Layer7 Networking × Microsoft

Segurança integrada na plataforma que a sua organização já utiliza.

Microsoft Security

Microsoft has evolved from a productivity vendor into one of the world's largest security companies. With over $20 billion in annual security revenue and telemetry from billions of authentications, emails, and endpoints processed daily, Microsoft's security stack benefits from a scale of threat intelligence that few vendors can match.

The Microsoft security portfolio spans identity (Entra ID), endpoint (Defender for Endpoint), email (Defender for Office 365), cloud workloads (Defender for Cloud), and security operations (Microsoft Sentinel). These tools share a common data model, integrate natively with Microsoft 365 and Azure, and feed into a unified security graph.

Key Products

• Microsoft Defender for Endpoint — EDR and endpoint protection with automated investigation and response.
• Microsoft Defender for Office 365 — Email security, anti-phishing, safe attachments, safe links.
• Microsoft Sentinel — Cloud-native SIEM with AI-driven analytics, built on Azure Log Analytics.
• Microsoft Entra ID — Identity and access management, Conditional Access, Privileged Identity Management.
• Microsoft Defender for Cloud — CSPM and workload protection across Azure, AWS, and GCP.
• Microsoft Purview — Information protection, data loss prevention, compliance management.

Product Capabilities

Why Layer7 Chose Microsoft

Every Layer7 client runs Microsoft. Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint, Azure AD — the Microsoft tenant is the centre of gravity for most South African enterprises. Security that operates outside this ecosystem creates blind spots and integration complexity. Security built into the platform eliminates both.

Microsoft's E5 licensing unlocks a security stack that most organisations have already paid for but never properly configured. Layer7 exists to close that gap — turning dormant licenses into active protection. The depth of native integration between Defender, Sentinel, and Entra means we can build detection and response workflows that third-party tools simply cannot replicate without extensive custom integration.

We chose to invest deeply in Microsoft security because the ROI for our clients is immediate: no new agents to deploy, no new portals to learn, no new contracts to negotiate. Just proper configuration, tuning, and operational maturity on infrastructure they already own.

How Layer7 Delivers Microsoft Security

Microsoft 365 Security Hardening

Baseline configuration of Defender for Endpoint, Defender for Office 365, and Entra ID against CIS benchmarks and Microsoft Secure Score recommendations. We close the gaps between default tenant settings and production-grade security posture.

Microsoft Sentinel Deployment

Architecture design, data connector configuration, analytics rule development, and playbook automation. We build Sentinel deployments that deliver actionable alerts — not noise. Integration with on-premises firewalls, third-party EDR, and cloud workloads for unified visibility.

Conditional Access & Zero Trust

Design and implementation of Conditional Access policies, device compliance requirements, and risk-based authentication flows. Integration with Intune for device trust and Entra ID Governance for lifecycle management.

Identity Security

Entra ID SSO integration, Privileged Identity Management rollout, access reviews, and identity protection policies. We secure the identity plane — the most attacked surface in modern environments.

Deteção e Resposta Gerida

Ongoing monitoring and response using Defender XDR and Sentinel. Alert triage, incident investigation, and threat hunting delivered by Layer7's SOC team.