{"id":215214,"date":"2026-05-18T03:05:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T07:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/microsoft-365-tenant-security-how-to-stay-in-control-of-your-data\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T03:05:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T07:05:07","slug":"microsoft-365-tenant-security-how-to-stay-in-control-of-your-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/microsoft-365-tenant-security-how-to-stay-in-control-of-your-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft 365 Tenant Security: How to Stay in Control of Your Data"},"content":{"rendered":"

Microsoft 365 Tenant Security: How to Stay in Control of Your Data<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.infosecurity-magazine.com\/blogs\/microsoft-365-tenant-security\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-05-15 02:50:32<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.infosecurity-magazine.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Summary<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

In today\u2019s complex cybersecurity environment, interruptions in Microsoft 365 services often result from a combination of factors, including phishing attacks, configuration changes, and manual errors, leading to identity breaches and extended attack surfaces. The article outlines three main ways that Microsoft 365 can fail under pressure: identity issues, configuration drift, and slow recovery processes. It suggests adopting resilience measures such as enforcing Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) across all users, keeping a vigilant check on administrator privileges, monitoring critical settings regularly, and ensuring both data and system configuration backups to facilitate quick recovery. Additionally, with the advancement in Copilot and AI, the article accentuates that these tools need to be governed rigorously to prevent them from becoming vectors for data exposure. The article closes with a strategy for building tenant resilience and introduces CoreView, an all-in-one platform designed to streamline these compliance and recovery processes.<\/p>\n

Key Points:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Identity failures<\/strong> can compromise tenants via phishing, stolen credentials, or misconfigured policies leading to privilege escalation and backdoor access.<\/li>\n
  2. Configuration drifts<\/strong> can create security risks, hide backdoors, and result in unclear responsibilities due to changes that are not properly logged or managed.<\/li>\n
  3. Recovery processes<\/strong> can be slow and manual without a robust system to revert to known-good configurations.<\/li>\n
  4. Copilot and AI tools<\/strong> come with both benefits and risks requiring vigilant access governance and data labeling.<\/li>\n
  5. Building resilience<\/strong> involves enforcing MFA, minimizing standing admin privileges, keeping configuration changes under strict oversight, and maintaining backups of both data and system configurations.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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