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Users are pasting client data into AI tools nobody approved. Defender for Cloud Apps can already show you — here is the MSP playbook for turning it on and reading it.
Cyber Essentials v3.3 maps cleanly onto Microsoft 365 Business Premium. Entra, Intune, and Defender for Business cover all five technical controls without buying a single new tool.
AI readiness is the rare conversation the C-suite starts. Here is the engagement model, the four-level ladder, and a real fintech story MSPs can copy.
CloudCapsule now includes the SMB1001 baseline, giving MSPs in Australia and nearby regions an attainable framework to strengthen SMB client security.
Nathan Taylor runs a Microsoft Center of Excellence at SourcePass that books 4 to 5 posture reviews weekly. His playbook: narrow scope, nail the fundamentals, and sell outcomes, not settings.
The Australian Essential Eight maps cleanly onto Microsoft 365. Here is the strategy-by-strategy mapping, the licensing each one needs, and which checks you can automate.
GCS Technologies replaced point solutions with the Microsoft 365 security stack and built a practice around proactive improvement. Five lessons MSPs can borrow, from engagement model to pricing.
Defender for Endpoint scans macOS devices around the clock, but only after ABM, Intune profiles, and an onboarding package are in place. Here is the rollout order.
Defender for Business ships 24/7 vulnerability scanning with Business Premium. How to onboard devices, read the exposure score, and run an approve-remove-patch SOP.
CloudCapsule connects to a Microsoft 365 tenant and returns a CIS-mapped security assessment with evidence, remediation steps, and a branded executive summary in minutes, not man-hours.
Most MSPs stall on security because they assess ad hoc and remediate reactively. A repeatable loop of assess, prioritize, implement, and monitor fixes both, and it maps cleanly to the CIS Controls.
A Microsoft 365 baseline without a framework is just settings. Anchoring it to the CIS Controls adds implementation groups, a self-scoring assessment, and a defensible why for every policy.
