Office 365, Zero Trust, AI Readiness & Security Operations Services

 AI adoption is accelerating, and many organizations are deploying copilots, chatbots, automation bots, and AI agents without fully understanding the security implications.  

MIP Add Value by answering:

• Who has access to AI tools?
• What data can AI tools or   agents' access?
• Are AI agents over-permissioned?
• Are users entering sensitive data into AI systems?
• Are AI connectors, plugins, or service accounts properly governed?
• Are AI activities logged and monitored?
• Is there a clear AI acceptable-use policy?
• Can AI misuse or data exposure be detected?

  MIP Services Include:

• AI security risk assessment
• AI agent access review
• AI governance and acceptable-use policy development
• AI service account and permission review
• Sensitive data exposure assessment
• AI logging and monitoring recommendations
• AI vendor and tool risk review
• AI incident response planning
• AI security roadmap development
• AI vendor and tool risk review

MIP Client Deliverables

• AI Security Readiness Report
• AI Risk Register
• AI Agent Access Matrix
• AI Acceptable Use Policy Template
• AI Monitoring Recommendations
   30 / 60 / 90-Day AI Security Roadmap

 Zero Trust isn’t optional anymore. Modern threats demand continuous verification of every user, device, application, and access request before trust is granted. MIP helps organizations measure their current Zero Trust maturity and build a practical, achievable roadmap to strengthen identity, access, and overall security posture. 

MIP Add Value by assessing:

• Identity and access controls
• Multi-factor authentication coverage
• Conditional Access policies
• Privileged access controls
• Device compliance
• Application access
• Network segmentation
• Cloud resource access
• Data protection
• Monitoring and analytics
• Security automation
• Governance and policy enforcement

MIP Services Include:

• Zero Trust maturity assessment
• Identity and access review
• Conditional Access policy review
• Privileged access review
• RBAC and least privilege assessment
• Device and endpoint security review
• Application access segmentation review
• Cloud and network segmentation review
• Zero Trust implementation roadmap

MIP Client Deliverables

• Zero Trust Maturity Scorecard
• Current-State Security Findings
• Risk-Ranked Recommendations
• Target-State Security Model
• Conditional Access improvement Plan
• Privileged Access Cleanup Plan
• 30 / 60 / 90-Day Roadmap

 Cloud sprawl happens fast—multiple subscriptions, hybrid setups, and distributed teams all add layers of complexity. MIP brings clarity and control by simplifying and securing your cloud footprint with proven governance frameworks, strong access controls, advanced monitoring, and full operational visibility. 

MIP Add Value by assessing:

• Azure subscription structure
• Management groups
• Cloud resource exposure
• Network security
• Private endpoint usage
• Public IP exposure
• RBAC permissions
• Azure Policy coverage
• Logging and monitoring
• Defender for Cloud configuration
• Storage and Key Vault security
• Backup and recovery posture
• Compliance alignment

MIP Services Include:

• Azure security architecture review
• Azure Government security review
• Cloud security posture assessment
• Secure landing zone design
• Hub-and-spoke network review
• RBAC and access governance review
• Azure Policy and guardrail recommendations
• Cloud remediation planning
• Secure workload configuration review

MIP Client Deliverables

• Cloud Security Posture Report
• Cloud Architecture Recommendations
• RBAC Remediation Plan
• Azure Policy Recommendations
• Cloud Risk Register
• Monitoring and Logging Gap Report
• Remediation Roadmap

Many organizations own security tools but do not get the full value from them. Without proper configuration, logging, alerting, dashboards, and incident workflows, security teams may miss important signals.

MIP helps clients improve security visibility across endpoints, identities, cloud resources, applications, and user activity.

MIP will assist with:

• Microsoft Defender deployment and optimization
• Microsoft Sentinel configuration
• Endpoint onboarding validation
• Log Analytics workspace review
• Azure Monitor implementation
• AMA and DCR telemetry collection
• Security alert rule creation
• KQL query development
• Incident workflow design
• Executive dashboards
• ServiceNow or ticketing integration

• Defender for Endpoint onboarding support
• Defender XDR configuration review
• Microsoft Sentinel implementation and optimization
• Azure Monitor and Log Analytics engineering
• Security alert rule development
• KQL detection and hunting queries
• Security dashboard creation
• Incident routing and escalation design
• Monitoring gap assessment

• Security Monitoring Assessment
• Defender / Sentinel Configuration Review
• KQL Query Pack
• Alert Rule Package
• Incident Workflow Recommendations
• Security Operations Dashboard
• Executive Reporting Dashboard

Organizations need more than a list of vulnerabilities. They need to know which risks matter most, which systems are exposed, who owns the remediation, and how progress is being tracked.

