Our Partnership with Microsoft
Microsoft stands as a pivotal ally in Security Risk Advisors’ (SRA) commitment to enhancing the cybersecurity landscape. Our alliance is underpinned by a significant overlap in clientele, many of whom rely on the comprehensive Microsoft Defender Security Suite.
Microsoft E5 Optimization Workshop
Complementary for qualified organizations!
Unlock the full potential of your Microsoft E5 investment with our focused half-day workshop. Designed for infrastructure and security teams seeking to maximize operational efficiency, this session provides actionable insights to reduce costs by identifying redundant technologies, centralizing policy controls for streamlined governance, and enhancing visibility across your IT landscape. With a tailored roadmap and optimization recommendations, we empower your organization to drive strategic value, improve security posture, and achieve greater ROI from your Microsoft E5 licenses.
Workshop Agenda:
- Discuss the current identity landscape.
- Review workstation, server, and infrastructure management controls.
- Optimize visibility into endpoints and infrastructure.
- Technical enforcement of policy controls.
- Gaps in E5 license and optimization roadmap.
Deliverables:
- Optimization Recommendations and Roadmap Document
Maximize Microsoft E5 ROI by reducing costs and enhancing security visibility.
Microsoft Services
We can help to optimize configurations and delivery to business teams for the following Microsoft technologies:
Entra
Defender
Sentinel
Azure
Copilot
Purview
Foundry AI
Intune
DevOps
Power BI
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Identity Services
Hybrid Identity Security Assessment
- Assess hybrid identity architecture across Entra ID, Active Directory, and sync services to identify authentication, privilege, and trust risks.
- Highlight weaknesses in identity security spanning both cloud and on‑premises environments.
- Provide actionable recommendations to strengthen overall identity posture.
Entra Engineering
- Design Conditional Access and Entra configurations aligned to roles, operations, and best practices.
- Build persona‑based access models, B2B and security structures, and a phased rollout plan.
- Deliver documentation, dynamic assignments, deployment plans, and governance recommendations.
Ransomware Resilience Assessment
- Review AD DS architecture, configurations, and security controls alongside network design and backup capabilities.
- Identify vulnerabilities, privilege risks, and structural weaknesses within the domain.
- Provide prioritized remediation steps to strengthen ransomware readiness and overall domain security.
Defender Services
Defender for Endpoint Deployment
- Deploy and standardize Defender for Endpoint across Windows, macOS, Linux, and mobile devices for unified threat protection.
- Provide advanced detection, prevention, and automated response capabilities tuned for real‑world attack scenarios.
- Integrate with Sentinel or existing SIEMs for centralized visibility, advanced analytics, and coordinated incident response.
Defender for Identity Deployment
- Integrate Defender for Identity with Active Directory and hybrid environments to continuously monitor identity signals and privileged activity.
- Detect credential theft, lateral movement, misconfigurations, and other identity‑based threats.
- Provide actionable insights to reduce risks from compromised accounts and insider activity.
Advanced Configuration & Hardening
- Harden your devices by calibrating ASR rules for maximum protection without disrupting business operations.
- Supplement out-of-the-box detections with custom high‑value, low‑noise detection rules based on current threats.
- Configure additional Defender capabilities such as ransomware safeguards and removable media controls when detection is not enough.
Azure Services
Azure Configuration Assessment
- Assess cloud risks like exposed resources, excess connectivity, broad access, and missing controls.
- Review environment management, architecture, networking, IAM, and configuration practices to incorporate organizational context and prioritized recommendations.
- Evaluate security settings using automated scripts and manual console review, scaled for small–to‑medium environments.
Azure Purple Teams
- Simulate cloud attacks with security operations teams to surface blocked activity, detections, and gaps.
- Test control‑plane techniques with an assumed‑compromise approach to validate alerts on key attacker actions.
- Review prevention/detection results and offer an optional IaaS add‑on for data‑plane testing.
Azure Security Standards Development
- Develop security reference architecture and standards outlining required configurations for approved cloud services.
- Review existing security requirements and draft standards using current needs, CIS benchmarks, provider guidance, and best practices.
- Gather feedback from stakeholders and refine documentation to meet organizational requirements.
Data Protection Services
Data Protection Program Development
- Define your organization’s strategy for data protection in the age of AI
- Conduct discovery workshops to identify the data that matters most to your org
- Align your Purview configurations and workflows to impactful business use cases
AI Data Security Engineering
- Configure Defender for Cloud Apps to prevent sensitive data from being uploaded into commercial AI platforms
- Perform Copilot readiness assessments
- Enable and tune Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) for your AI policies
Policy and Alert Engineering
- Create DLP, IRM, or Copilot monitoring policies
- Monitor the alert queue and iteratively tune thresholds to establish a meaningful and actionable baseline of alerts
- Define a strategy for investigating and triaging the most critical alerts. Enable downstream SOC teams to act with defined runbooks.
