Salman A Ghani
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Salman A Ghani is the founder of Ghani Governance, a UK Microsoft Purview consultancy. He is a Microsoft Purview consultant and privacy counsel, and a former Data Protection Officer. He writes and reviews the articles on this site and typically leads discovery and principal-consultant work on engagements himself.
Career history
Before founding Ghani Governance, Salman held security and Microsoft Purview roles at these employers:
| Employer | Role |
|---|---|
| Avanade | Security Consultant (contract) |
| IBM | Microsoft Purview Consultant |
| Zurich Insurance | Security Engineer |
| JP Morgan | Cyber Security Consultant |
These were Salman’s employers. They are not clients of Ghani Governance, and none of them endorses this site.
Earlier in his career he held senior Data Protection Officer and legal counsel roles. That is the privacy side of the work: UK GDPR, DPO practice and records of processing.
What he works on
His working ground is where data-protection law meets the Microsoft Purview control set: UK GDPR, DPO practice and records of processing on one side, and DLP, sensitivity labels, Unified Catalog, Insider Risk Management, eDiscovery and DSPM for AI on the other. The practice’s method is to start from written policy and design Purview from it. See Policy to Purview design.
Articles by Salman
- Designing a sensitivity label taxonomy
- Microsoft Purview DLP policy examples for UK data
- Microsoft 365 Copilot data security
- AI data security threats
- AI security and compliance frameworks
- UK GDPR and data privacy
How these pages are researched and reviewed: editorial policy. About the firm and how work is staffed: About Ghani Governance and How we staff work.
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