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Data protection on WindowsForum.com covers Microsoft 365 governance, backup and recovery strategies, AI risk management, and identity security. Discussions include licensing and access controls for Microsoft 365, Commvault's Azure cyber resilience service, and the need for permissions audits as AI tools like Copilot and ChatGPT are adopted. Server backup software rankings emphasize ransomware recovery and verified restores. A specific ASP.NET Core vulnerability (CVE-2026-40372) affecting the DataProtection library on non-Windows platforms is also addressed. Broader topics include national identity data protection and home NAS upgrades for safer storage. The tag reflects a focus on practical, operational data protection for Windows and enterprise environments.
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    iPhone: Stop Apple Retaining Safari, Siri and Spotlight Searches

    A privacy guide published by Tech Business News on July 11, and updated July 18, points iPhone owners to an easily missed Apple setting that controls whether search queries from Safari, Siri and Spotlight can be retained to improve Apple Search. The switch is at Settings > Search > Help Apple...
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    ValorC3 Launches Immutable Microsoft 365 and Entra ID Backups

    ValorC3 Data Centers has launched a fully managed Backup as a Service offering aimed at organizations that need separate recovery copies for Microsoft 365, Microsoft Entra ID, Salesforce, on-premises servers and cloud workloads. The Boise, Idaho-based provider said on July 16 that the service is...
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    Microsoft Purview Classifier Simulation Mode Previews October 2026

    Microsoft is planning a new Microsoft Purview capability called Classifier Simulation Mode, the first component of a broader Classifier Health Monitoring platform. According to the Microsoft 365 Roadmap entry, the feature will let organizations test and analyze custom Purview classifiers against...
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    Commvault Cloud Becomes Azure-Native ISV: Recovery, Security, and Marketplace Procurement

    Microsoft and Commvault announced on June 24, 2026, that Commvault Cloud will become a native independent software vendor service on Microsoft Azure, with public preview expected this summer and purchasing routed through Microsoft Marketplace. The move, first outlined in Commvault’s announcement...
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    Real Microsoft 365 ROI: Licensing, Governance, Security, Backup, and AI Readiness

    Microsoft 365 can deliver measurable productivity, security, automation, and AI gains, but organizations often fail to realize that value when licensing, governance, data protection, access controls, and user adoption are left to drift after deployment. The problem is not that Microsoft’s cloud...
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    Commvault Native Azure Cyber Resilience: Identity-Centered Recovery for M365 & Windows

    Commvault and Microsoft announced on June 24, 2026, that Microsoft will offer Commvault’s AI-powered cyber resilience technology as a native independent software vendor service inside Microsoft Azure for enterprise customers. The move is not just another marketplace listing with friendlier...
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    • ai data protection ai recovery azure cyber resilience azure isv azure isv services azure marketplace azure native azure resilience backup recovery cloud backup commvault commvault cloud cyber recovery cyber resilience data protection entra id entra id identity identity recovery microsoft 365 microsoft 365 backup microsoft azure microsoft marketplace microsoft sentinel ransomware recovery windows it strategy windows security
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    AI Risk in 2026: Copilot, ChatGPT, and the Permissions Audit IT Can’t Ignore

    Heimdal’s 2026 AI risk research says ChatGPT is present in 71% of UK IT environments and Microsoft Copilot in 68%, while IT and security teams on both sides of the Atlantic increasingly worry that governance, visibility, and security controls are lagging behind adoption. The headline is not that...
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    • ai governance ai risk management data protection microsoft 365 governance microsoft copilot microsoft copilot security oauth permissions windows security
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    Nigeria Trains 4,000 Data Protection Officers to Secure NIN Privacy

    Nigeria’s National Identity Management Commission said in Abuja on Thursday, June 11, 2026, that it had begun training and certifying more than 4,000 employees as Data Protection Officers to better protect the National Identification Number records of more than 120 million enrolled Nigerians...
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    • data protection digital identity nigeria nin privacy governance
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    Best Server Backup Software 2026: Ransomware Recovery and Verified Restores

