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Microsoft 365 Security & Governance

M365 governance and security that scales.

Secure Your Microsoft 365 Tenant

Microsoft 365 is powerful—but default configurations leave critical gaps. Out-of-the-box settings prioritize usability over security, leaving your Exchange, Teams, and SharePoint data vulnerable to both external threats and insider risk. Our M365 governance and security service tunes Defender alerts, enforces Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies, configures conditional access, and establishes audit logging that protects controlled unclassified information and maintains audit readiness.

The Challenge

M365 defaults aren't security controls. Many organizations inherit tenants from migrations or acquisitions with no documented baseline. Teams channels proliferate without retention policies. SharePoint permissions drift. Exchange rules miss shadow IT. And DLP policies—when attempted—break workflows because they're too broad or misconfigured.

Meanwhile, compliance auditors ask for Defender alert baselines, CUI/PII classification rules, and continuous monitoring evidence. Without proper governance, you're generating noise (thousands of alerts, most false positives) instead of signal (the incidents that matter). The result: compliance gaps, untracked data movement, and risk you can't articulate to leadership.

Our Approach

Week 1–2: Security Posture Assessment

We audit your current M365 configuration: Defender settings, authentication methods, DLP rules, conditional access policies, and audit logging. We benchmark against NIST 800-53 and identify gaps in mailbox forwarding controls, external sharing, and guest access.

Week 2–4: DLP + MFA + Conditional Access

We design and implement DLP policies for CUI and PII classification. We tune multi-factor authentication (MFA) for risk-based access, configure conditional access rules to block high-risk logins, and enforce device compliance.

Week 4–5: Audit Logging & Alert Tuning

We enable advanced audit logging in Exchange, OneDrive, and SharePoint. We configure Defender for Office 365, tune alert rules to reduce false positives, and create incident response playbooks for your SOC.

What You'll Have

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