How do I customize this PowerPoint template into an e-book for my brand?
You can use the deck as a ready-made framework and then layer your brand on top of it:
1. **Set up your brand look and feel**
- Open the **Slide Master** and update the **brand fonts and colors** so they apply consistently across all slides.
- Replace the **placeholder logos** with your own logo files.
2. **Customize the content**
- Look for **highlighted text and graphics**—these indicate where you should insert your own copy, visuals, or data.
- Update the highlighted text with your **brand-specific messaging**.
- Once updated, **remove the highlight treatment** so the text matches the surrounding type color and looks finished.
- Adjust **font size and layout** as needed so your copy fits the template cleanly.
3. **Update imagery (optional)**
- You may **replace template stock photography or icons** with your own custom images if you prefer.
- Keep in mind: images or icons that ship with this template are **licensed for use only within this template**. They must not be reused elsewhere or altered.
4. **Finalize and export as an e-book**
- Delete any **offslide instructions** and remove any remaining highlighting.
- Save your final PowerPoint file with a clear name and in your chosen destination.
- Go to the **File** menu, choose **Export**, and save the deck as a **PDF**. This PDF becomes your branded e-book, ready to share with customers or internal stakeholders.
Why do I need to secure and govern Microsoft 365 Copilot?
Securing and governing Microsoft 365 Copilot matters because generative AI is reshaping how people work—and it also introduces new risk areas that build on existing security and compliance challenges.
From the data in the deck:
- A significant share of companies **lack the tools** to counter today’s AI-enabled threats.
- Many organizations have already **encountered breaches related to generative AI use**.
- A notable portion of organizations **lack confidence managing data input in AI apps and tools**.
These issues show up in three main ways:
1. **Data exposure and oversharing**
- Generative AI can surface content based on what users are allowed to access. If your permissions and labels are loose, Copilot can make **overshared or sensitive data more discoverable**, increasing the chance of leaks.
2. **New AI-specific threats**
- Existing risks like **data loss** and **insider risks** are amplified.
- New threats emerge, such as **prompt injection attacks** and potential **copyright violations**.
3. **Regulatory and policy compliance**
- Regulations like the **EU AI Act** and internal policies require you to show that AI use is **controlled, auditable, and aligned with ethical guidelines**.
- Without proper governance, it’s harder to prove compliance or investigate issues.
Microsoft 365 Copilot is **secure by design** and built on Microsoft’s existing security and privacy controls, but you still need **proactive governance** to:
- Quickly identify **risky AI use**, such as a user suddenly interacting with a large volume of sensitive data.
- Gain **visibility into prompts and responses** to ensure they align with your organization’s policies.
- Move from reactive oversight to **proactive controls** that keep your data consistently labeled, protected, and governed.
In short, securing and governing Copilot helps you get the productivity benefits of generative AI while managing data leaks, insider risks, and compliance obligations in a structured way.
How does Microsoft Purview help secure and govern Microsoft 365 Copilot?
Microsoft Purview gives you a unified way to **govern, protect, and manage** the data that Microsoft 365 Copilot relies on, across your entire data estate. It focuses on three core areas: oversharing, data loss and insider risks, and AI governance.
1. **Address oversharing concerns**
Microsoft Purview helps you detect and remediate oversharing before it becomes a problem:
- Identify **potentially overshared sites and files** across Microsoft 365.
- Receive **policy suggestions** tailored to your oversharing risks.
- Remove **organization-wide site access** where it’s not appropriate.
- Get **notifications when new oversharing occurs**, with options for remediation.
- Protect **sensitive files wherever they live or travel**.
**Key features:**
- Prevention of processing sensitive files.
- Remediation of excessive permissions.
- Visibility into overshared content.
2. **Protect against data loss and insider risks**
Purview helps you understand how users and AI interact with sensitive data and respond dynamically:
- Analyze **interactions with sensitive data** and get **alerts about risky activity**.
- View **reports of sensitive data and unprotected files**.
- Detect when files contain sensitive data and **auto-apply protections**.
- Continue to protect files even if they are **moved or downloaded**.
- Use **Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management** to limit access for **high-risk users**.
**Key features:**
- Alerts and reports of risky behavior and AI use.
- Protection of sensitive files and interactions.
- Dynamic application of security policies based on risky actions.
3. **Govern AI use to meet regulations and policies**
Purview helps you align Copilot usage with regulations (such as the **EU AI Act**), internal policies, and ethical guidelines:
- Audit Microsoft 365 Copilot interactions using **detailed log information**.
- Enforce **retention and deletion policies** for interactions, meeting recordings, and transcripts.
- Receive **alerts for potential compliance or ethical violations** and start investigations as needed.
- Apply **lifecycle policies and legal holds** to relevant content.
**Key features:**
- Inspections of interaction content and audit logs.
- Investigations for compliance and ethical violations.
- Enforcement of lifecycle policies and legal holds.
Together, these capabilities help you **confidently adopt and scale Microsoft 365 Copilot and AI agents** by:
- Reducing oversharing.
- Preventing data loss and managing insider risks.
- Enforcing governance that keeps pace with evolving AI regulations.
As one customer example, Cummins uses Microsoft Purview to help ensure that **content generated by Copilot is automatically classified and protected**, so access remains limited to authorized users.
If you’re unsure where to start, you can use the **Security for AI Assessment for Microsoft 365 Copilot** to evaluate your current security and governance readiness and get tailored recommendations for preparing your environment, detecting risks, and protecting and governing Copilot use.