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MICROSOFT SECURITY

Microsoft Security Services Built Around Your Environment

Microsoft provides a broad set of security capabilities. The harder task is making them work together across identities, devices, applications, data, cloud workloads and the people responsible for defending them.

Digisecuritas assesses how your Microsoft security environment operates in practice, identifies material gaps and helps your team build a clear, defensible improvement plan.

Independent assessment. Practical priorities. No unnecessary product expansion.

Microsoft Security Control Fabric

Identity
Devices
Applications
Data
Cloud workloads
Security operations
Policy, visibility and response
Reduce exposure
Improve detection
Strengthen control

Microsoft 365

Protect collaboration, communication and tenant administration.

Microsoft Entra

Strengthen authentication, access decisions and privileged roles.

Microsoft Defender

Improve prevention, detection, investigation and response.

Azure and data

Protect cloud workloads, information and connected services.

"A security capability only creates value when it is configured well, monitored consistently and supported by a workable response process."

THE LICENCE IS NOT THE CONTROL

When strong technology produces uneven coverage

Microsoft environments often grow through separate projects, licence changes, acquisitions and urgent operational decisions. The result can be strong technology with uneven coverage: privileged roles that receive limited review, policies that overlap, alerts without clear ownership or controls that exist but are not enforced.

Digisecuritas examines the environment as a connected security system. We look beyond individual settings to understand how identity, endpoints, collaboration, data, cloud infrastructure and security operations influence one another.

Configured but not enforced

Policies exist, but exclusions, legacy paths or operational workarounds weaken them.

Visible but not actionable

Security signals reach a portal without reliable triage, escalation or containment.

Licensed but not operationalised

Available capabilities remain unused, duplicated or poorly aligned to the actual risk.

THE CONTROL FABRIC

Security decisions must hold across the whole Microsoft estate

Microsoft's Zero Trust guidance organises security across identity, endpoints, applications, data, infrastructure, networks and security operations. Digisecuritas uses that connected view while keeping every recommendation grounded in your business, threat exposure and operating model.

Microsoft Zero Trust deployment guidance
01

Identity and access

Purpose: Make identity the dependable policy decision point.

Entra ID tenant configurationConditional Access architectureMultifactor authentication coveragePrivileged Identity ManagementEmergency access accountsWorkload and service identitiesGuest and external accessIdentity Protection signalsLegacy authentication exposure
02

Devices and collaboration

Purpose: Decide which devices and sessions should reach business information.

Intune enrolment and complianceEndpoint security policiesDefender for Endpoint deploymentDevice risk integrationExchange Online protectionSharePoint and OneDrive controlsTeams external collaborationBrowser and application accessMobile application protection
03

Applications and data

Purpose: Keep access proportionate to the sensitivity of the information involved.

Enterprise application permissionsApplication consent governanceMicrosoft Purview configurationSensitivity labelsData loss preventionInformation lifecycle controlsInsider-risk dependenciesAudit coverageData access governance
04

Azure and cloud workloads

Purpose: Apply consistent controls across subscriptions, workloads and administrative paths.

Management group and subscription structureRole-based access controlPrivileged administrationDefender for Cloud configurationNetwork exposureKey and secret managementLogging and diagnostic settingsWorkload security baselinesPolicy and configuration drift
05

Detection and response

Purpose: Turn security signals into decisions that teams can execute.

Defender XDR integrationMicrosoft Sentinel architectureAlert and incident configurationDetection coverageData connector qualityAutomation and playbooksRole separationInvestigation workflowsEscalation and containment procedures
Microsoft cloud security benchmarkMicrosoft Defender XDR overviewMicrosoft Sentinel overview

IDENTITY DECISION PATH

A stronger access decision starts with better context

Multifactor authentication is important but is not the entire identity strategy. Access policies must also account for privilege, device health, workload identities, recovery paths and operational exceptions.

1

Request

A person, device, workload or external party requests access.

2

Context

Entra evaluates identity, role, device state, location, target resource and available risk signals.

3

Policy

Conditional Access and related controls apply the organisation's access rules.

4

Decision

Access is allowed, challenged, limited or blocked.

5

Evidence

The event contributes to monitoring, investigation and future policy improvement.

Microsoft identity Zero Trust guidance

SERVICES

Microsoft security services shaped around real operating conditions

Microsoft security posture assessment

Establish a joined-up view of security across Microsoft 365, Entra, endpoints, cloud workloads, data and security operations. The assessment identifies material control gaps, dependencies and practical priorities rather than producing a raw configuration dump.

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Microsoft Entra security assessment

Review identity architecture, Conditional Access, privileged roles, authentication methods, guest access, service identities and emergency access. Recommendations are prioritised around the paths most likely to create meaningful exposure.

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Microsoft 365 security assessment

Assess the security of Exchange Online, SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams and tenant-wide administration. The review considers external sharing, email threats, administrative access, auditing, information protection and incident visibility.

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Defender XDR and endpoint review

Examine Defender deployment, sensor health, security policies, alert quality, automation and response workflows across endpoints and connected Microsoft security services. The aim is usable coverage, not merely enabled features.

