Most breaches are not sophisticated. They are phishing emails that landed, laptops missing a patch, and service accounts that never had MFA turned on. The Protect pillar enforces the baseline controls that stop routine attacks before they land — delivered as a managed service, measured against recognised frameworks, and continuously validated.
Most mid-market organisations already own the tools to prevent the majority of attacks they face. Conditional access policies that exclude half the applications. Defender features that were never enabled. MFA with service-account exceptions that quietly bypass the entire control. Awareness training that ran once, three years ago. Protect closes those gaps — and keeps them closed.
Microsoft Entra ID hardening — conditional access, privileged identity management, sign-in risk policies, MFA enforcement with no exceptions. Identity is the primary attack surface; Protect starts here.
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint configured, tuned and managed. Attack-surface-reduction rules enabled. Automated investigation and response switched on. Patch compliance reported monthly.
Defender for Office 365 Plan 2 at full capability — Safe Links, Safe Attachments, phishing simulation, investigation of user-reported threats. Email is still the most common entry point.
Discovery of shadow IT, risk classification of the 100+ SaaS apps most mid-market organisations run, and baseline controls enforced on the 15–20 that handle sensitive data.
Role-based training, simulated phishing, measurable progression and genuine executive engagement — not annual compliance theatre. A workforce that reports phishing rather than clicking it.
RoboShadow scans your external attack surface and endpoints continuously, so the controls you enabled are provably holding — not just theoretically switched on.
A Protect consultation maps your current baseline against Cyber Essentials Plus and CIS, then enforces and monitors the controls that matter.