Most Microsoft 365 environments are configured for convenience, not security. We configure them for both.
From Entra ID and Conditional Access to Data Loss Prevention and vendor security screening support, our Toronto team builds and manages Microsoft 365 environments that protect your business data, clear your clients’ security reviews, satisfy your auditors, and keep your team productive.
They ask how you classify data, enforce encryption and wipe lost devices. A standard subscription doesn’t include the tools needed. Even if you upgrade licenses, default settings don’t do the job. You have no documented answer to any of those questions.
Without Conditional Access, Microsoft 365 does not check whether the sign-in comes from a managed, encrypted device or from somewhere it has never seen. A stolen password is all an attacker needs.
When an employee leaves, someone logs into every system one by one to remove access, and nobody can see who still has access to what.
Protecting Your Brand & Communications.
Maintain trust with domain and email security your clients can rely on.
What we configure at the domain level:
What we configure in Microsoft Defender:
Why this matters for your domain: Your domain name is the foundation of your entire online presence. It controls your website, your email, and much of your brand identity. If an attacker gains control of your domain, they can redirect your website traffic, intercept business email, impersonate your company, or hold your domain for ransom.
Domain security is one of the highest-priority actions you can take to protect your business against domain hijacking, accidental loss, and unauthorized transfers.
Why this matters for email: . Billions of spam and phishing emails are sent each day, and AI is making things worse, fast.
Microsoft Defender for Office 365 blocks threats, and keep updating their security graph in real time, to protect your accounts.
The Foundation Of Modern Security: Centralized User + Device Management.
Your user identities control access to every business application, file, and email. This is where security starts.
What we configure:
Why this matters: Without Entra ID, you’re managing individual computers, not an organization. Users have different passwords for every app. You can’t enforce MFA across the company. When an employee leaves, you’re manually logging into 15 different systems to disable access. You have no central visibility into who can access what.
Entra ID is the control plane for everything else, from Conditional Access to DLP and compliance reporting. It’s your foundation.
Your Trusted Devices: Manage and secure all devices accessing your data. Before you control what data flows where, you need to know and manage which devices are accessing it.
What we configure:
Why this matters: Peace of mind and modern data security frameworks require “Do you enforce encryption? Can you remotely wipe lost devices?” Intune provides automated enforcement. This means that even if a device is stolen, a remote wipe removes business data within minutes. No breach notification required because data was encrypted.
Control Who, From Where And On Which Device.
Now that you have identity (Entra ID) and device management (Intune) foundations, Conditional Access enforces Zero Trust security by combining both.
What we implement:
Why this matters: Even if employee password is compromised, attackers can’t access data from unauthorized devices or locations. Multi-layered authentication and device compliance requirements dramatically reduce breach risk. If one security control fails, others prevent data loss.
Stop Sensitive Data From Leaking Inappropriately.
With identity secured, devices managed, and access controlled, DLP prevents your protected data from going where it shouldn’t.
What we can configure:
Cloud DLP (no Intune required):
Endpoint DLP (requires Intune):
What Can Be Detected:
Credit card numbers, SINs, banking information, client contracts, financial statements, legal documents, intellectual property, source code, product designs, Health information (PHI), personal data (PII).
Why this matters: Protecting your organizational and client data shields from harm, and helps you meet Vendor Security Requirements.
Classify, label, and protect your most important information.
DLP prevents data from going wrong places. Sensitivity labels ensure data carries protection with it wherever it goes.
What we can implement:
How it works:
Why this matters: Security questionnaires ask “How do you classify sensitive data? Do you encrypt confidential information?” Sensitivity labels provide documented classification.
External collaboration is made secure when you can share protected documents with clients and partners. Recipients access files without needing Microsoft 365. Control remains with your organization. Audit trails exist of external access. These are IT Risk Management and Compliance gold standards.
We spend our first 60 days learning how your business works, then building your IT systems around it.
We review your tenant, Secure Score, licences and sharing settings, then document what we found and the order we will fix it in.
We test each policy with a small group first and train your team before anything is enforced, so work does not stop.
We deploy, manage and respond to alerts, track Microsoft changes, and meet with you every quarter to review your roadmap.
a very high level of security
every step of the way
Once your environment is secure, we help you succeed with day to day Microsoft 365 management and support. How can we help you?
Organize sprawling Teams and SharePoint issues and fix who can see what.
