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Summary

Adds a comprehensive 8-step DLP Incident Investigation Promptbook — the first DLP-specific promptbook in the repository. It provides a structured, repeatable workflow for Security Analysts to investigate DLP incidents end-to-end.

Intended Audience

  • SOC Analysts investigating DLP alerts
  • Data Security Administrators performing DLP triage
  • Compliance Officers assessing data exposure risk
  • Incident Responders correlating activity across Microsoft 365

What This Adds

File: Promptbook samples/DLP Incident Investigation Promptbook.md

An 8-step investigation workflow that builds progressively:

Step Action What It Does
1 Alert Triage Retrieve and prioritize top DLP alerts by severity across all workloads
2 Alert Deep-Dive Summarize the specific alert — policy, sensitive info types, actions taken
3 User Risk Assessment Correlate insider risk level, DLP history, and Entra sign-in anomalies
4 File Activity Investigation Track file access, sharing, label changes, downloads, external exposure
5 Cross-Workload Correlation Map DLP violations across Exchange, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Endpoints
6 Sensitivity Label Compliance Check for unlabeled, downgraded, or removed sensitivity labels
7 Exfiltration Analysis Detect email forwarding, USB copies, cloud uploads, external sharing
8 Investigation Summary Generate executive-ready report with remediation recommendations

Required Plugins

Prerequisites

  • Security Copilot enabled with appropriate permissions
  • Microsoft Purview, Defender XDR, and Entra plugins activated
  • DLP policies configured and active across workloads

Limitations

  • Results are limited to data retention periods configured in your tenant
  • Cross-workload correlation requires DLP policies enabled on the relevant workloads
  • The promptbook does not modify or remediate — it provides investigation insights only
  • AI-generated summaries should be validated before action

Gap Addressed

The repository contains 9 promptbooks for Defender/Sentinel workflows (anomalous sign-ins, phishing, threat bulletins, etc.) but zero promptbooks for DLP investigation — despite the Purview plugin having 40+ DLP skills. This promptbook fills that critical gap with a complete incident lifecycle workflow.

Responsible AI

  • Prompts are designed for security investigation use only
  • No automated remediation actions are taken
  • All outputs require human analyst validation
  • Follows existing promptbook patterns and standards in the repository

arunt14 added 2 commits April 3, 2026 15:13
Add a comprehensive 8-step DLP investigation promptbook that guides
security analysts through the complete DLP incident lifecycle:

- Alert triage and prioritization
- Alert deep-dive analysis
- User risk profile assessment
- File and data activity investigation
- Cross-workload DLP correlation (Exchange, Teams, SharePoint, Endpoints)
- Sensitivity label compliance checking
- Data exfiltration indicator analysis
- Executive-ready investigation summary with remediation recommendations

This addresses the gap of having zero DLP-specific promptbooks in the
repository while 9 other promptbooks exist for Defender/Sentinel workflows.
Add Responsible AI Publishing Requirements compliance:
- Intended audience, uses, and supported Microsoft products
- Prerequisites with Microsoft Learn documentation links
- Limitations and disclaimer section
- Descriptive input parameter documentation
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