Secure Microsoft 365
A Microsoft 365 tenant that is hardened, monitored and audit-ready.
Most Microsoft 365 tenants are left close to their default settings, with gaps attackers know to look for. We assess your tenant against the CIS Microsoft 365 Foundations Benchmark and CISA's SCuBA secure configuration baselines, close the gaps, and keep it that way with continuous monitoring and monthly reporting.
What's included
Secure Microsoft 365
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Tenant security assessment
A full review of identity, email, devices, data and admin settings, scored against CIS, CISA SCuBA and Microsoft Secure Score, with a prioritized fix list.
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Identity & Conditional Access
MFA for every account, phishing-resistant methods for admins, legacy authentication blocked, and risk-based Conditional Access policies.
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Privileged access & admin hygiene
Least-privilege admin roles, Privileged Identity Management, separate admin accounts and monitored break-glass accounts.
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Microsoft Defender
Defender for Office 365, Endpoint and Identity configured and tuned, with alerts fed into our 24/7 monitoring.
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Intune device compliance
Only managed, encrypted, patched devices reach company data, with app protection policies for personal phones.
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Microsoft Purview data protection
Sensitivity labels, data loss prevention, retention policies and eDiscovery set up around your legal and industry obligations.
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Audit logging & alerting
Unified audit logging switched on and retained, with alerts for risky sign-ins, mailbox forwarding rules and admin changes.
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Sharing & guest governance
Sensible external sharing defaults, guest access reviews and Teams and SharePoint site lifecycle policies.
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Configuration drift monitoring
Your secure baseline is documented and checked continuously, so changes that weaken it are caught and reversed.
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Copilot readiness
Permissions, oversharing and labeling cleaned up before Microsoft 365 Copilot is switched on, so AI only surfaces what each person should see.
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Secure Score uplift & reporting
A monthly Secure Score and compliance report showing what changed, what is left and what it means for your risk.
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Licensing review
We check that your licenses include the security features you need, and that you are not paying for ones you don't use.
The outcome
What changes for you.
- Measurably higher Secure Score
- Evidence for audits and insurers
- Data protected wherever it goes
- Safe to switch on Copilot
Mapped to
- CIS Microsoft 365 Benchmark
- CISA SCuBA baselines
- NIST CSF 2.0
- NIST SP 800-53
- HIPAA Security Rule
- NYDFS Part 500
- SOC 2 (aligned)
FAQ
Common questions.
Something else on your mind? Email us and talk to an engineer, not a salesperson.
info@securecloudllc.comDo we need Microsoft 365 E5 for this?
No. Microsoft 365 Business Premium covers most of the controls small and mid-sized organizations need. Our licensing review tells you whether any add-ons are worth it for your risk.
Will hardening disrupt our staff?
We roll changes out in stages, starting in report-only mode, and tell staff what to expect before anything is enforced.
Is this a one-off project or ongoing?
Both are available. Most clients start with an assessment and hardening project, then keep the baseline monitored as part of a managed plan.
Related services
Works best together.
- Managed IT Services Proactive monitoring, patching and a responsive help desk that keeps your people productive. Learn more
- Cyber Security 24/7 threat detection and response, Zero Trust architecture and NIST CSF 2.0-aligned controls. Learn more
- Microsoft 365 Migration Move email, files and Teams into Microsoft 365 with no lost data and minimal disruption. Learn more
Security review
Let's talk about your IT and security.
Our security review assesses your environment against NIST CSF 2.0 and Zero Trust best practice, ranks the biggest risks and gives you a practical, costed plan to fix them, in plain English.