Securing a Microsoft 365 tenant requires more than just relying on out-of-the-box configurations. As threat actors increasingly target cloud identities and administrative privileges, organizations must establish and continually verify a hardened security baseline.
The Microsoft 365 Security Snapshot is designed to give M365 admins and security leads a clear, actionable view of their tenant's security posture. By focusing on core identity and access controls, this assessment helps you identify critical vulnerabilities before they can be exploited.
Driving Universal MFA Adoption
Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) remains the single most effective deterrent against identity compromise. However, partial adoption leaves your perimeter porous. The Security Snapshot evaluates your tenant to ensure MFA is universally enforced across all user accounts. It specifically highlights unprotected service accounts, legacy conditional access exclusions, or newly created users that may have bypassed your standard enrollment policies.
Retiring Legacy Authentication
Legacy authentication protocols (such as POP, IMAP, and older client applications) do not support MFA, making them a primary vector for brute-force and password spray attacks. A secure baseline requires the complete deprecation of these outdated protocols. The snapshot tool audits your configurations to verify that legacy authentication is entirely blocked at the tenant level, ensuring attackers cannot bypass your modern authentication controls.
Enforcing Admin Role Separation
Global Admin sprawl is a high-severity risk in many M365 environments. Adhering to the principle of least privilege means ensuring that IT staff only hold the administrative rights necessary for their specific daily duties. The assessment reviews your Azure AD (Entra ID) role assignments to confirm proper admin role separation. It ensures that highly privileged roles are strictly limited, actively monitored, and properly segmented from standard user activities.
Safe, Non-Disruptive Assessment Approaches
Running a security assessment should never risk operational downtime or unintended configuration changes. The Microsoft 365 Security Snapshot utilizes a strictly read-only, non-invasive approach. It safely queries your tenant's configuration data via approved APIs without making any modifications, ensuring that your daily business operations remain completely unaffected while you gain deep visibility into your security posture.
Next Steps
A secure tenant is a resilient tenant. Start by running the M365 Security Snapshot to identify your current baseline gaps. Once your diagnostic report is generated, book a tenant hardening session with our security team to remediate vulnerabilities and lock down your Microsoft 365 environment.