    Kaseya’s 2026 ranking of server backup software puts Datto SIRIS, Unitrends, Veeam Backup & Replication, Acronis Cyber Protect, MSP360, NAKIVO, Cohesity, Rubrik, Commvault, and Veritas NetBackup into a market now defined less by backup jobs than by ransomware recovery. The list is...
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    Weekend NAS Upgrades: Containers, 2.5GbE, UPS, Quiet Mounts, SMART Alerts

    A home NAS can be made faster, quieter, safer, and more useful over a single weekend by adding lightweight containerized services, improving network throughput, reducing drive vibration, connecting a USB-aware UPS, and scheduling automated disk health checks. The cheapness is the point: the best...
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    • container-apps data protection home nas network upgrades
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    CVE-2026-40372: Verify ASP.NET Core DataProtection 10.0.6 Runtime Exposure

    Microsoft’s April 2026 disclosure of CVE-2026-40372 is a reminder that ASP.NET Core vulnerabilities are not always about flashy remote exploitation; sometimes the danger is a very specific deployment pattern colliding with the wrong binary at runtime. In this case, Microsoft says the flaw...
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    CVE-2026-40372 ASP.NET Core Data Protection: Linux Exposure and Runtime Verification

    The vulnerability in CVE-2026-40372 is the kind of ASP.NET Core issue that hides in plain sight: many teams will see the package in their dependency graph, assume they are covered by the shared framework, and miss the fact that the NuGet copy may be the one actually executing at runtime...
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    ETH Zurich’s Framework for Responsible AI in Teaching: Workshops, Tools, Funding

    ETH Zurich is moving AI in teaching from experimentation into a more structured, institution-wide support model. The latest Staffnet guidance makes clear that lecturers are no longer expected to navigate generative AI alone; instead, they are being offered workshops, managed tools, and project...
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    AI in Hiring and Firing Wales: Human Oversight, Bias Risks and Public Accountability

    The Welsh Government is not, in any literal sense, handing over redundancy decisions to a machine. But it is increasingly clear that AI systems are moving into the spaces where public bodies make sensitive judgments about workers, performance, and management, and that shift demands far more...
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    • algorithmic management data protection human oversight local government ai microsoft copilot public sector governance public sector hr responsible ai
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    Dataverse Deleted Record Restore GA in April 2026 (Env-Level Protection for 30 Days)

    Microsoft is preparing a meaningful expansion of Dataverse data protection: the ability to restore deleted table records is slated for General Availability in late April 2026, with Microsoft saying the rollout will include refinements informed by customer and MVP feedback. The change addresses a...
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    Flintshire Council AI Policy: Protect Data, Demand Human Oversight

    Flintshire County Council’s move toward a formal AI policy is a telling sign of how local government is trying to catch up with a technology that is already seeping into day-to-day public services. The council’s Corporate Resources Overview and Scrutiny Committee has recommended Cabinet adopt...
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    Trust-Driven Enterprise Backup: Reliability, Brand, and Integration

    The Spiceworks Voice of IT snapshot of enterprise backup choices reveals a simple but powerful truth: IT professionals pick backup vendors with trust in mind first, and they define trust in very different ways. The headline finding — that reliability and brand reputation beat price, features...
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    UK Local Councils AI Use: Balancing Productivity With Governance and Safety

    Local councils across the UK are accelerating their adoption of artificial intelligence for frontline tasks such as meeting transcription, case-note drafting and public‑consultation analysis — and recent reporting and committee papers have reopened a fraught debate about whether those tools are...
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    Teramind AI Governance: Endpoint Visibility and Policy for Enterprise AI Agents

    Teramind’s new platform arrives at an inflection point: enterprises are no longer asking whether they should use AI agents — they are asking how to control, audit, and insure them when they act faster than humans and beyond traditional security tooling. Background / Overview The rapid adoption...
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    UAE Schools Adopt AI Carefully: Teacher-Led Safeguarded Learning

    Artificial intelligence has quietly moved from a classroom novelty to a supervised, curriculum-shaped reality in many UAE schools — but the way it’s being introduced is as notable for what it restricts as for what it enables. Background / Overview The UAE’s national education authorities...
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