Copilot can surface any file a person already has access to. Before you turn it on, decide which AI tools are approved and what business data they can reach.
Secure desktops for remote staff, contractors and legacy Windows apps.
For clients with IT Compliance requirements or annual security audits, we use Microsoft Purview to track compliance alignment, monitor progress and produce audit-ready reports, so you stay prepared all year.
• Rule 3.3-1 requires lawyers to protect client confidentiality, including the technology that holds it.
• No certification to pass. The standard is “reasonable steps”.
• Conditional Access and Intune cover the MFA, access and encryption items on the LSO Cybersecurity Checklist.
• Applies to every licensed lawyer, solo practitioners included.
• Canadian privacy law for any business holding personal data.
• Sensitivity labels classify personal data.
• DLP prevents inappropriate disclosure.
• Retention policies enforce the data lifecycle.
• International standard enterprise clients recognize.
• Entra ID and Intune evidence your access and asset controls.
• Purview documents your data classification.
• Answers ISO-based vendor questionnaires without certification cost.
We configure and document the Microsoft 365 controls. Formal certification needs an accredited auditor and a full management system.
Facing a client’s security questionnaire or a NIST-based screening? See Vendor Security Screenings.
Real businesses who needed a professional IT company to work as an extension of their team, and got results that matter.
A Mac-based firm aligned with the NIST framework and positioned itself to win more work from global enterprises.
Explorer Research grew from startup to a go-to shopper research agency on infrastructure built to pass client reviews.
Vizio protected client data and kept its team supported while it focused on growth and expansion.
Helpful articles and guides from our Microsoft 365 specialists.
Microsoft 365 provides technical controls supporting NIST Cybersecurity Framework (most flexible for Canadian SMBs), PCI DSS (mandatory if processing credit cards), PIPEDA (Canadian privacy law), and ISO 27001 (international standard) without requiring formal certification for most vendor requirements.
NIST framework is not certification-based but provides documented security controls that satisfy most enterprise vendor questionnaires at lower cost than formal ISO 27001 certification. Implementing NIST or ISO 27001 controls in Microsoft 365 gives documented security through configuration reports, Secure Score tracking, and policy documentation that vendors and auditors accept.
Formal certification is only necessary when clients explicitly require certified ISO 27001 or SOC 2 Type 2 reports.
For most small businesses, very little. Both include Entra ID P1, which provides Conditional Access, and both include Defender for Office 365 Plan 1 for email protection. The main difference is size: Business Premium is for organizations with up to 300 users, and E3 has no user limit. Risk-based sign-in policies, Entra ID Protection and Privileged Identity Management need Entra ID P2, which comes with Microsoft 365 E5 or with the Microsoft Defender Suite add-on for Business Premium.
For a team under 300, Business Premium covers the controls most vendor questionnaires ask about.
Yes, we help Toronto businesses answer SOC 2, ISO 27001, and custom vendor security questionnaires. Our process maps Microsoft 365 capabilities (Entra ID MFA, Conditional Access, DLP, Intune device management) to specific vendor requirements like “Do you restrict administrative access?” or “Do you encrypt sensitive data?” We provide configuration implementation and documentation that satisfies vendor security reviews. Most vendor questionnaires ask similar questions about identity management, device security, data protection, and access controls that Microsoft 365 addresses when properly configured.
Yes, we use Microsoft Purview to track your alignment with frameworks like NIST, ISO 27001, and HIPAA, generating audit-ready reports showing implemented controls and compliance status.
We provide pre-audit security reviews, gap analysis, and remediation roadmaps to ensure you’re prepared before auditors arrive.
Several clients use our continuous compliance monitoring for their annual audits, maintaining ongoing compliance rather than scrambling before each audit cycle.
No. We handle complete migrations from on-premises email servers, Google Workspace, GoDaddy, Rackspace or other platforms. Our certified Microsoft specialists ensure smooth transitions with minimal disruption, typically 1-2 days for small teams with full data transfer and security configuration.
We implement critical security controls within 1-2 weeks using a phased approach. Basic protections (MFA, conditional access) deploy in days, while comprehensive security transformation (DLP, Information Protection, Zero Trust) typically completes within 1-3 months depending on complexity.
Book a free discovery call to review your fully managed IT needs. If we’re a good fit, we’ll send you a tailored proposal and quote.