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Microsoft Sentinel assessment

Review architecture, data connectors, analytics rules, incidents, automation, retention and operating procedures. Identify where ingestion cost, detection relevance or response ownership needs to be corrected.

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Azure and Purview security review

Assess Azure governance, workload protection and sensitive-data controls alongside Microsoft Purview capabilities. Help technical, security and compliance teams agree on ownership and a sequenced improvement plan.

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HOW WE WORK

From tenant evidence to an improvement plan your team can use

01

Establish scope

Confirm the tenants, subscriptions, products, identities, devices, workloads, data concerns and business services in scope. Record operational constraints before recommending change.

02

Review evidence

Examine configuration, control coverage, selected telemetry, architecture, administrative practices and response procedures. Interviews are used to understand why exceptions exist.

03

Validate exposure

Test the relationship between findings instead of treating every setting as an isolated issue. Where authorised, use targeted validation to confirm whether a weakness creates a credible attack path.

04

Prioritise action

Deliver a risk-ranked roadmap separating urgent corrections, near-term control improvements and longer-term architecture decisions. Include owners, dependencies and verification criteria.

No surprise configuration changes. No recommendations without operational context.

DELIVERABLES

What you receive

Evidence your teams can act on, explain and revisit.

Executive risk briefing
Current-state security architecture view
Evidence-backed findings register
Identity and privilege exposure summary
Configuration and control-gap analysis
Detection and logging observations
Microsoft capability and licensing dependency map
Prioritised remediation roadmap
Quick-win recommendations
Strategic architecture considerations
Ownership and dependency guidance
Readout session for technical and business stakeholders

The exact deliverables depend on the agreed scope. Recommendations do not guarantee compliance, prevent every incident or replace Microsoft's product support obligations.

Score ≠ assurance

SECURE SCORE

Use Secure Score as an indicator—not the conclusion

Microsoft Secure Score can help teams identify improvement actions and track aspects of configuration. It should not be treated as proof that the environment is secure, compliant or ready to withstand a specific attack.

Digisecuritas considers the score alongside business impact, threat paths, exclusions, operating maturity and the quality of incident response.

Does the control address a material risk?
Is it implemented across the intended population?
Are exclusions understood and approved?
Can the team verify that it continues to work?

CAPABILITY AND LICENSING

Connecting security needs to operating outcomes

Security need
Relevant capability areas
Questions to resolve
Digisecuritas outcome
Identity control
Entra, Conditional Access, privileged access
Who receives access, under what conditions and for how long?
Clearer policy architecture
Endpoint defence
Intune and Defender capabilities
Which devices are managed, healthy and visible?
Defined coverage and exceptions
Threat operations
Defender XDR and Sentinel
Which signals matter, and who acts on them?
Actionable detection and response model
Information protection
Purview and Microsoft 365 controls
Where is sensitive data, and how should it move?
Practical protection priorities
Cloud workload security
Azure governance and Defender for Cloud
Where do privilege, exposure and configuration drift intersect?
Risk-ranked Azure roadmap

Licensing affects what can be implemented, but licence availability should not dictate the entire security architecture. Recommendations must distinguish between controls already available, capabilities requiring configuration, genuine licence dependencies, unnecessary overlap and alternative compensating controls.

WHEN ORGANISATIONS BRING US IN

When organisations bring us in

Before a major rollout

A business is expanding Microsoft 365, Azure, Copilot or endpoint management and needs security requirements established before adoption accelerates.

After fragmented growth

Multiple tenants, acquisitions, separate administrators or inconsistent policies have made it difficult to understand the effective security position.

When controls are not translating into confidence

The organisation has strong Microsoft licensing but remains concerned about privileged access, alert quality, ransomware exposure or response readiness.

WHY DIGISECURITAS

Independent judgement across a deeply connected platform

Risk before feature adoption

Recommendations begin with credible exposure and business impact, not a product checklist.

Architecture and operations together

A technically sound control still needs clear ownership, monitoring and response.

Microsoft and non-Microsoft context

Assess how Microsoft capabilities interact with the rest of the security environment.

A roadmap your team can defend

Separate urgent corrections from longer-term architecture and investment decisions.

RELATED SOLUTIONS

Explore connected areas

Identity & Access Security

Strengthen identity governance and access controls across your environment.

Detection & Response

Build visibility and response capability beyond the Microsoft portal.

Cloud Security

Assess Azure architecture, configuration and workload controls in depth.

Data Protection & Privacy

Extend Purview findings into a broader data governance programme.

Technology Consolidation & Architecture

Rationalise Microsoft and non-Microsoft security tools into a coherent architecture.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Microsoft security questions, answered clearly

Practical answers to the questions organisations ask when assessing, improving or consolidating their Microsoft security environment.

START WITH THE ENVIRONMENT YOU HAVE

Make your Microsoft security investment easier to trust

Bring us the tenant, control or security concern that is hardest to resolve. We will help you define the right assessment scope and turn the findings into a practical improvement plan.

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Independent advice • Evidence-led assessment • Clear remediation priorities