Cloud Security Services
Your data lives in the cloud, your people work from everywhere, and every attacker on earth is one correct password away from your front door. The controls that matter now are identity controls, and in most tenants we review, they’re half-configured at best, even though the licenses to run them are already paid for.
The identity and data controls we configure and manage
Multi-factor authentication — enforced, not offered
MFA everywhere, by policy: email, admin accounts, VPN, and cloud apps, with the exceptions list short, documented, and defensible. It’s the control your insurance carrier asks about first — and the one most often "rolled out" without actually being enforced.
Conditional access — context-aware doors
Sign-in rules that consider who, where, and on what device: block legacy protocols attackers love, challenge risky logins, and keep company data off unmanaged machines. This is the policy engine that turns identity from a password check into an actual perimeter.
Least privilege — access that matches the job
People can reach what their role needs and nothing more; admin rights are few, temporary, and logged. Excess permissions are silent risk — invisible until an account is compromised or an AI tool inherits them. → /ai-readiness
Data Loss Prevention (DLP) — sensitive data stays put
DLP policies that recognize your sensitive data — patient records, client files, account numbers, controlled information — and stop it from leaving by email, share link, download, or paste into an unapproved AI tool. The same control that satisfies HIPAA and CMMC expectations is the one that makes AI adoption survivable.
Device compliance — trusted devices only
Managed enrollment, encryption, screen locks, and health requirements for every device touching company data — with lost or stolen hardware remotely wipeable. A phone in a parking lot shouldn’t be a breach.
You probably already own most of this
Here’s the plot twist of most tenant reviews: the organization already pays for these capabilities — they’re bundled into Microsoft 365 Business Premium — and nobody ever turned them on. Our job is frequently less about buying security and more about configuring the security you own. That’s the cheapest risk reduction in this entire website.
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What we look for in a cloud security review
- MFA gaps: unenforced users, legacy authentication still enabled, admin accounts excepted "temporarily" years ago
- No conditional access policies, or policies in report-only mode that nobody ever flipped on
- Global admin sprawl and standing privileged access with no review cycle
- Sharing settings that allow anonymous links to anything, forever
- No DLP policies despite regulated data in the tenant
- Unmanaged personal devices with full access to mail and files
Find out what’s actually enforced. Request a tenant review — we’ll show you the gap between the security you’re paying for and the security you’re getting.
Cloud Security FAQs
We have MFA. Isn’t that enough?
It’s the right start — but MFA alone doesn’t stop token theft, MFA-fatigue attacks, risky sign-ins from unmanaged devices, or data walking out through share links. Conditional access, least privilege, DLP, and identity monitoring close the rest of the gap. → /cybersecurity/managed-security
Will these controls annoy our employees?
Configured well, mostly no — that’s the craft. Conditional access actually reduces friction for trusted users on managed devices while tightening everything else. We roll policies out in stages with communication, so security lands as "things just work" rather than "IT broke my login."
What does DLP have to do with AI tools?
Everything. The riskiest AI behavior in most organizations is an employee pasting sensitive data into a public chatbot. DLP policies are the technical control that catches it — which is why DLP is one of the ten areas scored in our AI Readiness Assessment.
How long does it take to harden a tenant?
The core controls — MFA enforcement, legacy auth disabled, baseline conditional access, admin cleanup — typically land within weeks, staged to avoid disruption. DLP and device compliance follow as policy tuning. It’s one of the fastest security wins available at this scale.