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A financial services company is required by the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) to retain all documents containing credit card numbers for at least seven years. The compliance team has created a custom sensitive information type (SIT) to detect credit card numbers in Microsoft 365. They want to automatically apply a retention label (e.g., "7-Year Retention") to any document in SharePoint or OneDrive that matches this SIT. Which Microsoft Purview solution should they configure to apply the label automatically based on content?
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A
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Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
DLP policies are designed to prevent sensitive information from being shared externally or used inappropriately. They can detect credit card numbers but do not automatically apply retention labels. They may show a policy tip or block sharing.
B
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Insider Risk Management
Insider Risk Management helps detect, investigate, and act on risky insider activities like data theft. It does not automatically apply retention labels based on content.
C
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Communication Compliance
Communication Compliance policies monitor communications (email, Teams) for policy violations such as offensive language or regulatory compliance issues. They do not apply retention labels to documents.
D
Best answer
Data Lifecycle Management
Data Lifecycle Management provides auto-apply retention label policies that can use sensitive information types (SITs) to classify and retain content automatically. This is the correct solution to apply a retention label based on content detection.
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What does this SC-900 question test?
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
What is the correct answer to this question?
The correct answer is: Data Lifecycle Management — Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management (formerly known as Microsoft 365 Records Management) allows organizations to define retention labels and automatically apply them based on conditions such as sensitive information types (SITs), trainable classifiers, or keywords. In this scenario, the custom SIT for credit card numbers can trigger the auto-apply policy to assign the retention label, ensuring the documents are retained for the required period and then properly disposed of. This helps meet regulatory obligations like PCI-DSS without manual user intervention.
What should I do if I get this SC-900 question wrong?
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