data Security was founded by Brandon Hagerman, whose cybersecurity career began in the United States Marine Corps.After leaving the Marine Corps, Brandon worked in security and compliance at Microsoft, developing broad expertise across Microsoft cloud technologies, enterprise security, and compliance.He later joined Epiq, a leading Microsoft compliance partner, where he specialized deeply in Microsoft Purview and led enterprise data security implementations from strategy and architecture through configuration, testing, deployment, and operational handoff.Today, Brandon leads Microsoft Purview and data security capabilities at a Fortune 500 financial services company.This combination of broad Microsoft expertise and deep Microsoft Purview specialization allows Northstar to understand both the wider Microsoft ecosystem and the detailed technical work required to make Purview effective in complex enterprise environments.Clients work directly with the expert responsible for designing and delivering the solution, without unnecessary layers, repeated handoffs, or junior resources placed between the client and the work.
Focused Expertise Without Large-Firm Overhead
Microsoft Purview is not an add-on service for Northstar. It is the core specialization.Northstar combines broad Microsoft expertise, deep technical knowledge of Microsoft Purview, and real-world enterprise implementation experience to deliver data security solutions that are practical, supportable, and aligned with business needs.Clients work directly with the expert designing and delivering the solution. There are no unnecessary layers, repeated handoffs, or junior resources placed between the client and the work.This focused model provides senior-level expertise without the cost and complexity of a large consulting team.
Ready to Strengthen Your Microsoft 365 Data Security?
Whether you need a Microsoft Purview assessment, a complete implementation, help improving existing policies, or specialized expertise for a larger initiative, Northstar Data Security can help.
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Microsoft Purview and data security consulting for organizations using Microsoft 365.