MS Teams Ethical Wall

Microsoft Teams Ethical Wall

Control who can communicate with whom, using specific collaboration options.

Apply policies on external or internal users and groups.

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Dynamic policies

Apply communication controls by group, domain, or user, with rules that respond to context.

Granular controls

Control direct messages, file sharing, screen sharing, audio, and video with flexible policies.

Policy scopes

Apply policies across chats, channels, and meetings for employees, external users, and guests.

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What can the Ethical wall do?

HR controls

Apply communication rules to selected HR users, groups, or departments.

Block finance access

Prevent finance teams from communicating with restricted users or groups.

Teachers only

Limit access and communication permissions to approved teacher accounts.

Block communication

Stop unauthorized chats, meetings, calls, and file sharing between users.

Block screen sharing

Control screen sharing permissions during meetings and collaboration sessions.

Specific users only

Grant communication access only to selected users, roles, or departments.

Ethical Wall

Real-time compliance to serve multiple industries

SphereShield's Ethical Wall for Microsoft Teams was designed as a ready-to-serve tool with granular controls for regulated teams.

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Financial services and trading

Banks, investment funds, credit-card companies, insurance companies and accountancy firms need to comply with regulations such as FINRA, MiFID II or EMIR.

HealthCare

HealthCare institutions that need to comply with regulations such as HIPAA need to control communications that could contain sensitive patient information.

Education

Educational institutions often need to restrict communications to avoid behavior breaches and other unpleasant consequences.

Law firms

Some law firms are required to prevent lawyers communicating with each other to avoid conflict of interests.

Highlights

Control communications

Allow or block voice, files, chat, video, and screen sharing with one-sided or reciprocal rules.

Rule-based enforcement

Apply granular policies that define allowed actions and communicating parties.

Auditing and reporting

Track violation attempts and notify administrators when incidents occur.

Simple rule management

Configure rules through an intuitive web interface and apply them almost immediately.

Microsoft Teams coverage

Protect communication across chats, meetings, teams, and channels.

SaaS or on-premise

Use SphereShield as SaaS, or install it in your DMZ or cloud environment.

Flexible and simple policy creation

Step 1

Set conditions

Define who each Ethical Wall policy applies to using domains, groups, and users.

Step 2

Choose rules

Allow, restrict, or block chat, file sharing, audio, video, and screen sharing.

Step 3

Manage policies

Organize and prioritize policies so SphereShield can apply the correct rules immediately.

Licenses

Office 365

E3

Office 365

E5

SPT2

E.W License

Internal control by groups / users (Allow / Block)

External control by external user (Allow / Block)

Granular control capabilities for IM, files, audio, video and screen sharing

Can be fully controlled by compliance role only

Easy web user interface

Notifications to end user or admin

Incident auditing for compliance awareness and training

Reports by user, policy or domain

External system integration / SIEM

Control which Teams can add guests

Price / User / Month

$5.00 to $20.00

$35.00

Up to 90% less