A strategic and technical assessment designed to evaluate and enhance your Microsoft 365 environment - aligning productivity, collaboration, and security under a unified governance model.
Most organizations already have powerful security and collaboration tools built into their Microsoft 365 licenses - they just don't know how to use them effectively.
Our assessment reconnects your business needs with the capabilities you're already paying for, while identifying cost-effective add-ons that can facilitate your organization's goals at a reasonable cost.
of organizations underutilize their M365 security features
Understand M365 licensing that most cost-effectively supports your infrastructure, security, and compliance needs.
Build a security baseline leveraging licensed capabilities that protects organizational assets using recognized industry benchmarks.
Assist in deploying key capabilities provided by your chosen M365 licenses for immediate value realization.
A collaborative discovery session that reconnects your current state with what you're trying to achieve. We determine recommended M365 licensing based on:
"We'll suggest built-in tools and capabilities that can be leveraged, immediately, to security your environment"
Determine recommended M365 licensing based on:
Written Summary Report Features:
After license selection, CR1 assists in deploying licensed features to improve organizational operations and security. We work collaboratively with your team to ensure smooth implementation with minimal disruption.
CR1 will perform a comprehensive security assessment of your M365 environment. This assessment provides guidance on aligning with recommended best practices that support your business goals and objectives.
Industry-standard benchmarks ensure your M365 environment meets recognized security baselines while remaining practical for your organization.
Development of comprehensive findings documentation and reports that clearly communicate security gaps, licensing optimization opportunities, and actionable recommendations.
Interactive presentation of findings to your leadership and technical teams, ensuring everyone understands the current state, risks, and prioritized roadmap for improvement.
Assessment benchmark controls are broken down into the following general domains, providing comprehensive coverage of your M365 security posture:
Privileged access controls and admin role management
OAuth grants and app access governance
Logging, monitoring, and compliance tracking
Identity and access management configuration
Information protection and data governance
Exchange Online protection and anti-phishing
Exchange Online routing and policy enforcement
Intune policies and device compliance
SharePoint, OneDrive, and Teams data security
Real insights from CISOs and security leaders who've experienced our M365 Assessment process.
"Security posture clarity without the fear factor."
We help executives understand where they truly stand relative to peers without hype, shame, or false urgency. Our assessments establish a credible baseline and frame security maturity as a journey of improvement, not a pass/fail judgment.
"Benchmarks you can actually use."
We translate industry benchmarks into practical, organization-specific roadmaps. By separating low-risk foundational controls from high-impact ones, we help teams raise security maturity quickly-without breaking workflows.
"Know what you already own-and how to use it."
Many organizations are already paying for powerful security capabilities they haven't unlocked. We demystify complex licensing and ensure clients get full value from existing investments before recommending additional spend.
"Microsoft security, made intelligible."
We bridge the gap between Microsoft's vast security ecosystem and real-world operations. From Defender to Purview to Entra, we explain how the pieces fit together, what matters now, and what can wait.
"Not just findings-forward motion."
We don't stop at assessment. We help clients translate insights into deployment plans, role clarity, and phased execution - so recommendations turn into real-world security gains.
"Security improvement you can measure - and show."
By aligning benchmark scores with platform metrics like Microsoft Defender Secure Score, we give leadership clear, defensible evidence of progress over time - not just technical changes, but measurable risk reduction.
"This assessment answered about 10 questions I'd been carrying around. Learning we already had enterprise-grade EDR/XDR without needing more licenses was one of the highest-value moments. The timing was perfect-it landed exactly when we needed clarity to move forward."
- CISO, Recent M365 Assessment Client
Stop overpaying for unused licenses and close security gaps. Let's build a cost-effective, secure M365 foundation together.