Microsoft 365 Assessment

Private Equity IT Services from ne Digital

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IT Due Diligence For Private Equity Transactions

Assess critical IT functions for a 360-degree overview of IT costs, risks, value creation opportunities, and an accurate Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) understanding!

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IT Integration For Mergers And Acquisitions

Overcome integration challenges after M&A with dedicated IT support that brings together systems, businesses processes, financial infrastructures, and people.

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IT Integration Services For Carve-outs

Leverage expert methodologies, experience, and knowledge that has powered thousands of financial transactions, mitigating risks at every carve-out stage.

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Cybersecurity Services from ne Digital

Creating business value by protecting critical IT systems through entire data lifecycles.

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Cybersecurity Assessment: CS Lighthouse DETECT

Find unchecked security threats that might be harming your business, empowering your IT infrastructure towards a robust defence framework.

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Cybersecurity Roadmap: CS Lighthouse TRACK

Get past typical cybersecurity roadblocks, protecting critical organizational data and aligning your cybersecurity with strategic goals with a tangible implementation roadmap!

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Cybersecurity Managed Services: CS Lighthouse MANAGE

Strengthen your IT security defences with industry-leading technology and expertise that protects your assets and meets even the most challenging 24/7 monitoring demands.

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Compliance Services from ne Digital

Our complete service portfolio for Compliance services from Assessment to Remediation and Monitoring. Our Team will keep your organization in line with your selected framework.

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Compliance Audit Assessment: Compliance DETECT

Obtain a clear and actionable current state of your organization's audit readiness for SOC 2, ISO 27001 and UK Cyber Essentials.

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Compliance Audit Roadmap: Compliance TRACK

Develop a short and long term strategy-level plan for remediating your organization people, processess and tools to obtain a sustainable certification in the shortest time possible.

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Compliance Audit Managed Services: Compliance MANAGE

Our Team's offering that covers our award winning compliance Automation Platform, Consulting, remediation and complete Audit Certification Services.

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Microsoft 365 Services from ne Digital

Get access to a full-service suite offering that maximizes collaboration between teams, delivers best service guidance, and improves the ROI of your cloud licensing investment.

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Microsoft 365 Assessment: M365 Express DETECT

Find unchecked security threats and discover the true maturity and utilization state of your Microsoft 365 environment.

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Microsoft 365 Roadmap: M365 Express TRACK

Develop a long-term strategy-level plan for Microsoft 365 initiatives, establishing a clear blueprint of how internal company processes and your tenant implementation should be improved.

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Microsoft 365 Managed Services: M365 Express MANAGE

Future-proof your enterprise on the cloud and streamline your collaboration and security by fully optimizing the utilization of each Microsoft 365 Suite component.

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Azure Services from ne Digital

Optimize your Azure implementation and operations, reduce your operational expenses, and improve your end customer experience with managed IT services for your Azure infrastructure.

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Azure Assessment: IT Lighthouse DETECT

Gain comprehensive understanding of the current state of your Azure environment, identify infrastructure gaps, scope for process risks, and align your tech with business outcomes.

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Azure Roadmap: IT Lighthouse TRACK

Develop a long-term strategy-level plan for Azure initiatives, having a clear blueprint of how internal company processes and systems will be affected.

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Azure Managed Services: IT Lighthouse MANAGE

Shift your focus to higher-level business activities by reducing operational burdens, building sustainable operational advantages, and boosting overall IT service levels.

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Why Microsoft 365 Security and Operations Assessment?

