M365 & Security
Identity Hardening Sprint
A focused engagement that moves identity from a directory of people into the control point for access.
Identity Hardening Sprint reviews how access is actually granted today, then closes the gaps that matter most: standing administrative rights, conditional access rules that have quietly collected exemptions, and accounts nobody owns. The work is done against the tenant rather than described in a document, so the sprint ends with policy in place and a record of what changed.
Work modules
- Access and privilege reviewInventory administrative roles, standing privilege, and legacy authentication paths in Microsoft Entra ID, review what identity threat detection in Microsoft Defender for Identity currently covers, then rank what to close first by exposure rather than by effort.
- Conditional access design and rolloutDesign conditional access around real working patterns, then roll it out in report-only mode before enforcement so legitimate work is not interrupted.
- Privileged access and review cycleMove elevation to time-bound approval through Microsoft Entra Privileged Identity Management and establish the access review cycle that keeps entitlements from accumulating again.
What you receive
- A conditional access policy set in force, with the report-only findings that supported each rule
- Time-bound privileged access configured, with approvers and expiry agreed
- An access review schedule with owners named
- A coverage note on identity threat detection in Microsoft Defender for Identity, naming what is monitored and what is not
What changes for the business
- A stolen password is no longer sufficient on its own to reach a system
- Administrative privilege expires rather than persisting after the work that needed it