Ebsford Environmental Ltd 

Once upon a time, Ebsford's IT director was in search of a local IT support partner who specialised with Microsoft 365 and Security. We were on hand to answer their call and set out to understand at first, what it is they needed help with. As you can imagine "Security" is quite vague and covers a lot of topics. 
 
In short, it was to help identify any holes within their cloud systems and mainly working with their Microsoft 365 platform. My first call to the Director was to introduce myself and Platinum Tec and to then ask the relevant questions to both help us understand what they need help with but also to have an idea of how they are currently setup with their IT. 
Soon after, their Director liked what we had to say and got working on a 3 month project. To improve their "Secure Score" which is the meter used by Microsoft to assist companies in securing their environment with M365. At one point, we were working ahead of their schedule which included all the identified work to be carried out, the testing plans were in place but the business wasn't in a position to push the button on delivering the changes etc. Not a problem at all as now, they had a plan in place to work through at their own pace with continued support from us. 
 
With the "free time" on our hands, we suggested some "testing" with new technologies for the business from Microsoft. Such as managing their laptops and mobiles using Endpoint Management. 
We set about configuring and testing what their future setup could be. What we had designed for them was a way to have total control of their company devices, including the software that is installed when a new laptop is bought in or mobile. We'd even made it so that they could have a "hybrid" setup without ripping out and replacing/reconfiguring what they had. Which they had adopted with every new laptop being configured using the management system and existing ones were brought in as a hybrid as and when they came across them. Now we are continuing this rollout with them and reviewing their security. Leaning on sources such as Mitre Att&ck and others. 
We are discussing elements of business continuity, security breaches and even "phishing campaigns". You might be wondering about phishing campaigns, well it is a simple tool to test your staff and their knowledge of what to look out for when such emails make their way into the inboxes etc. Microsoft as an example offer the tools to carry these out yourself and gain vital information about your staff and their knowledge, which may lead to staff training and awareness. There is so much we can add to this and we will as we continue our work with Ebsford Environmental Limited. 

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