Microsoft Azure Posture
& CIS Benchmarks
Most organisations running Microsoft 365 and Azure are significantly under-secured out of the box. RTCS specialises in assessing and hardening your entire Microsoft cloud environment against CIS Benchmarks, ACSC guidance, and Microsoft's own Secure Score recommendations - covering Intune, Entra ID, Defender, Exchange Online, SharePoint, and Azure subscriptions.
- Azure CIS Benchmark assessment - all applicable controls across your subscriptions
- Microsoft 365 CIS Benchmark review - Exchange, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive
- Intune / Microsoft Endpoint Manager configuration hardening and policy audit
- Windows and macOS endpoint CIS Benchmark compliance via Intune policies
- Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) hardening - Conditional Access, MFA, SSPR, PIM
- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Identity, Office 365 and Cloud Apps configuration review
- Microsoft Secure Score uplift - prioritised recommendations with effort/impact rating
- Defender for Cloud security posture management across Azure resources
- Azure Policy and regulatory compliance initiative alignment (Essential Eight, ISM, NIST)
- Privileged Identity Management (PIM) review and just-in-time access configuration
- Azure Landing Zone security architecture review and hardening
- Ongoing managed posture service - monthly Secure Score reporting and remediation tracking
Common Questions
We run Microsoft 365 but not Azure infrastructure - is this still relevant?
Yes. Microsoft 365, Exchange Online, SharePoint, Teams, and Entra ID are assessed against their own CIS Benchmarks - and most of the serious gaps we find are in M365 tenancies, not Azure subscriptions.
What does the assessment actually check?
Your configuration against CIS Benchmarks, ACSC hardening guidance, and Microsoft Secure Score - Conditional Access, MFA, PIM, Defender configuration, Intune policies, and subscription posture.
Will you fix the issues or just report them?
Either. Point-in-time assessment with a prioritised plan, a remediation project where we do the hardening, or ongoing monthly posture management - your call.