Security Across the Stack
Protect every layer before risk finds it.
Outperform your cybersecurity policy
Blacktip secures your environment end-to-end across Identity, devices, networks, cloud services, and data using a layered, Zero Trust-aligned approach. We implement:
- Least-privilege access
- Strong authentication and conditional access
- Standardized configurations
- Continuous monitoring
- Incident-ready operations to reduce risk across the full technology stack
We respect and align to your cybersecurity policies and requirements, and we understand CMMC expectations with supporting documentation, controls mapping, and audit readiness for environments that must handle sensitive or regulated data. Put our certified Microsoft security experts to the test.
What You Want
Cybersecurity Insurance Requirements & phishing testing
- Assistance with understanding and completing leadership, auditors, and insurance requirements.
- Practical security awareness training that helps employees recognize phishing, unsafe sharing, and suspicious requests before they click.
- Phishing testing with simulated campaigns and reporting that satisfy cyber-insurance requirements and track employee readiness over time.
Network layer security
- A secured perimeter and internal network so traffic flows only where it should, reducing exposure through segmentation, firewall enforcement, and monitoring.
- Firewall policies, secure internet access, and VPN standards that protect users without turning connectivity into a daily fight.
- Continuous monitoring, alerting, and configuration management that reduce outages, misconfigurations, and mystery network problems.
Microsoft 365 tenant security
- Identity, email, data, and cloud applications protected with access controls, phishing protection, and guardrails around risky SaaS use.
- Identity-based attacks detected earlier, including credential theft, lateral movement, and suspicious Active Directory activity.
- Shadow IT discovered and controlled before unmanaged SaaS apps become data leakage, compliance, or account takeover risk.
Device layer security
- Laptops, desktops, and servers protected with threat detection, patching, encryption, and compliance standards that reduce endpoint risk.
- Patch management and baseline hardening that keep systems current, consistent, and less attractive to attackers.
- Device compliance and encryption that protect business data when equipment is lost, stolen, or used outside the office.
Case Study
Tobacco company with an internal IT department, a complex Microsoft 365 tenant, and cybersecurity insurance requirements that finally made security configuration impossible to ignore.
The Challenge
The company had smart internal IT people and a Microsoft 365 environment that had grown faster than its governance. Licensing was inconsistent, security features were underused, and multiple Microsoft Defender modules were turned on but not configured as a coordinated security system. Purview was not properly configured to classify and protect sensitive information. Meanwhile, their cybersecurity insurance policy was asking for stronger controls, better documentation, and a path toward CMMC-style hardening.
What Blacktip Did
Blacktip partnered with the internal IT team. We cleaned up Microsoft 365 licensing, documented tenant standards, and established clearer ownership for identity, devices, cloud apps, email, data, and security configuration. The goal was not more tools. The goal was a tenant that operated with discipline.
We implemented Microsoft Purview and sensitivity labels so sensitive content could be classified, protected, and governed across Microsoft 365. We reconfigured Microsoft Defender for identity, endpoint, email, collaboration, and cloud app protection so alerts, policies, and controls worked together instead of acting like five security products with five separate personalities. Because apparently that was an option.
We also aligned the environment to practical CMMC security hardening expectations, including stronger access controls, baseline configuration, device compliance, phishing protection, data protection, and audit-ready documentation that supported the company’s insurance requirements.
The Results
- Microsoft 365 licensing became cleaner, easier to manage, and better aligned to actual security needs.
- Sensitive information gained classification and protection through Purview and sensitivity labels.
- Defender became a coordinated security layer across identity, endpoints, email, collaboration, and cloud apps.
- The internal IT team gained a stronger co-managed model with documented standards and clearer escalation paths.
- Leadership gained confidence that security controls were aligned to insurance, compliance, and operational reality.
Blacktip helped the company turn Microsoft 365 from a collection of activated features into a governed operating platform. The internal IT team kept ownership. Blacktip brought structure, security depth, and the security architects needed to make progress stick.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does “Security Across the Stack” mean at Blacktip?
It means we secure your environment end-to-end across identity, devices, networks, cloud services, and data using a layered, Zero Trust-aligned approach. We focus on practical controls like least-privilege access, strong authentication and conditional access, standardized configurations, continuous monitoring, and incident-ready operations to reduce risk across the full technology stack.
What do you do at the network layer?
We secure the perimeter and internal network so traffic flows only where it should. That includes firewall policy, secure internet access (including site-to-site and remote access VPN), segmentation (VLANs) to separate users/servers/guest Wi‑Fi/critical systems, and continuous monitoring and configuration management to reduce outages and misconfigurations.
How do you secure Microsoft 365?
We protect identity, email, data, and cloud applications by enforcing access controls, reducing phishing risk, and limiting data exposure through unmanaged or risky SaaS use. Where appropriate, we use Microsoft security capabilities such as Microsoft Defender for Identity (identity attack detection) and Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps (shadow IT discovery and SaaS control), along with email/collaboration protections to reduce phishing, malware, and risky sharing.
What do you do to secure devices and endpoints?
We keep laptops, desktops, and servers protected and compliant with threat detection, patching, and encryption so lost devices or delayed updates don’t become security incidents. This typically includes endpoint protection with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, patch management and baseline hardening, and device compliance with encryption to protect business data on lost or stolen devices.
How do you address security awareness?
We train your team to recognize phishing and unsafe sharing through ongoing education, simulated attacks, and testing then reinforce better habits with targeted follow‑up based on real user behavior.
How do you align to our policies/CMMC expectations?
We respect and align to your cybersecurity policies and requirements, and we understand CMMC expectations by supporting documentation, controls mapping, and audit readiness for environments that must handle sensitive or regulated data.
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