Plot Twist: I'm Now a Microsoft MVP

Matthew Silcox

05 Feb 2026 — 1 min read

Apparently, someone at Microsoft thought it'd be a good idea to give me an MVP award for Purview. I'm as surprised as you are 🙂

For those wondering what this means: I now have a fancy title to put in my email signature and an official reason to keep obsessing over data security and compliance.

Thanks to everyone who's put up with my Purview rants over the past year. This one's for you (and also for me, let's be honest).

Now if you'll excuse me, I have some imposter syndrome to process and a logo to add to my LinkedIn profile.

Purview SIT Email Scanner Tool v2 Update

Guess what we're baaaaaack. December/January are rough here in Cleveland, man. But, I've got some updates pushed out for the Purview SIT Email Scanner Tool that you might want to check out 🙂 Shout out to Emily Spotts for her collaboration on this one. What was

Using Microsoft’s Data Security Stack to Prevent the Next Breach

AI is transforming industries worldwide, but it’s simultaneously creating one of the largest data risks we've ever seen. According to the Varonis 2025 State of Data Security Report, 95% of healthcare organizations have exposed sensitive cloud data, and 64% have employees using unverified AI tools. The same

Email SIT Finder Update: All Credentials Bundled Entity

Found this nugget buried in the Purview Blueprints Github repo. Figured I'd take a crack at integrating credential SITs into my EXO SIT Finder. The "All Credentials" Bundled SIT is multitudinous and complex, as you can see in the linked Learn Doc below. Current SITs being

Architectural Case Study | Extending Microsoft Purview with Fortra (Digital Guardian) DLP via the MIP SDK

This post is a continuation of a series. See part 1, here. Most enterprises already live in dual worlds. On one side, Microsoft Purview governs information inside Microsoft 365. But on the other, dedicated DLP platforms like Digital Guardian DLP control endpoints, networks, and file movement. So what's

Read more

Purview SIT Email Scanner Tool v2 Update

Using Microsoft’s Data Security Stack to Prevent the Next Breach

Email SIT Finder Update: All Credentials Bundled Entity

Architectural Case Study | Extending Microsoft Purview with Fortra (Digital Guardian) DLP via the MIP SDK