A Weak Configuration Is Just as Dangerous as a Weak Password
Microsoft 365 powers email, collaboration, and identity for millions of SMBs. But default settings, unchecked changes, and misconfigurations leave most tenants far less secure than clients assume. Attackers know these weaknesses - and they target them first.
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MSPs can’t rely on Secure Score or scattered checklists to prove security. They need a defensible, consistent, and automated way to harden M365 environments across every tenant they manage.
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That’s where ThreatMate comes in.
Why Security Baselines Matter
Default Configurations Invite Trouble
Many tenants are never reviewed after onboarding. Legacy protocols, open sharing, forwarding rules, and lax access settings are left wide open. In small and mid-sized organizations, these defaults often go unchecked for years. That means attackers aren’t hacking into systems - they’re logging in through the front door.
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ThreatMate automatically checks for insecure defaults and surfaces issues that are often missed during initial setup
Secure Score Doesn’t Go Far Enough
Microsoft Secure Score is a mix of usability settings, upsell nudges, and real security checks. But it doesn’t answer the real question — is this tenant safe?
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ThreatMate gives you a CISA-aligned score that maps to actual attack techniques and regulatory expectations.
Drift Happens Without Anyone Noticing
Even if you secure a tenant once, things don’t stay locked down. Settings get changed. New apps get added. Admins click "yes" to move faster.
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MSPs rarely have the time or tooling to catch this drift across multiple clients. That makes quarterly reviews incomplete and remediation reactive instead of proactive.
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ThreatMate tracks config drift over time, surfaces critical changes, and alerts you when a tenant falls below baseline. It’s like version control for your cloud security posture.
How we do it
ThreatMate continuously scans Microsoft 365 tenants using CISA’s ScubaGear baseline as a foundation. Under the hood, we run over 80 checks across core Microsoft 365 services - including Exchange Online, SharePoint, OneDrive, and Azure AD - to identify risky configurations that attackers often exploit.
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Exchange Online
We check for auto-forwarding rules, legacy authentication protocols (POP, IMAP, SMTP), and mailbox audit logging status. These are common gaps that expose email data and weaken incident response. -
Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD)
We analyze MFA enforcement, admin role assignments, guest access policies, and stale accounts that may still have access to critical data. -
SharePoint & OneDrive
We audit external sharing policies, anonymous link settings, and tenant-wide restrictions to prevent data leakage. -
Security Defaults & Baseline Policies
We detect whether security defaults are in use, and if custom policies are too permissive or incomplete. -
Ongoing Drift Detection
After remediation, we keep monitoring to ensure secure settings remain in place and alert you when anything drifts out of alignment.
Why ThreatMate?
ThreatMate turns Microsoft 365 hardening into a repeatable, MSP-ready service.
Credible Baseline
We built our assessment around CISA’s Microsoft 365 hardening guidance. That gives you a benchmark that’s aligned with regulatory expectations and real attack scenarios - not just Microsoft defaults.
Multi-Tenant by Design
One console shows security posture across every tenant you manage, with the ability to drill down to each client.​​
From One-Time Audit to Ongoing Monitoring
Security isn’t static. ThreatMate helps you track drift, detect regressions, and keep configurations aligned over time - not just during onboarding or QBRs.