AI Services
AI Security Program Assessments
- Review the current state of AI governance across strategy, data protection, IAM, third‑party integrations, and monitoring/alerting
- Assess risks and maturity using frameworks such as the NIST Risk Management Framework
- Identify gaps and improvement opportunities to strengthen overall AI governance
Technical AI Security Assessments
- Purple team testing to validate security controls by simulating AI-specific attack techniques
- Security assessment of existing AI deployments including a review of agent permissions, tools and associated access, user access, and data protection implications
- Penetration and/or web application testing of AI-integrated applications to identify vulnerabilities and gaps in AI security controls
Security AI Agent Development
- Development of AI agents, tools, and workflows to automate and/or improve efficiency of cybersecurity-related actions using Microsoft technologies (e.g., Copilot Studio, Foundry, Security Copilot)
- Examples of security AI use cases include tier1 SOC automation, data protection configurations, configuration drift detection, phishing analysis, and data residency assistance
Intune Services
Intune Deployment
- Deliver a standardized, secure Intune platform with core configurations, compliance policies, and enrollment/group design
- Validate readiness through pilot, alpha, and beta testing
- Tailored to platform requirements (Windows, macOS), BYOD strategy, Entra model (Cloud/Hybrid), and optional Mobile Application Management (MAM)
Intune Engineering
- Deliver targeted enhancements through sprint-based cycles focused on configuration and compliance policies, enrollment settings, group structures, and/or Intune Suite modules (EPM, EAM, AA)
- Validate functionality through targeted testing to verify integration with existing processes and alignment with business objectives before production rollout
Intune Health Check
- Evaluate the current Intune environment against security best practices across the Intune platform, device configurations, compliance policies, application management and BYOD
- Deliver a tailored assessment report with actionable, prioritized recommendations for improving security and efficiency
- Deliver a prioritized roadmap to guide implementation
DevOps Services
Development Workflow & Repository Security
Development Process Analysis
- Map standard workflows, application lifecycles, and identify potential security gaps in development procedures.
Repository Configuration Review
- Analyze organizational and individual repository settings, access controls, and compliance configurations.
Source Code Security
- Identify hardcoded credentials, insecure coding practices, and unauthorized access patterns within repositories.
CI/CD Pipeline Security
Pipeline Configuration Analysis
- Review CI/CD pipeline definitions for security misconfigurations and vulnerability injection points.
Authentication & Authorization
- Assess OpenID Connect (OIDC) implementations, token handling, and identity enforcement.
Third-Party Integration Security
- Evaluate security of external services, tools, and dependencies integrated into pipelines.
Automated Security Testing
- Deploy tools to identify configuration issues and potential attack vectors.
Build Environment Infrastructure Security
Infrastructure Hardening Assessment
- Evaluate security configurations of build servers, runners, and execution environments.
Container Security Analysis
- Assess container images, runtime security, and potential escape vulnerabilities..
Network Isolation Review
- Analyze network segmentation, access controls, and communication security between build components.
Secrets Management Evaluation
- Review how sensitive data is stored, accessed, and managed within build environments.
Microsoft Solutions Partner
Being part of MISA allows us to influence the future of Microsoft Security solutions and ensures that our clients benefit from the latest advancements in cybersecurity. Our clients can feel assured because of our:
- Enhanced Security: Our clients can feel confident knowing that we are at the forefront of cybersecurity innovation, working closely with Microsoft to develop and deliver the best security solutions.
- Direct Influence: As a MISA member, we provide feedback and influence the development of Microsoft Security products like Microsoft Defender and Sentinel, as well as the ability to see the Microsoft Security roadmap. This ensures that we are informed about the latest developments and can collaborate with Microsoft product teams to shape the roadmap. Due to this, our clients benefit from solutions that are continuously improved and tailored to meet their needs.
- Trusted Partnership: Our membership in MISA is a recognition of our commitment to excellence and our ability to deliver high-quality security services. Clients can trust that we are a reliable partner, dedicated to protecting their digital assets.
SRA has demonstrated its broad capability to help customers safeguard their entire organization with integrated security, compliance, and identity solutions.
SRA has demonstrated its broad capability to help customers accelerate migration of key infrastructure workloads to Azure.
SRA has demonstrated its broad capability to help customers manage and govern their data across multiple systems to build analytics and AI solutions.
SRA has demonstrated its broad capability to help customers boost their productivity and make the shift to hybrid work using Microsoft 365.
Microsoft ECIF Program
Implement Microsoft Solutions with Microsoft Funding Assistance
Security Risk Advisors is a Microsoft Solutions Partner, and we are privileged to have access to funding for our customers. With SRA’s assistance, you can apply for ECIF (End Customer Investment Funds), which means that Microsoft will contribute to the cost of deploying and optimizing certain security products in your production environment.
The End Customer Investment Funds (ECIF) program allows Microsoft to set-aside funding in their fiscal budgets to pay for services to end-customers in support of Microsoft products and solutions. This is typically between 10% – 20% of the expected revenue for their product as outlined in the Statement of Work (SOW).
ECIF is Microsoft’s way of ensuring their customers are successful and get value from their products. ECIF may be used for a POC and product deployment or migration from a competitor’s product.