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Identity and access security

Almost every breach of a small business starts with a password. Getting identity right in Entra ID, with multi-factor authentication and Conditional Access, closes that door without making daily work harder.

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Sound familiar?

The problems this solves

  • Multi-factor authentication is "on" but half the staff have never set it up, and the exceptions list is longer than the policy.
  • Global Administrator rights held by people who left, by shared accounts or by the person who "just needed it once".
  • A cyber insurance renewal or a client questionnaire asking questions you cannot answer with confidence.

What's included

What we do

Entra ID baseline

Security defaults or Conditional Access, admin role review, break-glass accounts, password protection and self-service password reset.

Multi-factor authentication

Rollout with Microsoft Authenticator, number matching and phishing-resistant options for administrators, with a communication plan so nobody is locked out on Monday morning.

Conditional Access

Policies that require compliant devices, block legacy authentication, limit sign-ins by location and risk, and protect admin portals.

Role-based access control

Least-privilege roles in Entra ID and Azure, Privileged Identity Management where licensed, and access reviews on a schedule.

Device trust

Intune compliance linked to Conditional Access, so only managed, encrypted, up-to-date devices reach company data.

Monitoring

Sign-in and audit log alerts, Defender for Business or Microsoft Sentinel where it fits, and a monthly review of risky sign-ins.

How it runs

A typical engagement

  1. 1

    Assess

    Microsoft Secure Score and a manual review of roles, policies and sign-in logs. You get a findings report ranked by risk.

  2. 2

    Plan

    A policy set designed for your business, tested in report-only mode first so we can see what it would block before it blocks anything.

  3. 3

    Roll out

    Multi-factor authentication in waves with staff guidance, then Conditional Access policies switched on one at a time.

  4. 4

    Review

    Quarterly access reviews and a policy check, or a one-off report for your insurer or auditor.

Outcomes

What you get

  • Every account protected by multi-factor authentication, with no permanent exceptions.
  • Administrators who get elevated rights only when they need them, for as long as they need them.
  • Answers to Cyber Essentials, insurance and client security questionnaires that you can evidence.
  • Sign-in problems that get investigated, not ignored.

Talk it through with Vaibhav

A free 30 minute call to understand your setup, then a written, fixed-price proposal. No pressure, no lock-in.

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Questions

Frequently asked

Will staff find MFA annoying?

Done well, most people approve one prompt a day on a managed device. The annoyance comes from bad rollouts, which is why we plan the communication and the exceptions before switching anything on.

Do we need extra licences?

Multi-factor authentication and basic Conditional Access come with Business Premium. Some features, like Privileged Identity Management and risk-based policies, need Entra ID P2. We tell you which apply to you.

Can this help with Cyber Essentials?

Yes. The access control and secure configuration parts of Cyber Essentials map directly onto this work, and we can prepare the evidence.

What if someone is locked out?

Break-glass accounts and a documented recovery process are part of the baseline, so there is always a way back in.