Cybersecurity and compliance
Reduce real exposure first — starting with identity, where most incidents actually begin.
- Practice area
- Security and resilience
- Primary platform
- Microsoft Defender
- Usually sponsored by
- Risk and compliance leads
- Delivered from
- Accra, Ghana
Measurably reduced exposure, starting with identity — where most incidents actually begin.
Identity-first security, threat protection, and posture improvement using controls you already own.
Why organisations ask for this work
These are the situations that lead to this conversation. If more than one is familiar, there is usually a case worth examining before anything is bought.
Multi-factor authentication is optional
Exceptions were granted during rollout and never removed, leaving the weakest path open.
Standing administrative rights
Global administrator accounts are shared, permanent, and largely unmonitored.
Alerts nobody triages
The platform generates signal, but no owner, playbook, or escalation path exists.
What this service covers
Security budgets are frequently spent in the wrong order. New tooling is purchased while multi-factor authentication remains optional, administrative accounts are shared, former staff keep active mailboxes, and nobody is reviewing the alerts the existing platform already generates.
We work identity-first because that is where most incidents begin. Compromised credentials, over-privileged accounts, and unmanaged devices cause more damage in practice than exotic threats, and they are addressable with controls most organisations are already licensed for.
From there we build outwards: endpoint and email protection, logging and alerting that produces signal rather than noise, and a remediation plan sequenced by risk and effort. Where compliance obligations apply, we implement the technical controls and produce the evidence — while being clear that formal certification remains the domain of accredited auditors.
Identity hardening
Multi-factor authentication, Conditional Access, privileged access review, and removal of standing administrative rights.
Threat protection
Microsoft Defender and related tooling configured to produce actionable alerts rather than an unread queue.
Email and collaboration security
Anti-phishing, impersonation protection, attachment handling, and external sharing controls.
Vulnerability and posture review
Prioritised findings with effort estimates, so remediation is achievable rather than aspirational.
Logging, monitoring, and response
Log retention, alert routing, and incident playbooks with named owners and escalation paths.
Awareness and phishing simulation
Practical user education that targets the behaviours actually being exploited.
What you receive, and what changes
Every engagement produces written artefacts. They are listed here so the scope is agreed before work starts rather than interpreted afterwards.
Artefacts you receive
- Security posture assessment with prioritised findings
- Identity and privileged access remediation plan
- Configured protection policies for identity, email, and endpoints
- Incident response playbook with escalation contacts
- Secure Score baseline and improvement tracker
Outcomes to expect
- Multi-factor authentication and Conditional Access enforced, not merely available
- Fewer standing privileged accounts
- Alerts that a human can realistically triage
- A defensible, documented security position for auditors and insurers
How delivery runs
Each phase has a defined entry and exit point, so you always know what is being decided, by whom, and what happens next.
Assess
Identity, endpoint, email, and cloud configuration reviewed against practical baselines.
Prioritise
Findings ranked by exposure reduction per unit of effort, agreed with your team.
Remediate
Controls implemented in stages, with user communication where behaviour changes.
Monitor and improve
Alerting tuned, posture tracked, and reviews scheduled as the threat picture shifts.
The technology this service touches
Platform choice follows the workload. These are the products most often involved in this practice area, and the vendor relationships behind them.
- Microsoft Defender
- Entra ID
- Fortinet
- Microsoft 365
Accredited means AAG Cloud Connect holds that vendor’s partner mark. Capability means we design, deliver, and support the platform without holding a formal partner designation for it. Both are stated plainly so nothing is implied by a logo.
Microsoft
Accredited partnerCloud platforms
The centre of our practice. We hold the Cloud Solution Provider relationship, so subscriptions, licensing advice, and first-line escalation sit with us.
Fortinet
Accredited partnerSecurity
Network security and segmentation for organisations with on-premises and multi-site estates.
Who this service is for
Work of this kind is normally sponsored by one of a small number of roles, each of whom is measured on something different.
- Risk and compliance leads
- CIOs
- Internal audit
CIOs and IT managers
You need architecture that your team can actually run, vendors consolidated, and a partner who escalates instead of deflecting.
Risk and compliance leads
You need identity controls, retention policies, and recovery evidence that stand up to an audit.
Identity first
remediation order
Sequencing by exposure reduction per unit of effort
Enforcing phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication for every account with no unmanaged exceptions, then removing standing global administrator rights, closes a large share of realistic attack paths using controls most organisations are already licensed for. New tooling is only recommended once that groundwork is genuinely in place.
This describes an engagement pattern typical of this service. It is not an account of a named client, and no figures here are drawn from a specific organisation.
Frequently asked
The questions organisations genuinely ask before committing budget to this work.
Often not. Most organisations we assess are under-using what they already own. We start by closing gaps in existing capability and only recommend new tooling where a genuine gap remains.
We implement technical controls and produce configuration evidence, which is usually the hardest part of audit preparation. Formal certification itself is issued by accredited auditors, not by us.
Enforcing phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication for every account, with no unmanaged exceptions, and removing standing global administrator rights. It is unglamorous and it eliminates a large share of realistic attack paths.
Extended and around-the-clock monitoring are available as managed service tiers. We will be direct about what each tier covers, and what it does not, before you sign.
Containment first, then evidence preservation, then eradication and recovery, with a written timeline afterwards. If you are dealing with an incident now, call rather than emailing.
Related services
These practice areas are commonly delivered alongside this one, because the gaps between them are where problems tend to appear.
Modern workplace
Microsoft 365 as a governed platform people actually use, with permissions you can explain and audit.
View serviceData protection and disaster recovery
Recovery objectives agreed per system, engineered, and then proven by scheduled restore tests.
View serviceManaged services and support
A named owner for your environment, with published severity-based response targets and a monthly review that drives change.
View service
Talk to us about Cybersecurity
Send a short brief on where you are now with Cybersecurity. You will get a considered response setting out what we would need to establish next, rather than a generic brochure.
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