Business Email Compromise (BEC) and cloud account takeovers are the #1 financial threat facing small and medium-sized organizations. Riptide Cybersecurity’s Microsoft 365 & Entra Defense for SMBs locks down your cloud tenant using battle-tested security baselines.
Critical SMB Protection Pillars
- M365 Business Premium Baseline Setup: Optimizing Microsoft Defender for Office 365 (Safe Links, Safe Attachments, anti-phishing policies) and Microsoft Defender for Business.
- Phishing-Resistant MFA & Conditional Access: Enforcing modern authentication and blocking legacy protocols (IMAP, POP3, SMTP AUTH) that bypass multi-factor authentication.
- Mailbox & Forwarding Rule Audits: Continuous detection of suspicious inbox forwarding rules, hidden mailbox delegates, and unauthorized OAuth permissions that attackers use to silently monitor executive correspondence.
- Rogue App & Device Controls: Restricting employees from connecting untrusted third-party apps to corporate mailboxes or syncing company data to unmanaged personal devices.
- Zero-Friction Implementation: Configured to secure your operations without disrupting employee workflows or email delivery.
Included in the Managed SMB Package
- Initial Tenant Security Assessment: Comprehensive audit of your current Microsoft 365 secure score with prioritized fix roadmap.
- Collaborative Baseline Hardening: Hands-on assistance configuring Conditional Access, anti-spoofing (SPF, DKIM, DMARC), and tenant security defaults.
- Continuous Monitoring & Incident Alerting: Real-time alerts when suspicious logins, impossible travel, or privilege escalation events occur in your tenant.
- Quarterly vCISO Review: Ongoing guidance to keep pace with new Microsoft security features and emerging cyber threats.
