Our Approach

A Methodology That Eliminates Guesswork.

Four phases. Defined deliverables. Every engagement follows the same structured process — from initial assessment through ongoing monitoring.

Assess

IRIS Assessment

Configure

Intune Foundation Setup (IFS)

Harden

CIS Hardening

Monitor

Managed Security (MSSP)

Phase 01

AssessIRIS Assessment

Every engagement starts with visibility. Our IRIS assessment evaluates your Microsoft Cloud environment across 12 governance domains — device management, compliance policies, security baselines, identity configuration, application deployment, and more.

You walk away with a clear picture of where your environment stands, what is misconfigured, and what to fix first.

What's Included

  • 12-domain Intune configuration audit
  • Center for Internet Security (CIS) benchmark gap analysis (457 controls)
  • Policy conflict and redundancy detection
  • Branded assessment report with prioritized findings
  • Executive summary with risk scoring
Phase 02

ConfigureIntune Foundation Setup (IFS)

With assessment findings in hand, our engineers build your Intune baseline from the ground up. This is not a checkbox deployment — it is a fully architected device management platform tailored to your organization.

A production-ready Intune environment — documented, tested, and configured to your organizational requirements.

What's Included

  • Entra ID groups and dynamic membership rules
  • Compliance policies mapped to your requirements
  • Configuration profiles for all managed platforms
  • Application packaging and deployment policies
  • Autopilot enrollment and provisioning profiles
Phase 03

HardenCIS Hardening

Configuration is not the same as security. After your baseline is in place, we harden every setting against CIS benchmarks — 457 controls mapped to Intune configuration profiles and validated end-to-end.

An environment that passes compliance audits — not because you checked a box, but because every control is enforced and validated.

What's Included

  • CIS Windows 11 v4.0.0 Level 1 + Level 2 mapping
  • Security baselines and attack surface reduction rules
  • Defender for Endpoint policy configuration
  • Conditional access policies for identity protection
  • BitLocker, firewall, and credential guard enforcement
Phase 04

MonitorManaged Security (MSSP)

Security is not a project — it is an ongoing operation. After hardening, we provide continuous SOC monitoring, vulnerability scanning, and proactive remediation to keep your environment secure.

Your environment stays secure after we hand it off — with real-time detection and engineers ready to respond.

What's Included

  • 24/7 SOC monitoring via Microsoft Sentinel
  • Defender XDR unified threat detection and response
  • Vulnerability management and patch compliance tracking
  • Monthly security posture reporting
  • Incident response and remediation support

How Engagements Work

Every project follows a structured delivery process from kickoff to handoff.

01

Discovery

We review your current environment, licensing, and requirements. You get a scoped proposal with defined deliverables and a fixed timeline.

02

Architecture

Our engineers design the target state — group structures, policy mappings, naming conventions, and deployment sequences — before touching your tenant.

03

Implementation

Configurations are built, tested in staging where possible, and deployed in phased rollouts. Every change is documented as it happens.

04

Validation & Handoff

We validate every configuration against requirements and CIS benchmarks. You receive as-built documentation and knowledge transfer sessions.

What Makes This Different

Why our methodology produces better outcomes than ad-hoc IT consulting.

CIS Benchmark Alignment

Every hardening engagement maps to CIS Windows 11 v4.0.0 benchmarks — 457 controls validated against your Intune configuration profiles. Not approximations. Actual control-by-control mapping.

Documented Configurations

Every engagement produces branded as-built documentation. Your team can see exactly what was configured, why it was configured that way, and how to maintain it going forward.

Knowledge Transfer

We do not build environments that require us to stay. Every engagement includes structured knowledge transfer sessions so your IT team understands what was built and how to operate it.

Every Engagement Produces

Branded Documentation

As-built reports, configuration summaries, and policy inventories — delivered in your format, not ours.

As-Built Reports

Detailed technical documentation of every configuration profile, compliance policy, and security baseline deployed.

Knowledge Transfer Sessions

Recorded walkthroughs with your IT team covering what was built, how it works, and how to maintain it.

Start with an IRIS assessment.

See where your Microsoft Cloud environment stands across 12 governance domains. No guesswork — just data.

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