MIP helps clients build a repeatable vulnerability and exposure management process.

MIP will assist with:

• CVE exposure analysis
• Critical vulnerability prioritization
• Device and application mapping
• Patch governance
• Remediation tracking
• Risk acceptance documentation
• Exception handling
• Executive vulnerability reporting
• POAM support
• Post-remediation validation

• Vulnerability management program review
• Defender TVM analysis
• Critical CVE assessment
• Application exposure mapping
• Remediation prioritization
• Aging vulnerability analysis
• Patch and remediation workflow review
• Risk acceptance and exception 
• process development
• Executive vulnerability dashboards

• Vulnerability Assessment Report
• Critical CVE Summary
• Application Exposure Report
• Remediation Tracker
• Risk Acceptance Memo Template
• POAM-Ready Findings
• Executive Vulnerability Dashboard

Identity is now the primary security boundary. A compromised user, service account, or privileged role can expose cloud resources, applications, and sensitive data.

MIP helps clients strengthen identity security, reduce excessive access, and improve governance across users, administrators, service accounts, applications, and privileged roles.

MIP will assist with:

• Microsoft Entra ID configuration
• MFA coverage
• Conditional Access policies
• Privileged Identity Management
• RBAC assignments
• Administrative roles
• Guest user access
• Service accounts
• Enterprise applications
• Application permissions
• Legacy authentication
• Access reviews
• Password-less readiness

Services Include

• Identity security assessment
• Privileged access review
• RBAC cleanup planning
• Conditional Access policy review
• MFA and passwordless readiness assessment
• Guest access review
• Enterprise application permission review
• Service principal security review
• Access governance recommendations

Client Deliverables

• Identity Security Assessment
• Privileged Access Findings
• RBAC Cleanup Plan
• Conditional Access Recommendations
• Application Permission Review
• Access Governance Roadmap

Certificates, keys, and cryptographic services are critical to secure authentication, encryption, application trust, and enterprise operations. Poor certificate management can lead to outages, expired trust chains, authentication failures, and security exposure.

MIP helps clients review, monitor, and improve PKI and certificate operations.

MIP will assist with:

• Certificate authority health
• Certificate expiration risks
• Certificate lifecycle management
• HSM-backed key protection
• Smart card authentication
• YubiKey or hardware-backed authentication
• Certificate templates
• Certificate ownership
• PKI backup and recovery
• PKI monitoring and alerting
• Cryptographic service resilience

• PKI architecture review
• Certificate lifecycle assessment
• Certificate expiration monitoring design
• HSM and key protection review
• Smart card / hardware authentication review
• PKI disaster recovery readiness
• Certificate operations dashboarding
• Cryptographic service monitoring

• PKI Health Assessment
• Certificate Lifecycle Risk Report
• Certificate Expiration Dashboard
• Cryptographic Services Risk Register
• PKI Monitoring Recommendations
• PKI Recovery and Tabletop Plan

Clients need to prove that security controls are in place, working, and properly documented.

MIP helps organizations prepare for audits, validate controls, collect evidence, and present security progress in a clear and measurable way.

MIP will assist with:

• NIST 800-171
• CMMC readiness
• PCI
• SOX
• HIPAA
• Federal and state security requirements
• Internal security standards
• Client-specific control frameworks

• Audit evidence preparation
• Control validation
• Security documentation review
• Compliance gap assessment
• Remediation tracking
• Risk register development
• Executive security reporting
• Security posture metric
   Board-ready reporting

• Audit Evidence Package
• Control Validation Report
• Compliance Gap Assessment
• Security Metrics Scorecard
• Executive Security Dashboard
• Remediation Roadmap

Security tools are only effective when teams know how to respond. MIP helps clients build repeatable security operations processes, clear runbooks, escalation paths, and incident response readiness

MIP will assist with:

• Security operations maturity
• Incident triage
• Alert handling
• Escalation workflows
• Evidence collection
• Containment steps
• Root cause analysis
• Security runbooks
• Post-incident reviews
• Tabletop exercises
• Executive incident reporting

• Security operations assessment
• Incident response readiness review
• Runbook development
• Tabletop exercise planning
• Escalation matrix development
• Security incident workflow design
• Post-incident review process
• Operational metrics design

• Security Operations Assessment
• Incident Response Playbooks
• Technical Runbooks
• Escalation Matrix
• Tabletop Exercise Package
• After-Action Report Template
• Security Operations Metrics Dashboard