Services · Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365, secured the way it should have shipped.
Email, files, identity, and collaboration all run through your tenant, and default settings leave gaps attackers look for. We harden it, watch it around the clock, and shut down compromised accounts fast, so your team can work without worry.
Microsoft Partner
24x7 SOC monitoring
In AlignCORE or on its own
Sound familiar?
Default settings are an open door.
Business email compromise
An attacker inside one mailbox can redirect payments, impersonate executives, and steal data.
Stolen sessions that skip MFA
Token theft lets attackers reuse a signed-in session without ever needing a password.
Rogue apps with quiet access
A malicious app approved through a phishing link can read mail and files long after the first breach is cleaned up.
Settings that drift
Permissions and policies loosen over time, and new Microsoft security features go unused.
What changes
Hardened, watched, and defended.
Your Microsoft 365 tenant, secured and managed rather than left on defaults, as part of AlignCORE or on its own.
01
Configured once, enforced always
Conditional Access, authentication, app permissions, sharing, and data loss prevention set to best practice and monitored for drift. New Microsoft security features are evaluated and deployed for you.
02
Security that doesn’t slow anyone down
The right people reach the right things without friction, so protection never becomes a reason to work around IT.
03
Compromised accounts shut down fast
Sign-ins, tokens, and app registrations are monitored continuously. When an account is compromised, it’s isolated, attacker access is revoked, and malicious inbox rules, rogue apps, and attacker MFA methods are removed.
04
A SOC watching your cloud
Signals across email, identity, file sharing, and apps are correlated around the clock, and our SOC responds instead of just raising alerts.
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Proof of where you stand
Clear reporting on configuration health and alignment with CIS Benchmarks, NIST, and HIPAA.
How we secure your tenant
From default settings to defended.
1
Review
We assess your tenant against security benchmarks and show you where default settings leave gaps.
2
Harden
Conditional Access, authentication, sharing, and app permissions set to best practice, without getting in your team’s way.
3
Monitor
Our SOC watches sign-ins, tokens, app registrations, and configuration drift around the clock.
4
Respond
Compromised accounts are isolated and cleaned up, and regular reporting shows where you stand.
How it fits together
One partner, built to fit together.
AlignCORE is the foundation, and AlignSHIELD builds on it. AlignASSURE and IT Strategy work on their own or alongside either.
The foundation
AlignCORE
Fully managed or co-managed IT: support, monitoring, and protection for every user and device.
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Add-on to AlignCORE
AlignSHIELD
Advanced defense and financial protection, built on top of AlignCORE.
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Stands on its own
AlignASSURE
vCISO leadership and a compliance program, with or without AlignCORE.
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Direction
IT Strategy
A roadmap and a budget your leadership can act on.
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Questions
What people ask first.
Is this included in AlignCORE, or separate?
Both. Microsoft 365 security management is included in AlignCORE, as part of Fully Managed or Co-Managed IT. It’s also available on its own for organizations that need their tenant secured and managed without a full managed IT engagement.
Do you work with GCC High?
Yes. For defense contractors handling CUI, we build, migrate, and manage GCC High tenants and enclaves.
Will security changes disrupt our users?
Protection is configured around how your people actually work, so the right people reach the right things without friction.
AlignLayerNine is a Microsoft Partner. Microsoft 365 security management is included in AlignCORE and also available on its own.
Find out what’s exposed in your tenant.
One conversation will show where your Microsoft 365 environment stands and how we lock it down.