Microsoft 365 & Azure Security Assessment
Most Microsoft 365 and Azure environments have accumulated years of configuration drift: legacy protocols, over-privileged users, and misconfigured conditional access policies that create exposure no dashboard will surface.
You've invested in Microsoft security. Understand how it is configured, where exposure remains, and what to fix first. Our independent assessment provides an executive summary and a prioritized remediation roadmap. Implementation is scoped separately.
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Which Microsoft assessment fits?
The Microsoft 365 and Azure assessment is advisory: it tells you exactly what to fix and in what order. Fixes are not included. Your team can make them, we can scope a remediation project, or you can choose SARTUS™ if you want approved fixes made inside the engagement.
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Microsoft 365 and Azure Security Assessment
- Answers
- How is our tenant configured, and where is it exposed?
- Fixes included
- No. You get a prioritized remediation roadmap.
- Timeline
- Scoping, read-only access, review, then readout. Most assessments take 1 to 2 weeks.
- You receive
- Executive summary for leadership and a remediation roadmap for IT.
SARTUS™
- Answers
- Where are we exposed, are we already compromised, and who fixes it?
- Fixes included
- Yes. Approved fixes within the agreed scope.
- Timeline
- Assessment and approved remediation are planned over six business days after agreed prerequisites are complete. The executive readout follows the next week.
- You receive
- Executive readout, risk register and a record of completed changes. Fixed fee from $10,000.
Compromise Assessment
- Answers
- Is an attacker already inside Microsoft 365, cloud, email or endpoints?
- Fixes included
- No. Suspected active compromise is escalated; containment and full incident response are scoped separately.
- Timeline
- Scoped to the environment and the evidence available.
- You receive
- A written answer on whether there is evidence of attacker activity.
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The Danger of Unverified Cloud Infrastructure
Most Microsoft environments grow organically over years, touched by dozens of different IT admins.
The result is "Configuration Drift": a tangled web of legacy protocols, over-privileged users, and shadow IT.
Here is the operational uncertainty our assessments address.
Inherited Technical Debt
For newly appointed IT leaders, operating without a baseline is dangerous. We map the exact technical debt, misconfigurations, and vulnerabilities left behind by previous admins so you know exactly what you are managing.
The "Microsoft Secure Score" Illusion
Basic automated dashboards miss context. We go deeper than default checklists, actively hunting for bypassed MFA policies, legacy authentication gaps, and dangerous third-party app integrations.
Unseen Identity Exposure
We identify dormant accounts, over-privileged administrators, bypassed MFA policies, legacy authentication gaps, and OAuth consent grants that give third-party applications excessive access to your Microsoft tenant.
Compliance & Insurance Blind Spots
We map your M365 and Azure configurations against frameworks like NIST, CMMC and cyber insurance requirements, so you can prepare for external audits with evidence of where you stand.
M&A Due Diligence Risks
For Private Equity and enterprise buyers, we provide rapid, independent cloud assessments of acquisition targets, so you understand the cyber liabilities you may absorb in a merger.
Wasted Premium Licensing
We identify where you are paying for high-tier E5 security features that your team has failed to configure, helping you justify ROI while strengthening your defense.
What Our Microsoft 365 Security Audit Covers
Traditional consulting audits take months of manual interviews and spreadsheets. We utilize advanced, read-only scanning methodologies to securely ingest millions of data points from your tenant in minutes.
Our certified analysts then translate that data into actionable, executive-level intelligence.
Identity & Entra ID Analysis
Audit the modern perimeter.
We analyze your Conditional Access policies, MFA enforcement gaps, and Privileged Identity Management (PIM) setups to identify where identities are exposed to takeover.
Attackers don't break through firewalls anymore; they log in. If your Entra ID is misconfigured, a single compromised password can grant an adversary total control over your cloud environment.
Environment Baseline
Zero-Trust Access Validation
Rogue Privilege Identification
MFA Bypass Detection
Priority Review Areas
M365 Tenant & Mailbox Security
Review collaboration and communication.
We review Exchange Online configuration, mailbox permissions, forwarding rules and anti-phishing policies, then document recommended changes and evidence limitations.
Business email compromise is one of the costliest cyber threats businesses face. If forwarding rules and phishing policies are weak, attackers can quietly read sensitive data and intercept wire transfers.