A Microsoft 365 tenant can be a very complex toolbox with untouched or unknown nooks and crannies to the IT Team. Scaling often poses complicated security or deployment risks to the point that even experienced IT directors can be overwhelmed. Our M365 risk assessment will provide a clear picture of the current security and utilization stance of your organization highlighting a prioritized set of risks and opportunities, providing the necessary actions to set the company on the right path

Our Microsoft 365 Services Engagement Process

M365 Express DETECT assessment service is part of our Microsoft 365 Service suite. Our end-to-end engagement path of Microsoft 365 optimization and implementation comprises three service pillars

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Microsoft 365 Assessment

Our M365 security and operations assessment will analyse the maturity of your Microsoft 365 tenant and implementation to find relevant gaps and opportunities for improvement. The goal is to identify every possible security risk and utilization optimization opportunity

M365 Express DETECT

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Microsoft 365 Roadmap and Strategy

Define a personalized Microsoft 365 roadmap that addresses your needs, optimizes cost, and plans for efficient governance models. Get a blueprint that secures and optimizes your organization’s digital journey

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Microsoft 365 Managed Services

Monitor, configure, and operate your tenant with ease. Implement all the Microsoft 365 services and technologies with the guidance and knowledge of our best-in-class consulting team, resting assured that you are following the best practices and preparing to scale cost-effectively

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By the End of the Assessment, You Will Be Able To:

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Clearly understand the current Microsoft 365 Security stance across the organization

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Execute Microsoft 365 benchmarking to create a work plan that aligns business objectives with the IT risks and budgets.

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Gain a clear picture of the cybersecurity threats exposure within your Microsoft 365 tenant

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Understand current usage utilization levels per service and guide your licensing decisions

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Obtain a clear understanding of the implemented licensing with alignment to budget, business goals, and regulatory requirements

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Follow best practices standards that can elevate your present IT security protocols to industry compliance

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Get the critical buy-in of your leadership team by presenting 360-degree insights of all usage, optimization opportunities and security gaps

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Follow best practices standards that can elevate your present IT security protocols to industry compliance

Finally, the documents are presented to the executive leadership team to deliver a birds-eye view of their organization’s IT stance. Directors of IT, CFO’s or other organizational leaders may utilize the spreadsheet to track control-by-control implementation and use it as a working document.

M365 Express DETECT Service

At ne Digital, we have designed an expert-driven Microsoft 365 security assessment framework that introduces the enterprise leadership team to the current status of your Microsoft tenant. We understand your stance, exposure, and appropriate actions to align the security and utilization needs to your business objectives. We initiate our M365 Express DETECT Service by guiding and structuring our service using the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (a cybersecurity policy framework of computer security guidance for private sector organizations).

Microsoft 365 alignment with NIST Cybersecurity guidance

Identify & access management

Protect users' identities & control access to valuable resources based on user risk level

Azure Active Directory
Conditional Access
Windows Hello
Windows Credential Guard

Information protection

Ensure documents and emails are seen only by authorized people

Azure Information Protection
Microsoft 365 Data Loss Prevention
Windows Information Protection
Microsoft Cloud App Security
Microsoft 365 Advanced Security Management
Microsoft Intune

Threat protection

Protect against advanced threats and recover quickly when attacked

Advanced Threat Analytics
Windows Defender
Advanced Threat Protection
Microsoft 365 Defender
Threat Intelligence

Security management

Gain visibility and controls over security tools

Azure Sentinel
Azure Security Center
Microsoft 365 Defender
Security Center

Our experienced team helps you navigate through these challenges by working closely with the target and acquirer IT and Finance leadership. With expert help, you can pinpoint opportunities that accomplish growth needs while maintaining IT Security.

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Microsoft 365 Assessment Phase 1
Timeline : 1 Week(approx.)
Execution : Remote

Functions are not intended to form a serial path or lead to a static desired end state. Functions are performed concurrently and continuously to form an operational culture that addresses dynamic cybersecurity risks.

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Engagement begins with a document request list (DRL) that details common Microsoft 365 administration artifacts

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Tenant documentation that comprises policies, procedures, and standards that articulate the current Microsoft 365 program and practices of the clients

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Clients exchange any available documentation and answer a few questions via phone or encrypted email during this phase.

