Azure Security Implementation Services

MOVING TO THE CLOUD WITHOUT THE RIGHT SECURITY IS THE BIGGEST MISTAKE YOU CAN MAKE.

Most businesses focus entirely on getting workloads to Azure and treat security as something to fix later. Criminals know this. The period immediately after a migration, when configurations are new, teams are unfamiliar with the environment, and monitoring is not yet in place, is when businesses are most vulnerable. Soma Solutions' Security Migration Service ensures your Azure environment is secured to enterprise standards before, during, and after migration, so there is no window of exposure.

WHAT'S INCLUDED

✔ Cloud Security Assessment & Gap Analysis Comprehensive assessment of your current security posture and your Azure environment against the Microsoft Security Benchmark and South African POPIA requirements. A prioritised gap analysis report is the first deliverable, you know exactly where your risks are before anything else happens.

✔ Azure Security Baseline Implementation Security baselines applied across your entire Azure environment including resource locks, Azure Policy assignments, diagnostic logging to Log Analytics, and Microsoft Defender for Cloud activated at the appropriate protection tier for your workloads.

✔ Identity & Access Management Hardening Complete Entra ID (Azure Active Directory) security configuration including multi-factor authentication enforcement for all users, conditional access policies based on user risk and device compliance, privileged identity management for administrative accounts, and role-based access control applied across all Azure resources.

✔ Network Security Architecture Azure Firewall or next-generation firewall deployment and configuration, network security groups, application security groups, DDoS protection standard, and private endpoint configuration for all Platform as a Service resources so they are never exposed to the public internet.

✔ Microsoft Defender for Cloud Deployment and full configuration of Microsoft Defender for Cloud across virtual machines, databases, containers, storage, and App Service. Secure Score baseline established with a prioritised remediation plan to reach your target security posture.

✔ Microsoft Sentinel SIEM Deployment Microsoft Sentinel deployed as your centralised security information and event management platform. Data connectors configured for all Azure services, threat detection rules enabled, and initial security incident response playbooks built and tested.

✔ Data Encryption & Key Management Azure Key Vault deployed and configured. Encryption at rest enforced across all storage accounts, databases, and virtual machine disks. Encryption in transit enforced for all service endpoints. Customer-managed key configuration where required.

✔ POPIA Compliance Configuration Data classification, privacy controls, audit logging, and access reviews configured to support your POPIA compliance obligations. Documentation produced that demonstrates your Azure environment's alignment to POPIA requirements for personal information processing.

WHO THIS IS FOR

• Businesses migrating to Azure that want security built in from the start rather than bolted on afterwards
• Organisations that have already migrated but have not properly secured their Azure environment
• Businesses with POPIA, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, or other regulatory compliance obligations
• IT teams that lack dedicated cybersecurity expertise but operate in environments where a breach would be catastrophic

WHY SOMA SOLUTIONS

• Certified Microsoft Security Solutions Professionals
• Microsoft Sentinel and Defender for Cloud certified implementation expertise
• Security-first approach, not an afterthought added at the end of a migration
• South African team with deep POPIA compliance and regulatory knowledge
• Fixed-scope implementation with documented evidence of security controls at completion

Timeline: 30–60 days | Contact us: info@soma-solutions.co.za