Governance & Compliance

Ensure secure, compliant, and responsible Copilot adoption

Governance & Compliance services from LW IT Solutions provide the policies, frameworks, and controls to deploy Microsoft Copilot securely and in alignment with regulations. From GDPR and ISO 27001 to sector-specific compliance, we help you manage AI responsibly.
This service ensures Microsoft Copilot is deployed with the right security and compliance guardrails. It is designed for CIOs, CISOs, compliance officers, and IT leaders who must ensure AI adoption meets internal and external regulatory standards.

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Service Overview

Highlights

  • Governance frameworks tailored to your organisation
  • Security controls: DLP, sensitivity labels, retention, audit, conditional access
  • Compliance mapping for GDPR, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, and more
  • Risk registers, escalation paths, and oversight structures
  • Modular service for SMB, mid-market, and enterprise

Business Benefits

  • Reduce legal, financial, and reputational risk from AI adoption
  • Align AI deployment with internal governance and industry standards
  • Strengthen data security posture with enforceable policies
  • Increase stakeholder confidence in AI usage
  • Establish a repeatable governance framework for future AI rollouts

Typical use cases

  • Organisations enabling Microsoft Copilot where GDPR compliance is mandatory
  • Security and compliance teams requiring visibility and control over Copilot usage
  • Highly regulated sectors adopting Copilot such as healthcare, finance, or legal services
  • Enterprises rolling out Copilot across multiple regions with differing regulations
  • IT leaders needing a formal governance position before expanding Copilot capabilities

Objectives & deliverables

What Success Looks Like

  • Define how Microsoft Copilot can be used safely and appropriately within the organisation
  • Align Copilot deployment with data protection, information security, and compliance obligations
  • Establish clear ownership and decision-making for AI governance
  • Identify and manage risks introduced by AI-assisted content and data access
  • Prepare the organisation for audits, assessments, and regulatory scrutiny related to AI

What You Get

  • Governance framework document tailored to your organisation
  • Security and compliance policy templates
  • Risk register and mitigation plan
  • Oversight committee charter and escalation matrix
  • Audit readiness checklist and data residency policy
  • Training pack for governance stakeholders
  • Quarterly compliance review process

How It Works

  1. Assessment – review existing governance and compliance frameworks
  2. Policy Design – define AI-specific policies for Copilot adoption
  3. Implementation – configure M365 security policies and governance workflows
  4. Enablement – train governance stakeholders and establish oversight committee
  5. Operate – quarterly compliance reviews and roadmap alignment

Engagement Options

  • Starter Governance Pack - policy templates, risk register, compliance checklist
  • Scale Program - oversight structure, escalation model, stakeholder training
  • Enterprise Governance - sector-specific compliance mapping, multi-region governance, advanced audit frameworks
  • Operate - quarterly reviews, policy updates, roadmap alignment

Additional Information

Security & Compliance Notes

  • We configure DLP, sensitivity labels, retention, audit logging, and conditional access. Our frameworks align with GDPR, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, and client-specific regulatory needs.

Common Bundles

Customers who use this service often bundle with these services

AI Safety, Governance & Risk
Implement practical AI safety and governance with policies, approvals, logging, data boundaries, and controls that reduce operational and compliance risk.

Copilot for Security
AI-driven analysis in Copilot for Security accelerates alert triage, supports investigations, and helps security teams focus on real threats.

Compliance Manager Assessments
Configure Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager assessments with clear ownership, prioritised improvement actions, managed evidence, and reporting that supports audits.

Prompt Governance & Approval
Prompt governance and approval services providing lifecycle management, ownership, versioning, audit trails, and controlled change for production AI prompts.

Copilot Roadmap Workshop
Facilitated workshops define Copilot priorities, align stakeholders, assess readiness, and produce a clear adoption roadmap with governance outputs.

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