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Documentation review helps us understand the structure and components of an organization’s Microsoft 365 program and allows us to develop contextually relevant questions for phase 2

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Microsoft 365 Assessment Phase 2: Staff Interviews and assurance testing
Timeline: 1-2 Weeks(approx.)
Execution: Onsite Or Remote

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Interviews of various organization team members with roles that relate to NIST control families and their applicability to the Microsoft 365 environment

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Questions pertain to items from documentation review, clarifying local procedures, and how various controls are implemented.

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Assurance testing of critical controls and gathering of additional artifacts that demonstrate the implementation and effectiveness of controls.

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Microsoft 365 Assessment Phase 3: Report delivery / and review
Timeline: 2-3 Weeks(approx.)
Execution: Remote

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Creation of report with an executive overview, describing a high-level overview of identified control gaps, suggested improvements, and compliance dashboards

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Detailed compliance spreadsheet with an assessment of each control to include implementation status, a priority level for remediation, and high-level notes about potential remedies or recommendations

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Client-side review of the report and spreadsheet followed by a teleconference to address queries or clarify information in the documents

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Release of the final report and spreadsheet copies to the organization

Client Success:

A close look at some of the recent Microsoft 365 projects that we have undertaken at ne Digital. Learn how we are helping businesses such as yours implement with confidence, quality, and a fixed budget.

Industry: Manufacturing

Hunters Specialties, is a custom manufacturer and distributor of hunters’ camouflage products, scent products as well as deer and turkey call products...

Industry: Manufacturing

ClockSpring|NRI is a Houston-based provider of high-performance products, engineering support, and training services for the critical infrastructure construction and...

Industry: Manufacturing

Stir Foods, headquartered in Orange County, California, is a custom manufacturer of soups, sauces, dressings, fresh salsas, and muffin batters for both retail and...

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By the End of the Assessment, You Will Be Able To

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Clearly understand the current IT Security stance across the organization.

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Execute benchmarking to create a work-plan that aligns business objectives with the IT risks and budgets.

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Gain a clear picture of the cybersecurity threats that your organization is exposed to.

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Understand the monetary risk that each cybersecurity threat poses to your business.

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Finally get the critical buy-in of the management by presenting 360-degree insights of all security gaps.

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Follow best practices standards that can elevates your present IT security protocols to industry compliance.

Why ne Digital?

ne Digital has performed dozens of Microsoft 365 Assessments aligned to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework with tangible results, right from reporting and up to remediation or the implementation of our M365 Express MANAGE service suite.

Our end-to-end Microsoft 365 assessment service suite includes:

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Microsoft 365 Risk assessment

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Services Utilization assessment

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Analysis of licensing SKUs alignment

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Microsoft Secure Score for Identity assessment

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Microsoft Secure Score for Apps assessment

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Microsoft Secure Score for Compliance assessment

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Azure AD utilization and best practices for Identity

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SharePoint Online utilization assessment

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Microsoft Teams utilization assessment

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Cloud Risk Assessment

Typical Assessment Queries That We Resolve

What current levels of security threats and system vulnerabilities is the organization’s tenant exposed to?

How well are security policies aligned with current business goals?

Is my organization properly licensed for its business and regulatory needs?

Is my user base making proper use of the Microsoft 365 technologies?

How will our Microsoft 365 tenant implementation decisions affect capital, resources, and regulatory compliance requirements?

What is the framework to implement and optimize new projects in Microsoft 365?

What ideal access control measures and internal controls should be implemented?

What is the difference between this and an Office 365 risk assessment template, on an Office 365 readiness assessment?

Microsoft 365 Assessment: M365 Express DETECT

Microsoft 365 Security and Operations Assessment

Microsoft 365 Security and Operations Assessment

Why Microsoft 365 Security and Operations Assessment?

Our Microsoft 365 Services Engagement Process

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Microsoft 365 Assessment

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Microsoft 365 Roadmap and Strategy

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Microsoft 365 Managed Services

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Microsoft 365 alignment with NIST Cybersecurity guidance

Identify & access management

Information protection

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Client Success:

Industry: Manufacturing

Industry: Manufacturing

Industry: Manufacturing

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