Microsoft 365 Security Assessment Services
Advanced assessment services to ensure your Microsoft environment’s security
Protecting Your Business In The Cloud
As industries increasingly adopt cloud SaaS solutions, ensuring a robust security posture is essential. Cyber threats are evolving, and without proper security measures, your sensitive data and operations can be at risk.
Akita is an experienced cyber security partner delivering specialist consultancy to help organisations bolster their defences.
In addition to our wider consultancy service, we also have more targeted assessment services for Microsoft 365. These are designed to safeguard your cloud environment by identifying vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and security gaps across your Microsoft 365 setup. Whether it’s reviewing your security policies, user roles, or mail flow rules, we’ll provide expert guidance on how to fortify your defences.
Get in touch with one of our experts today to find out more about how a Microsoft 365 Security Assessment could help ensure your protection:
What’s Covered In Akita’s Microsoft 365 Security Assessment?
Our assessment is designed to provide a thorough review of your cloud environment, identifying vulnerabilities that could put you at risk. Discover the key areas we focus on during the assessment:
Cloud Environment Audit
We begin with a comprehensive audit of your Microsoft 365 setup. This includes reviewing your security policies, user configurations, and role assignments to ensure your system is optimised for protection. We’ll evaluate critical areas such as:
• Security policies: Are your policies up to date and comprehensive?
• User configurations: Are all users configured with appropriate permissions?
• Role assignments: Are admin roles restricted to minimise risk?
Microsoft Entra (Identity Protection)
To secure your identity and access management, we review:
• Secure score for identity: Analysing your Microsoft Entra score to measure how secure your identity configurations are.
• Conditional access policies: Assessing the effectiveness of conditional access rules to prevent unauthorised access.
• Multi-factor authentication (MFA) usage: Evaluation of your MFA policies to ensure they are appropriately enforced.
• Guest management and role-based access control (RBAC): We assess how your system manages external users and applies permissions across your environment.
Microsoft Intune
Device management is a critical part of any security strategy. We review:
• Device compliance policies: Ensuring your organisation’s devices meet security standards.
• Configuration profiles: Verifying that devices are properly configured to align with best practices.
• Antivirus/Firewall/Encryption policies: Evaluating whether your devices are protected against threats.
• Application security rules: Analysing policies for local admin control, application whitelisting, and advanced security configurations.
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint & Office
Focusing on endpoint security, we examine your Defender for Endpoint policies, such as antivirus, firewall, and advanced security configurations. We also review your Defender for Office policies, specifically mail flow rules that help protect against phishing and other email threats.
Exchange Online & SharePoint
For data security and compliance, Akita will assess:
• Mail flow rules: Implementing or refining rules that manage email traffic to reduce threats from external sources.
• SharePoint access policies: Reviewing access control policies to safeguard sensitive documents and ensure only authorised users can access data.
How Our Microsoft 365 Security Assessment Works
Our Microsoft 365 Security Assessment begins with an initial consultation to understand your organisation’s unique security needs and challenges. From there, we conduct an audit of your cloud environment, reviewing critical areas such as identity protection, device compliance, and endpoint security. This thorough examination allows us to identify any vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, or gaps in your setup, whether they relate to user roles, security policies, or mail flow rules.
Based on our findings, we provide a detailed report with tailored recommendations that align with industry best practices, such as enabling multi-factor authentication (MFA) and improving mail flow security. After the assessment, we remain available to help implement these improvements, offering ongoing support to ensure your environment stays protected.
Why A Microsoft 365 Security Assessment Is Critical for Your Business
Preventing Costly Data Breaches
Cyber attacks are becoming more sophisticated, and businesses of all sizes are potential targets. A single data breach can lead to lost revenue, legal repercussions, and irreparable damage to your brand's reputation. Our assessment helps you identify vulnerabilities and close gaps before attackers can exploit them.
Strengthening Data Protection
With more organisations operating in the cloud, protecting sensitive data such as customer information, financial records, or intellectual property is crucial. We’ll help you implement robust security policies to ensure your data stays secure.
Ensuring Compliance
Many industries are subject to strict regulations regarding data protection and privacy. Failure to comply can result in hefty fines. Our security assessment helps you align with regulations such as GDPR, ensuring your Microsoft 365 environment meets all necessary compliance standards.
Enhancing Operational Efficiency
Weak security configurations can slow down operations and expose your business to risks. By optimising your Microsoft 365 environment, we help improve the efficiency and security of your workflows, without disrupting daily operations.
Proactive Risk Mitigation
By assessing your security setup now, organisations can prevent security incidents before they happen, giving you peace of mind and allowing your team to focus on core business activities.
Wider Microsoft 365 Security Consultancy
Beyond assessment, we can also provide one-off or ongoing guidance to organisations around their Microsoft 365 Security setup.
Our Microsoft 365 security consultancy combines deep, Microsoft-certified expertise with a pragmatic, business-first approach to safeguarding your environment.
We assess your Microsoft 365 configuration in the context of how your organisation actually operates, aligning security recommendations to risk, compliance obligations, and growth plans rather than applying generic controls. The outcome is clear, prioritised guidance that translates directly into action, from strengthening identity protection with measures such as Multi-Factor Authentication to tightening data governance and conditional access.
Beyond advisory, we support implementation and optimisation, ensuring security improvements are embedded correctly and deliver measurable risk reduction.
As your organisation evolves, we continue to refine your security posture using current Microsoft best practices, helping you stay resilient without compromising productivity.
