We go further
Designing and implementing hardening across Data Loss Prevention (DLP), Mobile Application Management (MAM) and Conditional Access (CA) to raise your Microsoft Secure Score and materially improve your security posture.
Our Cyber Essentials approach (CE → CE+)
We help you pass Cyber Essentials, then progress to Cyber Essentials Plus within the recommended window—co‑ordinating evidence, scoping and technical testing with accredited assessors. (We can also advise on the latest “Willow” question set.) This mirrors our ongoing engagement model described in Re: Follow-Up on Our Meeting. [learn.microsoft.com]
Who benefits
- SMEs needing an attainable baseline with measurable ROI.
- Growing organisations expanding remote/BYOD access.
- Regulated businesses seeking defensible controls and audit trails.
- Leaders wanting a practical path to Zero Trust without unnecessary complexity.
Going beyond the audit: targeted hardening
- Monthly security awareness training
- Automated enrolment and reminders
- Phishing attack simulations with detailed analytics
- Dark web scans for exposed data
Deliverables
- Plain English report with critical issues, quick wins and strategic recommendations.
- Secure Score before/after, plus benchmarks vs similar organisations.
- Cyber Essentials mapping (what’s met today, what’s left, and the evidence required).
- Implementation roadmap (MFA, CA baselines, DLP/MAM roll out, device compliance).
- Executive summary for stakeholders and insurers, suitable for board reporting.
Why Microsoft Secure Score matters
Secure Score is Microsoft’s built‑in measure of your security posture—higher scores indicate more recommended protections in place. It provides a central dashboard, trend history, benchmark comparisons, and a prioritised list of actions that increase protection with clear user‑impact ratings.
Secure Score on Microsoft Learn
We routinely deliver significant improvements—e.g., recent executive reports for clients show clear score increases and actionable benchmarking, used to track posture and guide next steps. See examples in Executive_Report_S2_Partnership_2025-06-25.pdf and Executive_Report_You_Garden_Limited_2025-07-23.pdf. [learn.microsoft.com], [learn.microsoft.com]
Real‑world outcomes: We have completed many Microsoft 365 security audits and lifted clients’ Secure Scores from ~30 to ~90, while improving overall security posture and governance.
FAQ's - Have a question about your Security Score?
Here are some answers to common questions about the Microsoft Secure Score . If you need more details, get in touch with our team.
Is Secure Score just a number?
No—each point ties to a specific recommendation (e.g., enable MFA for admins, disable legacy auth, enforce device compliance). Actions are ranked by impact, difficulty and user experience so you can prioritise the biggest gains first.
Improve your score: recommended actionsDo unmanaged devices affect our score?
Yes. Unmanaged endpoints typically lower the devices secure score because they fail critical checks (anti‑malware, encryption, patching). Bringing them under management—or enforcing MAM with CA—raises both posture and score.
Secure Score for DevicesWhat changed in Cyber Essentials in 2025?
April 2025 updates (v3.2 “Willow”) include recognition of passwordless auth, expanded “home & remote working”, and refined sampling in CE+ technical testing—plus terminology updates around vulnerability fixes.
IASME update · NCSC overviewCan training be tailored?
Yes, our Human Risk Management (HRM) and Cyber Security Awareness content can be customised for different roles and departments.