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Security planning

Your requirements.
A clear plan for the work.

Bring your security and platform teams into deployment planning. Agree access, data handling and release responsibilities before the first workflow.

REQUIREMENTS BECOME SHARED DECISIONS
  1. Your organizationPolicies and operating requirements
  2. Review togetherAccess, environment and responsibilities
  3. Agree before rolloutScope, owners and validation checks

The planning workflow

Start with the work. Review what it needs.

Use a representative reporting workflow to identify the access and operating requirements for your chosen deployment.

Security planning from scope to review
  1. DefineChoose the workflow

    Identify assets, source systems and the people involved.

  2. ReviewAgree the boundaries

    Review data handling, permissions and environment requirements.

  3. ValidateConfirm responsibilities

    Name the owners and agree the checks before rollout.

What to agree

Turn requirements into decisions.

Specific control configurations and contractual requirements are confirmed in the enterprise review.

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Enterprise security review: inputs and decisions
Review areaYour team bringsAgree together
Data and connectivitySource systems, approved assets and data-handling policiesWhich systems are accessed; residency, transfer and retention requirements
Identity and permissionsUser groups, system owners and access policiesWho can connect, edit, review and publish within the supported configuration
Deployment and credentialsPreferred environment and credential-management requirementsHosting responsibilities, approved connectivity and credential handling
Operations and releaseLogging, change-management and acceptance requirementsOperational records, exception review, release owners and handoff checks

Compare the hosted and client-cloud responsibilities as part of this review.

An example in practice

A reporting change, with clear ownership.

An illustrative review workflow. Your organization defines the acceptance and release process.

Illustrative workflow: improving an existing report
  1. Reporting ownerAgree the input

    Approve the report or model and the access needed for the work.

  2. Delivery teamDevelop and validate

    Review proposed changes and the available validation results.

  3. Release ownerAccept and hand over

    Decide what is ready for download or supported publishing.

See this in the Power BI workflow, or explore how delivery responsibilities are shared.

Your next step

Review the fit with your team.

Bring your security questionnaire and deployment requirements. We will work through the scope together.

Plan a security review