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Home » Blogs » Getting the Most from Your Microsoft 365 E5 Security Licence
Where would we be if it wasn’t for Microsoft 365? The best-in-class productivity suite’s communication and collaboration tools like SharePoint, OneDrive and Microsoft Teams have enabled us to work better together, even during a time when many of us moved away from our offices to work in our bedrooms, kitchens and living rooms.
We’re all familiar with these apps, along with the likes of Word, Excel and PowerPoint. But Microsoft 365 doesn’t stop there. With its Microsoft 365 E5 licence, Microsoft combines best-in-class productivity apps with advanced security, compliance, voice and analytical capabilities. In today’s hostile digital landscape, this has never been more important.
In this blog we’ll take you through why Microsoft 365 E5’s advanced security features are essential to protect your organisation, and we’ll then delve a little deeper into what these features actually are.
Let’s get started.
The past year has seen an unprecedented shift towards agile working practices. Microsoft technology has enabled organisations to empower their users wherever they work, ensuring seamless communication, collaboration and productivity in what has been a challenging operating landscape.
Unfortunately, it hasn’t just been organisations that have mobilised over the past 12 months. Cybercriminals have never been more active, and the collective shift to remote working has increased organisations’ attack surfaces. Security vulnerabilities that have existed for years have been spotlighted through increased activity and the commercialisation of phishing, ransomware and business email compromise (BEC) attacks, and this has resulted in a number of high-profile compromises that have caused unprecedented financial, operational and reputational damage, in some cases making front-page news.
Senior level conversations have been elevated to include cyber security strategy, with a keen focus on protecting critical national infrastructure and citizen information to successfully manoeuvre in today’s hostile digital landscape. However, with budgets stretched and up-to-the-minute understanding of today’s evolving cyber landscape at a premium, many organisations are unsure of how to take the first step in strengthening their cyber security postures.
This is where Microsoft 365 E5 security, when deployed and managed by a secure cloud expert like Six Degrees, really comes into its own. Microsoft 365 E5 security combines depth of capability with breadth of capability, enabling organisations to replace disparate cyber security systems delivered by multiple vendors with a single, consolidated security stack.
In this way, organisations can better protect themselves in today’s hostile digital landscape. Now let’s take a look at some of the key security capabilities of Microsoft 365 E5.
So, what are the key security capabilities available with Microsoft 365 E5 licensing? Let’s take a look:
By working with Six Degrees, an Azure Expert MSP and member of the invite-only Microsoft Intelligent Security Association (MISA), your organisation can leverage these advanced security features to protect itself from cyber-attack and data breach.
The shift from a ‘set and forget’ mentality to an integrated, optimised and managed security stack can be tough to navigate for many of the organisations we work with at Six Degrees. Our team has developed a Six Degrees deployment methodology combining Microsoft best practices with industry best practices set by the likes of the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre and the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology. Our decision to use Microsoft security tools ensures customers receive industry-leading technology, while truly understanding and buying into the integrated nature of the technology we deploy and manage.
The benefits all of our customers realise by working with us to design, deploy, configure and manage Microsoft-led integrated security solutions are compelling. We enable customers to:
Interested in learning more about how Six Degrees can enhance your organisation’s cyber security posture by leveraging the security capabilities available through Microsoft 365? Register here for a free consultation.
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