Microsoft 365 powers your email, identity, collaboration, and data — but default settings leave organizations exposed to modern cloud threats. Business Email Compromise (BEC), MFA bypass, OAuth abuse, and inbox‑rule manipulation are now the leading causes of financial loss and operational disruption.
Our Microsoft 365 Hardening Service delivers a complete, end‑to‑end security baseline that protects your users, your data, and your organization from real‑world attacks.
Core Advantages
- Stronger Identity & Access Security By enforcing MFA, tightening Conditional Access, reviewing privileged roles, and eliminating legacy authentication, we dramatically reduce account‑compromise risk — the #1 entry point for modern attacks.
- Hardened Email & Exchange Online Protection External forwarding controls, mailbox auditing, inbox rule monitoring, and transport rule hardening stop Business Email Compromise (BEC), prevent silent exfiltration, and ensure attackers cannot hide inside mailboxes.
- Safer OAuth & Application Governance Reviewing user consent, high‑risk apps, enterprise permissions, and service principals helps eliminate risky integrations and unauthorized data access paths created by third‑party or shadow IT applications.
- Improved Endpoint & Device Security Intune compliance, Defender for Endpoint tuning, ASR policies, and device risk controls ensure endpoints are protected, monitored, and aligned with Zero Trust device standards.
- Enhanced Data Protection & Governance DLP, sensitivity labels, retention policies, and exfiltration monitoring provide structured protection for sensitive data — preventing leakage, accidental exposure, and compliance violations.
- Advanced Monitoring & Detection Coverage Identity risk monitoring, BEC detection rules, OAuth anomaly detection, Exchange Online detection content, and Secure Score optimization give your SOC stronger visibility and earlier detection of real threats.
- Comprehensive Implementation & Validation Microsoft 365 hardening, configuration validation, and Secure Score improvement ensure controls are not only recommended — they are fully implemented and verified.
- Executive‑Ready Reporting & Compliance Mapping Leadership receives clear, digestible reporting (executive, technical, compliance) that translates complex security changes into business impact and regulatory alignment.
- Operationalized Security Operations Sentinel BEC workbooks, KQL query packs, detection recommendations, and monitoring dashboards give your SOC actionable tools to maintain and improve security posture.
- Incident Response Preparedness Investigation playbooks, OAuth procedures, identity runbooks, and mailbox compromise workflows ensure your team can respond quickly and consistently when incidents occur.
- Complete Operational Handoff Configuration documentation, PowerShell audit scripts, administration guides, and transition packages empower your internal team to maintain and evolve the hardened environment without dependency.
Core Offerings
- Identity & Access Security
- MFA enforcement
- Conditional Access baselines
- Privileged Identity Management
- Legacy authentication blocking
- Administrative role review
- Email & Exchange Online Hardening
- External forwarding protection
- Mailbox auditing
- Inbox rule monitoring
- Transport rule hardening
- SMTP AUTH retirement
- IMAP/POP review
- OAuth & Application Governance
- User consent controls
- High-risk application review
- Enterprise application permissions review
- Service principal analysis
- Endpoint & Device Security
- Intune compliance policies
- Defender for Endpoint configuration
- Attack Surface Reduction policies
- Device risk controls
- Data Protection
- DLP policies
- Sensitivity labels
- Retention policies
- Exfiltration monitoring controls
- Monitoring & Detection
- Identity risk monitoring
- BEC detection rules
- OAuth anomaly detection
- Exchange Online detection content
- Secure Score optimization
Client Deliverables
- Implementation Deliverables
- Microsoft 365 Hardening Implementation
- Security Configuration Validation
- Secure Score Improvement Plan
- Reporting Deliverables
- Executive Hardening Report
- Technical Security Report
- Compliance Mapping Report
- Security Operations Deliverables
- Sentinel BEC Detection Workbook
- KQL Query Pack
- Security Detection Recommendations
- Monitoring Dashboard
- Incident Response Deliverables
- Microsoft 365 Investigation Playbook
- OAuth Investigation Procedures
- Identity Incident Runbook
- Mailbox Compromise Runbook
- Operational Handoff
- Configuration Documentation
- PowerShell Audit Scripts
- Security Administration Guide
- Operational Transition Package
Pricing
Small Organizations (10-100 users): $15,000 – $25,000
Scope:
- Up to 250 users
- Single tenant
- Exchange Online
- Entra ID
- Defender
- Intune
- Baseline Conditional Access
Mid-Market Organizations (100-500 users): $25,000 – $50,000
Scope:
- Up to 250 users
- Single tenant
- Exchange Online
- Entra ID
- Defender
- Intune
- Baseline Conditional Access
Enterprise / Government (500+ users): $50,000 – $100,000
Scope:
- Multi-tenant
- GCC/GCC High
- Hybrid identity
- Defender XDR
- Sentinel
- Intune
- Purview
- Executive reporting
- Compliance alignment
Microsoft 365 Secure Enterprise Accelerator – Premium Version: Fixed Fee: $39,995
Package includes everything in the assessment plus:
- Full Defender XDR deployment review
- Microsoft Sentinel implementation
- Purview Information Protection
- Insider Risk recommendations
- Compliance Manager alignment
- Conditional Access redesign
- Administrative Tiering strategy
- Security Operations integration
- Executive security workshop