Microsoft 365 Baseline Security

Strong security, without the complexity

Microsoft 365 Baseline Security Tool

Microsoft 365 is at the heart of most SMEs, but out of the box, it’s not fully secure.

With hundreds of settings across identity, email, data protection, and device management, it’s easy for mis-configurations to creep in. Over time, Microsoft updates, policies drift, new risks emerge, and what was once “secure” quickly becomes outdated. For many businesses, there’s simply no clear visibility into whether their environment is aligned to best practice.

Microsoft Security Baseline Tool
Urban Network’s Microsoft 365 Security Baseline Tool ensures your environment is configured, monitored, and maintained in line with recognised best practices and industry frameworks. It provides a consistent, proactive approach to securing your Microsoft 365 tenant, without the complexity of managing it all in-house.

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The Challenge

For most SMEs, Microsoft 365 isn’t just a tool, it’s the backbone of the business. Email, file storage, collaboration, identity management; it all lives in one place.

But that also makes it one of the most targeted platforms for cyber attacks.

The reality is that Microsoft 365 is only as secure as its configuration. Default settings prioritise usability, not security, and over time, even well-configured environments can drift away from best practice due to changes, updates, or simple oversight.

Without continuous oversight, gaps appear, and attackers know exactly where to look.

Complexity & Drift

Microsoft 365 includes hundreds of security settings across multiple services:

Azure AD (identity and access control)
Exchange Online (email security)
SharePoint & OneDrive (data protection)
Endpoint & device management

For SMEs, managing this consistently is a challenge. Internal teams often don’t have the time, resource, or specialist knowledge to keep everything aligned.

Even if your environment was configured correctly once, it doesn’t stay that way.

New users are added without consistent policies
Settings are changed to “just make something work”
Security controls fall out of alignment with frameworks

Visibility is lost over time

This is what we call policy drift, and it’s one of the biggest hidden risks in Microsoft 365.

The Solution

Our Microsoft 365 Security Baseline service establishes, enforces, and maintains a secure configuration across your entire environment.

We align your Microsoft 365 system configurations to recognised best practices and frameworks, then continuously monitor for changes, risks, and deviations, ensuring your security posture remains consistent over time.

This is not a one-time audit. It’s an ongoing, proactive approach to keeping your environment secure as your business evolves.

 

“Without us working with Urban Network to help ensure our systems are configured as they should be with no gaps and constsantly monitored for changes, we would have to allocate a full member of staff to do this. It’s an amazing service!”

Sean Connelly | MD
Aquascapes

 

Most SMEs operate reactively, fixing issues after they arise.

This service changes that, moving from reactive to proactive security. By continuously monitoring your Microsoft 365 environment and proactively addressing risks, you move to a preventative security model, reducing exposure before it becomes a problem.

Implementing Microsoft 365 baseline security isn’t a standalone tool, it’s the foundation everything else relies on.

Whether you’re implementing Zero Trust, improving endpoint security, or working towards compliance, none of it works effectively if your core Microsoft 365 environment isn’t properly configured and maintained.

This service ensures that foundation is always in place.

The Result

Security doesn’t fail because of a lack of tools, it fails because of gaps in configuration, visibility, and consistency.

Our Microsoft 365 Security Baseline Tool closes those gaps.

Always aligned to best practice
Your environment is configured in line with Microsoft recommendations, CIS benchmarks, and industry standards

Real-time visibility and control
Instantly identify misconfigurations, risky settings, or gaps in your security posture

No more policy drift
Continuous monitoring ensures settings remain enforced and consistent

Reduced risk of breach
Close common attack paths caused by misconfiguration or weak controls

Support for compliance and frameworks
Strengthen your position against Cyber Essentials, ISO 27001, and supply chain requirements

Giving you confidence that your environment is secure, aligned, and continuously protected, no matter how your business evolves.

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