Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
Incidents and response

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint sensitivity labels protect and prioritize incident response

In brief

Three related links now point to updated Microsoft Learn and Microsoft Support URLs for sensitivity labels and DLP conditions.

What Defender admins need to know

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Microsoft Defender for Endpoint sensitivity labels protect and prioritize incident response

Use sensitivity labels in Defender for Endpoint

A typical advanced persistent threat (APT) lifecycle involves data exfiltration, where data is taken from the organization. Sensitivity labels help security teams know where to start. They show which data has the highest priority to protect.

For more details about sensitivity labels, see the following articles: