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Compliance is when your organisation operates under industrial data protection specifications or guidelines. It can also be defined as the process of becoming compliant with EU GDPR and other set guidelines.

It’s not limited to government or industry regulations. Your company’s data and IT infrastructure security also have to meet certain shareholder, employee and client exceptions. Fortunately, Microsoft Office 365 has compliance toolsets built into the platform. These intuitive tools come in the form of the Microsoft 365 compliance centre.

What is the Microsoft 365 Compliance Centre?

Microsoft 365 Security and Compliance offers a suite of tools that can help protect your sensitive information and maintain regulatory compliance.

Such tools include:

• Intuitive digital asset management tools
• A vast and scalable assessment library
• Built-in intelligent automation tools
• Data recovery initiatives
• A.I analytics and reporting tools

Partnering with Syntax Integration for IT support for Microsoft 365 Security and Compliance services will offer confidence to your team and prevent security threats. With our expert guidance, you can unlock the full potential of Microsoft’s security solutions tailored to fit your unique needs

We can also assist with customised compliance reporting and Microsoft 365 tenant management so that you can be assured that the security of your data is maintained and managed.

One of the key benefits of Microsoft 365 Security and Compliance is the ability to create customisable policies that cater specifically to your organisation’s data protection requirements. No two businesses are alike, and these bespoke rules and policies can help ensure that your sensitive information is protected.

Comprehensive Protection Against Cyber Threats

Microsoft Defender for Business which is part of the Microsoft 365 suite offers robust defence against cyber threats across devices and platforms. With this tool, you can focus on achieving your business objectives knowing that your valuable data is safe from harm.

Maintaining Productivity Through Secure Access Controls

Azure Active Directory Identity Governance is another key feature of Microsoft 365 Security and Compliance. This tool ensures secure access without compromising employee productivity.

Microsoft 365 Security and Compliance provides a set of instruments to safeguard your sensitive information, keep up productivity, and guarantee regulatory adherence.

If you’re ready to implement this platform in your business, contact Syntax Integration today for expert guidance. Our team at Syntax can help you unlock the full potential of Microsoft 365 Security and Compliance.

No two businesses are the same, and neither should their security policies be. With Microsoft 365 Security and Compliance, you can create tailored policies that cater explicitly towards different types of information handled by agencies or departments within your organisation.

For example, Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies help prevent accidental sharing of sensitive information like credit card numbers or personally identifiable information (PII).

In today’s interconnected world, employees need access to files on-the-go from multiple devices such as laptops, tablets, and mobile phones. Luckily, Microsoft Teams, a core component in Microsoft 365, ensures that sensitive documents are encrypted and secure across all platforms.

And with Azure Information Protection, you can classify, label, and protect your documents based on their sensitivity levels – keeping your data safe no matter where it goes.

To ensure that personal data is protected within your organisation, it’s important to take proactive steps in identifying potential privacy risks and implementing effective security controls. One such measure that is often overlooked is the use of Microsoft 365 Message Encryption, which can significantly enhance data confidentiality.

By encrypting sensitive information at rest in Microsoft data centres, this powerful tool plays a critical role in safeguarding personal data and reducing the risk of unauthorized access or breaches. Incorporating Microsoft 365 Message Encryption into your workplace can help create a more privacy-resilient environment for both employees and customers alike.

Microsoft 365 Message Encryption allows organisations like yours to control encryption keys used for securing your precious data. As a result, your business will no longer have to worry about unauthorised access or accidental leaks.

Navigating the ever-shifting digital terrain is becoming more difficult as new risks arise. However, with Azure AD Identity Governance, you can stay ahead of the game by managing user access based on risk levels. This ensures that sensitive information is kept secure without hindering productivity.

Take control of your organisation’s security posture with Azure Active Directory Identity Governance and Microsoft Defender for Business. Achieving the right equilibrium between efficiency and security can enhance your staff’s performance and self-assurance.

Advanced eDiscovery Solution: A Game Changer for Legal Discovery Processes

Dealing with legal discovery procedures can prove to be a difficult task for companies. Fortunately, the Microsoft 365 Security and Compliance’s Advanced eDiscovery solution tool is specifically created to simplify the management of electronic communications during such processes.

Efficient Management of Hold Notifications and Expiration Dates

Gone are the days of struggling with hold notifications and email expiration dates. Advanced eDiscovery simplifies the process, allowing you to effortlessly send hold notifications for documents and expertly set email expiration dates.

Revoking Encrypted Emails When Necessary

We all make errors, including with encrypted emails. Revoking encrypted emails when needed guarantees that confidential data always remains protected.

Streamlining Your Electronic Communications Process

In today’s fast-paced world, efficiency is key. The Advanced eDiscovery solution helps streamline your organisation’s legal discovery process by automating tasks such as searching for relevant data across multiple sources including Exchange Online mailboxes, SharePoint sites, and OneDrive accounts.

We have a team of experts who can assist your business in achieving the advantages of an effective legal discovery process.

Businesses are constantly evolving. To keep up with these changes, you need a robust and adaptable compliance management solution like the new Compliance Manager experience in Microsoft 365 Security and Compliance.

Building Import Templates for Easier Compliance
The Compliance Manager has eliminated the need for manual updates. Organisations can now create import templates that will automatically include any changes made to their computing environment. This results in less time being spent on mundane tasks and more attention being given to important business operations.

Adapting to Changing Business Requirements
No two businesses are alike – especially when it comes to their unique compliance needs. The enhanced adaptability of the new Compliance Manager ensures that your organisation can easily maintain compliance as requirements change over time.

To adapt to changing business requirements, your business can:

· Regularly review your import templates to ensure they’re up to date with current regulations and standards.

· Reach out for expert guidance from Microsoft Solutions Partner consultants like Syntax Integration who specialise in Microsoft 365 Security and IT Support

· Stay informed about industry-specific regulatory updates by subscribing to relevant newsletters or joining professional associations.

Microsoft has launched GCC High, a platform that caters to the needs of government clients and offers improved identity services via Azure Active Directory. This will serve as a strong base for other applications built on top of it. Additionally, Microsoft has introduced two revamped portals with updated designs and enhanced user experiences. The aim is to simplify navigation and provide a more streamlined experience across multiple platforms.

· Azure AD: The backbone of Microsoft 365 Security and Compliance for government customers.

· New Portals: Redesigned with better aesthetics and functionality in mind.

In summary, these improvements help create an environment where security meets productivity while ensuring seamless integration within your organisation’s existing infrastructure.

If you’re looking to bolster your security posture further or explore how Microsoft 365 Security and Compliance can benefit your business operations, consider partnering with Syntax Integration as your trusted provider of IT support and services.

We hit the ground running with a review of your company’s data protection initiatives. This starts with establishing your Microsoft Secure Score. We take it a step further by evaluating your business requirements, culture and specific environment.

From there, we establish how your organisation conforms to our baseline security standards. It is a comprehensive assessment of how your organisation’s current IT security conforms to industry security and compliance recommendations.

Such a comprehensive review provides our expert team with actionable insights. We act on these insights to see where the costs and priorities align in enhancing your compliance. This can include a phased approach to acquiring additional licence requirements, cloud space or physical hardware.

Standard Microsoft 365 activity logs roll for 90 days, which makes them hard to audit for compliance. We recommend extending this to 24 months with the Microsoft Analytic logs. That way your logs can be achieved to make it easy for your organisations to audit them for compliance.

Additionally, we recommend a basic implementation of ‘Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB)’. Or utilising Microsoft Cloud App Security (MCAS) to capture a detailed audit trail of all user and admin activities. This eases forensic investigations.

Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASBs) are cloud-based security solutions that provide a new layer of security to enable oversight and control of activities and information across cloud SaaS apps – not just Office / Microsoft 365, but other services such as Dropbox, Salesforce, etc. that may be used in an official or unofficial manner (known as ‘Shadow IT’).

CASBs have four key capability areas:

1. Shadow IT discovery
2. Information protection
3. Threat protection
4. Compliance

They provide a central control plane for governance and policy enforcement across all your cloud apps and services.

We can determine the elements you may wish to implement and the most appropriate configuration/reporting settings. This can be undertaken in a phased approach – as discussed within ‘Enhanced Logging’ we recommend a basic implementation of Microsoft Cloud App Security (MCAS) to capture a detailed audit trail of all user and admin activities for forensic investigations. Other potential uses include:

• Discovering all cloud apps and services used in your organisation, both official and shadow (unofficial)
• Detect when data is being exfiltrated from your corporate apps, this can alert you on suspicious usage that indicate a potential attempt to misappropriate information
• Protect your data when downloaded to unmanaged devices, it can be configured with granular controls to either prevent the download of sensitive files altogether, or apply a protection label

SharePoint and Microsoft Teams Permissions 

SharePoint and Microsoft Teams inadvertently expose your data and IT infrastructure to unauthorised access. We have Syntax Asset Data Manager (ADM). This ADM platform utilises an innovative permissions dashboard.

It also assigns permissions to internal and external users that are flexible, repeatable, auditable, and critically, is not open to errors that are common with a manual approach.

We perform an extensive review of your current anti-virus / malware. This ensures your Microsoft cloud and systems architecture is suitable for migration into Microsoft’s next-generation endpoint security platform – Defender Advanced Threat Protection (Defender ATP).

Malicious cyber actors use new tricks to find and leverage any security vulnerabilities. Syntax provides additional cybersecurity to protect files and documents regardless of where they reside.

Our service can apply sensitivity manually or automatically labels to files. This allows the application of data security actions such as encryption, digital rights management (DRM), and visual markings (such as ‘Confidential’).

We can implement SSPR or Self-Service Password Reset. This service allows users to reset passwords without the help of your in-house IT staff.

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

An effective SIEM system can help your organisation curate all its data sources. This helps pinpoint the source of data breaches in the event of an audit or investigation. Microsoft Sentinel is one of the most cost-effective SIEM models.

We offer support on implementation and tuning through our 24×7 monitoring SOC (Security Operations Centre) service.

We are also able to offer a range of Enhanced Management services, building upon the functionality of Enhanced Security. We are working closely with Microsoft to identify new ways to help you stay secure, and we are developing a roadmap of recommendations which we will be sharing with you regularly to ensure that you are kept abreast of best practice as the security landscape evolves.