Microsoft 365 Security
Tenant configuration review, Conditional Access hardening, Entra ID privilege audit. The cloud platform most UK businesses run on, secured properly.
The default configuration is built for usability. Not security.
Microsoft 365 is where most UK businesses now operate: email, files, identity, collaboration. It is also the single most targeted platform in the world. Attackers don't need to compromise your network if they can simply authenticate to your tenant with credentials obtained through a phishing email or a data breach.
The default Microsoft 365 configuration is designed to get new customers up and running quickly. It is not designed to keep them secure. The security features exist in the platform, but most of them require deliberate configuration. Most tenants we audit have significant gaps, not from negligence, but from never having had an independent review.
We close those gaps. Audit, recommendations, and implementation alongside your team or handed over for them to action.
What we examine in your tenant.
Identity and access
The most important layer. We audit multi-factor authentication enforcement including the gaps most administrators overlook: break-glass accounts, service accounts, and legacy authentication paths that bypass multi-factor authentication entirely. Conditional Access policy design, sign-in risk configuration, and privileged role assignments in Entra ID.
Email security
Microsoft Defender for Office 365 configuration, anti-phishing policies, Safe Links and Safe Attachments tuning, DomainKeys Identified Mail, Domain-based Message Authentication, and Sender Policy Framework alignment, mailbox auditing, and the tenant-level settings most administrators never touch but that have meaningful security impact.
Data protection
SharePoint and OneDrive external sharing policies, sensitivity labels, data loss prevention rules, retention configuration, and external sharing exposure. Most organisations are sharing more data than they realise. We identify what's accessible to whom and whether that reflects your actual intent.
Endpoint and device security
Microsoft Intune device compliance policies, Conditional Access tied to device state, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint configuration, attack surface reduction rules, and whether your device security posture actually matches what your Conditional Access policies assume about it.
Audit and detection
What is logged, where it goes, how long it's retained, who reviews it, and whether the current configuration would actually detect a compromise before significant damage occurred. Unified audit log configuration, sign-in log retention, and whether alerts are reaching someone with the context and authority to act on them.
What we find most often.
These are not edge cases. They appear in the majority of tenants we audit.
Legacy authentication not blocked
Older protocols that don't support multi-factor authentication provide a route in for anyone with valid credentials. Blocking them is one of the highest-value single changes in any tenant.
Global admin accounts used for daily work
A phishing email landing in a global admin's inbox is a full tenant compromise. Admin accounts must be separate from day-to-day accounts and used only for administration.
Conditional Access exclusions that bypass protection
A single excluded user or application left over from a test months ago is an open door. We audit every exclusion in every policy.
SharePoint sharing set to anyone with a link
Any shared link from that tenant is publicly accessible without authentication. Most organisations don't realise this is the default and have years of content in this state.
Defender alerts with no one reading them
Endpoint protection firing alerts into a shared mailbox that nobody monitors provides the appearance of detection without the substance of it.
Multi-factor authentication registration unprotected
An attacker with a stolen password can register their own authentication method to a Microsoft 365 account if multi-factor authentication registration isn't restricted to trusted locations. This makes multi-factor authentication the attacker's tool, not yours.
Scored, ranked, and actionable.
A full tenant audit report scored against the Microsoft Secure Score baseline and our own hardening checklist. Each finding is ranked by three dimensions: how much it reduces your real risk, how much effort it takes to implement, and whether users will notice the change.
The result is a prioritised remediation plan with the quick wins on top. We can implement the changes alongside your team, or document them clearly enough for your team or provider to action independently.
Typical engagement runs 5 to 10 working days, end to end, depending on tenant complexity. Pure audit, audit with remediation, and ongoing managed review arrangements are all available.
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