Malicious Forwarding Detection
Phishing Policy Review
Tenant Threat Analysis
Mailbox Permission Mapping
Azure Infrastructure & Network Audit
Expose misconfigured compute and storage.
We audit your Azure Virtual Machines, network security groups, and storage blob configurations to identify cloud infrastructure that is inadvertently exposed to the public internet.
A single misconfigured Azure storage blob or open network port can expose millions of customer records. You need absolute certainty that your compute resources are invisible to unauthorized external scanners.
VM Vulnerability Scan
Storage Blob Exposure Check
Network Security Group Audit
Architecture Gap Analysis
RPO & RTO Viability Findings
Data Sprawl & Shadow IT Review
Track where your sensitive data lives.
We evaluate Teams, SharePoint, and OneDrive external sharing settings, assessing how data is protected and uncovering unsanctioned third-party applications connected to your tenant.
Employees constantly share files externally or connect unsanctioned apps to their M365 accounts for convenience. This creates massive data leakage risks that bypass your standard security controls entirely.
External Sharing Map
Data Sprawl Identification
SharePoint Access Review
Unsanctioned Integration Alert
Priority Remediation List
Executive Risk Translation
Bridge the gap between IT and the Board.
We evaluate the aggregated technical vulnerabilities and translate them into clear, boardroom-ready business impacts, allowing executives to understand their true financial and operational exposure.
Boards and PE investors do not understand technical jargon. To secure budget or pass due diligence, you must translate Azure misconfigurations into clear financial, legal, and operational risks.
Financial Impact Analysis
Peer Benchmarking
M&A Liability Scoring
Board-Ready Presentations
Priority Issues
The Prioritized Remediation Roadmap
Exact steps to secure your environment.
We score and triage every identified vulnerability based on actual exploitability, mapping them into a phased execution plan that aligns with your IT team's bandwidth and capabilities.
An audit without an execution plan is just a list of problems. You need a prioritized, tactical roadmap so your IT team doesn't waste time fixing low-level issues while critical vulnerabilities remain exposed.
Criticality Scoring
Quick-Win Identification
Phased Execution Timeline
Resource Allocation Guide
Technical Fix Instructions
The Cloudskope Assessment Advantage
We don't believe in bloated consulting timelines or academic reports.
Our assessment methodology is designed to provide maximum visibility with zero operational friction.
Unmatched Assessment Speed
Traditional audits take months of manual interviews. By utilizing advanced discovery telemetry, we ingest thousands of data points in minutes, delivering your completed baseline in a fraction of the time.
Zero Operational Disruption
Our discovery process uses read-only API access. We do not alter configurations, install heavy agents, or disrupt your employees' daily Microsoft 365 workflows.
Board-Ready Translation
A spreadsheet of 1,000 Azure misconfigurations is useless to a CFO. We translate technical vulnerabilities directly into financial and operational risks so leadership can make informed decisions.
Tactical Execution Plans
We don't just point out your flaws and walk away. Every assessment concludes with a prioritized, step-by-step remediation roadmap that your IT team, or a separately scoped project, can execute.
When to Commission a Microsoft 365 Security Assessment
Assessments are driven by transition. If your organization is facing any of the following scenarios, you need an independent baseline immediately.
New IT Leadership
You just took over as CISO or IT Director and need an independent baseline of the environment before you accept responsibility for its security.
Mergers & Acquisitions
You are executing technical due diligence and need to validate the security posture of a target company's cloud before integration.
Cyber Insurance Renewal
Your carrier requires proof of MFA enforcement, data governance, and secure cloud configurations to underwrite your policy.
Pre-MDR Deployment
You are preparing to deploy 24/7 Managed Detection & Response and need to know what to clean up and harden in your tenant before onboarding.
What Happens Next
Every engagement is scoped to your environment, priorities, and the level of support you need after findings are delivered.
We help clients assess readiness, fix what matters, and improve resilience over time.
How To Get Started on a Microsoft Assessment
Discover
We define scope, align priorities, and structure the assessment around the continuity and readiness risks that matter most.
Audit
We complete the review and validate where Azure and Microsoft 365 are not configured optimally.
Remediate
We help your team prioritize and address the resilience, recovery, and governance gaps that matter most.
Protect
Where needed, Cloudskope stays engaged through governance support, exercise planning and 24/7 monitoring.
Frequently Asked Questions
Answers to the most common questions about scope, process, and what happens after the audit.