A global financial institution engaged Intercast to support a large-scale data protection initiative aimed at enhancing security, governance, and regulatory readiness across unstructured data assets.
The client needed to:
Discover and classify vast volumes of unstructured data across the enterprise.
Align with evolving data privacy and compliance requirements.
Enforce consistent sensitivity labels and access controls across documents and communications.
Ensure global adoption of new data governance processes and tools.
Intercast deployed a highly specialized consultant with deep experience in data governance, Microsoft Purview, and organizational change management. The consultant led a global, multi-stream program from planning to execution. Key actions included:
Tool Implementation: Deployed Microsoft Purview to discover, classify, and protect unstructured data; integrated Azure Information Protection (AIP) servers.
Unified Data Governance (UDG): Designed and implemented a UDG framework that centralized oversight and control.
Change Enablement: Ran global roadshows, training sessions, and created a network of change champions to drive adoption.
Policy Enforcement: Led the successful rollout of mandatory sensitivity classification for all user-created files and emails.
Security Posture: Significantly reduced data security risks across unstructured repositories.
Compliance Readiness: Met data protection roadmap milestones ahead of schedule.
Adoption: Achieved high adoption of classification policies through targeted change management.
Global Scale: Orchestrated a program that spanned multiple regions, teams, and technologies.
“Intercast delivered not just a consultant, but a true leader—someone who could operationalize data governance while navigating complex global dynamics.”
Intercast identifies professionals who bring both technical execution and business change leadership.
Deep familiarity with tools like Microsoft Purview, AIP, and UDG frameworks is essential for modern data governance.
Effective adoption requires just as much investment in people and process as in technology.