Know your data, protect your data, and don't lose your data. These are the basic tenets of good information protection - data discovery, classification, and protection. This learning path provides an overview of the Microsoft data protection capabilities and how to use them to protect and govern data as part of a cybersecurity solution.The deadline for the heads of federal civilian agencies to evaluate and classify agency data and provide to DHS and OMB a report of their evaluation, per Section 8 of the Executive Order on Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity, is **August 24, 2021**.