Microsoft 365 Solution
Microsoft 365 Security Baseline Assessment
Overview
Strong Microsoft 365 security begins with secure configuration. Our Microsoft 365 Security Baseline Assessment provides a structured, configuration-level review of your tenant aligned to Microsoft security best practices and CISA SCuBA guidance.
Rather than relying on assumptions or Secure Score alone, we evaluate your Microsoft 365 configuration across identity, collaboration, messaging, and security workloads to identify misconfigurations, high-risk exposures, and opportunities for improvement.
The result is a clear understanding of your current security posture, along with practical recommendations that help you prioritize remediation efforts and reduce organizational risk.
Rather than relying on assumptions or Secure Score alone, we evaluate your Microsoft 365 configuration across identity, collaboration, messaging, and security workloads to identify misconfigurations, high-risk exposures, and opportunities for improvement.
The result is a clear understanding of your current security posture, along with practical recommendations that help you prioritize remediation efforts and reduce organizational risk.
What the Assessment Covers
The assessment evaluates key security controls across the core Microsoft 365 workloads that have the greatest impact on your organization’s security posture.
Our Microsoft 365 Security Baseline Assessment focuses on configuration validation across areas including:
The assessment is evidence-based, tailored to your Microsoft 365 environment, and aligned to your organization’s licensing, operational requirements, and business risk profile.
Our Microsoft 365 Security Baseline Assessment focuses on configuration validation across areas including:
- Identity and Access Management (Microsoft Entra ID)
- Conditional Access policies and MFA enforcement
- Exchange Online security and mail flow protections
- SharePoint and OneDrive configuration settings
- Microsoft Defender security controls and protection posture
- External sharing, collaboration, and tenant restrictions
- Legacy authentication exposure and risk areas
- Administrative roles and privileged access configuration
The assessment is evidence-based, tailored to your Microsoft 365 environment, and aligned to your organization’s licensing, operational requirements, and business risk profile.
Assessment Approach
Every assessment follows a structured engagement model designed to establish a security baseline, analyze findings, prioritize remediation efforts, and validate improvements over time.
This approach helps organizations move beyond identifying risks and toward measurable security improvements.
This approach helps organizations move beyond identifying risks and toward measurable security improvements.
Assess >
Analyze >
Remediate >
Validate
Assess >
Every engagement begins with understanding your current Microsoft 365 security posture. We perform a comprehensive configuration review aligned to Microsoft security best practices and CISA SCuBA guidance to establish a clear baseline of your environment.
The assessment focuses on:
The assessment focuses on:
- Microsoft Entra ID and identity security
- Microsoft Defender security controls
- Exchange Online configuration
- SharePoint, OneDrive, and Teams security
- Administrative controls and tenant governance
Analyze >
Once the assessment is complete, we analyze the findings to understand their overall business impact and prioritize where improvements will provide the greatest reduction in risk.
This phase focuses on:
This phase focuses on:
- Identifying high-risk security gaps
- Comparing configurations against Microsoft and CISA guidance
- Evaluating overall security maturity
- Separating quick wins from strategic improvements
- Building a prioritized remediation roadmap
Remediate >
The assessment findings become the foundation for remediation. We work alongside your team to implement recommended security improvements, strengthen controls, and reduce organizational risk across Microsoft 365.
Remediation typically includes:
Remediation typically includes:
- Conditional Access and MFA improvements
- Identity governance and privileged access
- Microsoft Defender configuration
- Exchange, SharePoint, and Teams security controls
- Hands-on implementation guidance and workshops
Validate
Once remediation activities have been completed, we perform a validation assessment to measure progress, verify improvements, and identify any remaining opportunities to strengthen your Microsoft 365 security posture.
The validation includes:
The validation includes:
- Comparison against the original baseline assessment
- Verification of completed remediation activities
- Identification of remaining findings
- Updated security posture metrics
- Recommendations for continuous improvement
What You Receive
At the conclusion of the assessment, you receive a complete assessment package designed for both executive stakeholders and technical teams.
This includes:
This includes:
- Executive Summary Report
- Microsoft 365 Security Posture Scorecard
- Detailed Findings by Workload
- Prioritized Remediation Recommendations
- Findings Review Session
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