Microsoft 365 Solution
Application Security
Overview
As organizations adopt more cloud services, it becomes increasingly difficult to understand where business data is being stored, shared, and accessed. Defender for Cloud Apps helps uncover shadow IT, monitor user activity, protect sensitive information, and detect risky behavior across Microsoft 365 and supported third-party cloud applications.
Our approach starts with understanding how cloud applications are being used throughout your organization. We identify unmanaged applications, review existing integrations, and determine where additional visibility or controls are needed. From there, we configure policies that help detect unusual behavior, reduce risky sharing, and improve governance without getting in the way of day-to-day work.
By the end of the engagement, you’ll have greater visibility into your cloud environment, stronger controls around sensitive information, and better insight into how users interact with cloud applications.
Methodology
At Nubrix Security, we take a structured and collaborative approach to every engagement. Whether we’re improving identity, securing endpoints, protecting data, or optimizing licensing, our goal is to deliver clarity, reduce complexity, and help you take measurable steps forward.
We follow a Crawl → Walk → Run model that adapts to your organization’s maturity, ensuring changes are adopted safely and without disruption.
Focus: Discover and understand your cloud environment.
- Identify cloud applications currently in use
- Review existing Microsoft Defender and Purview integrations
- Configure initial cloud discovery and visibility
- Identify unmanaged applications and potential risks
- Prioritize opportunities to improve governance
Focus: Implement monitoring and pilot governance policies.
- Configure activity monitoring for key cloud services
- Enable policies for risky behavior and unusual activity
- Review shadow IT findings with stakeholders
- Pilot governance actions for selected applications
- Refine policies based on business feedback
Focus: Mature cloud application security.
- Expand governance policies across supported cloud services
- Integrate alerts into security operations
- Continuously review cloud usage and emerging risks
- Optimize policies to reduce false positives
- Perform regular reviews of cloud application inventory and activity
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Our team can help you plan, implement, and optimize your Microsoft cloud environment.