How to Govern Webhooks in Microsoft 365 (Checklist)
Discover, Validate, and Monitor Automated Data Flows
Webhooks automate how data moves between systems — but they’re often created quickly, forgotten over time, and rarely reviewed.
This checklist gives IT teams and MSPs a practical, repeatable way to govern webhooks so automated integrations don’t become silent data exposure risks.
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What you'll get:
This checklist walks you through a three-stage webhook governance framework used to reduce risk and improve audit readiness:
✔ Discovery
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Identify systems capable of creating webhooks
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Inventory active webhook endpoints and destinations
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Assign ownership and document business purpose
✔ Validation
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Verify trusted destinations and authentication methods
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Review data types transmitted by each webhook
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Decide which webhooks should remain, be hardened, or removed
✔ Monitoring
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Detect new webhook creation
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Identify changes to payloads or destinations
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Flag inactive or orphaned webhooks for review
✔ Evidence & Compliance
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Maintain an auditable webhook inventory
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Track approvals, changes, and reviews
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Export evidence for audits and cyber insurance
