AI, Information Protection, and 6 Practical Changes You Can Make Now

AI use across Microsoft 365 is accelerating – often faster than the information controls designed to support it.

For many organisations, this creates a growing gap. Teams are experimenting with AI in Teams, SharePoint, and OneDrive while legacy content remains messy, inconsistently classified, and unevenly protected. What used to be manageable risk at the edges is now becoming a core operational concern.

That’s why we’re running this Wellington workshop focused on AI, Information Protection, and 6 practical changes organisations can make now.

Why this matters now

AI doesn’t create new information. It exposes existing information at speed and scale. Content that was once hard to find can now be surfaced, summarised, and reused instantly. If protection, access controls, and classification are inconsistent, the risk becomes visible very quickly.

Most organisations already have the tools they need. What’s missing is confidence that those tools are configured and governed in a way AI can safely rely on.

This session is designed to close that gap.

What the workshop covers

The workshop is structured around three practical areas:

1. AI Autoclassification in practice

We’ll share what is actually working with AI Autoclassification in real environments – what has matured, where organisations are getting caught out, and what teams can stop overthinking. This isn’t a product demo or theoretical overview. It’s about turning AIAC into something reliable and usable, not experimental.

2. Information Protection as AI use increases

As AI becomes part of everyday work, protection models need to evolve. We’ll focus on how sensitivity, access controls, and protection need to work in practice – not just on paper – and where many environments remain exposed today.

3. Low‑cost, high‑impact changes you can make immediately

You don’t need new tools or long programmes to improve your information posture. We’ll walk through practical configuration and governance moves that materially reduce risk, improve control, and make information safer for both people and AI to use.

What makes this session different

This is a working session, not a marketing event.

You can expect:

• real‑world patterns from live New Zealand environments

• practical examples, short exercises, and open Q&A

• guidance grounded in NZ regulatory and organisational realities

• no charge, no fluff – just things you can actually use

The focus is on progress, not perfection.

Who should attend

This session is for CIOs, Information Managers, risk and privacy leaders, and digital platform owners – particularly those working in high‑compliance or regulated environments – who want to make practical progress without adding unnecessary complexity.

If you’re responsible for making Microsoft 365 a place your people – and AI – can trust, this workshop is designed for you.

Event details

Date: Wednesday, 11 March

Time: 9:00am–12:00pm (arrive from 8:30am for tea and coffee)

Location: Sofitel Wellington

Cost: Free

Spaces: Limited

Register: https://events.humanitix.com/ai-information-protection-and-6-practical-changes-you-can-make-now

Our last Wellington workshop filled every seat. This session is deliberately kept small to allow for meaningful discussion, so early registration is recommended.

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