Microsoft Defender XDR Health Check

Why CRITICALSTART?​

CRITICALSTART® Microsoft Professional Services deliver comprehensive end-to-end solutions to strengthen your organization’s security posture and expand your capabilities. As a trusted Microsoft Managed Partner and Microsoft-Verified MXDR provider, we bring expertise, insights, and lessons learned from managing security-at-scale, along with offering tailored services that meet your organization’s unique needs.

Service Description

Gain critical insights into your Microsoft Defender XDR implementation with a comprehensive risk-based assessment of your Microsoft security configuration. This engagement identifies security gaps, configuration issues, and missed detection opportunities across endpoints, identities, cloud apps, and infrastructure.

Critical Start’s Microsoft security specialists analyze your current Microsoft security posture through direct examination of controls and configurations, identifying gaps and misconfigurations that could enable common attack techniques. Unlike traditional compliance assessments, this evaluation contextualizes technical findings within the MITRE ATT&CK framework, translating configuration gaps into specific security risks and attack vectors.

What's Included Configuration Assessment: Thorough review of 150+ Microsoft security controls across the Microsoft Defender suite. Risk-Based Analysis: Findings mapped to MITRE ATT&CK techniques to demonstrate potential attack paths. Executive Summary: Business-focused overview of security posture and critical risks. Prioritized Recommendations: Top remediation actions based on security impact vs. implementation effort. Executive Presentation: Interactive review of findings and strategic recommendations.

Engagement Process Preparation (1 Session): Kickoff, environment review, focus alignment, and initial access provisioning. Assessment (2 weeks): Technical security configurations and controls analysis. Initial findings review (1 Session): Tech review of initial findings to identify urgent findings or contextualize gaps mitigated by compensating controls. Additional assessment and document preparation (2 weeks) Findings presentation (1 Session): Interactive presentation of findings and recommendations.

Deliverables Comprehensive health check report with detailed findings. Executive presentation highlighting key risks and recommendations. Technical knowledge transfer session with Q&A. Optional follow-up validation session to verify implementation success.