INNOVATE has formalized its Microsoft Security practice within its recently launched Cloud Security Center of Excellence (CoE). The practice’s goal is to deliver specialized solutions and managed services focused on Microsoft technologies, centered on Azure and M365.

The practice covers services ranging from Azure Security Governance and Architecture to the Operation and Support of Azure and M365 technologies. Specifically, it delivers the following services across Microsoft’s technology stack:

✔ Data protection and privacy (Defender for Office 365, Microsoft Purview Information Protection, Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps).

✔ Improving cloud security posture and infrastructure operations (Defender for Cloud, Azure Firewall, Azure DDoS Protection, Azure WAF, Azure Key Vault, Azure Bastion, Azure Private Link).

✔ Workload protection (Defender for Server, Defender for Container, Defender for Endpoint and Intune).

✔ Identity and access management (Azure Active Directory, Microsoft Identity Manager and Microsoft Information Protection).

✔ Detection, monitoring and incident response (Azure Sentinel integrated with Microsoft and third-party solutions).

✔ Security training and awareness.

The Microsoft Security practice is made up of architects and security consultants who hold Microsoft’s leading Azure and M365 security certifications, along with continuous training through NINJA trainings, including:

✔ Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate

✔ Microsoft 365 Security Administration

✔ Microsoft 365 Identity and Services

✔ Microsoft Certified: Security Operations Analyst Associate

✔ Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator Associate

✔ Microsoft Certified: Information Protection Administrator Associate

✔ Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert

✔ Microsoft Azure Security Technologies

✔ Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect Expert

With this practice, we aim to deliver expert services to our clients and stay current with everything Microsoft releases in security, including the recent addition of Microsoft Security Copilot. That’s why the practice works in constant collaboration with Microsoft architects and specialists who support our shared clients, delivering added, backed value.

Formalizing this practice lets us build our own assets to accelerate the rollout of our services to new clients. It’s also a catalyst toward earning advanced security specializations under the Microsoft Solutions Partner program (MCPP), with Cloud Security and Threat Protection as our first targets, which we expect to reach in the coming weeks.