What does a Zero Trust engagement actually deliver?

A documented architecture across the seven Zero Trust pillars (identity, devices, networks, applications, data, infrastructure, and visibility), a phased implementation roadmap mapped to your current Microsoft 365 and Azure tenant state, and operationalized controls — Conditional Access policies, RBAC and least-privilege roles, device compliance, segmentation, PAM, and continuous monitoring — with assessment-ready evidence.

Do we need to rip out our existing infrastructure?

No. Zero Trust is a layered shift, not a replacement project. We assess what you already operate — Entra ID, Intune, Defender, your firewalls, your VPN, your SaaS estate — and design the smallest viable set of changes to enforce identity-centric access and least privilege, then layer device posture, segmentation, and privileged access from there.

How is this different from just turning on MFA?

MFA is one signal in one pillar. A Zero Trust architecture continuously evaluates identity, device posture, location, session risk, application sensitivity, and data classification — then enforces least-privilege access dynamically through Conditional Access, risk-based sign-in, privileged access workflows, and segmentation. MFA without those is a checkbox; this is the architecture that makes the checkbox meaningful.

How long does a phased rollout take?

Most environments move through a 90- to 180-day phased rollout: weeks 1–4 for assessment and architecture; weeks 5–10 for identity and device foundation (Conditional Access, MFA hardening, device compliance, RBAC cleanup); weeks 11–18 for segmentation, PAM, and application access; ongoing for monitoring, drift detection, and policy refinement. Timelines flex with tenant complexity, regulated workloads, and change-window constraints.

How does Zero Trust affect business continuity?

Every policy ships with a staged rollout — report-only mode, pilot groups, monitored production, then full enforcement — plus break-glass accounts, named exclusion paths, and documented backout. Conditional Access and segmentation changes are validated against representative workloads before broad enforcement, so security improvements don't become an outage.

Does this support CMMC, HIPAA, or NIS2 evidence?

Yes. The same controls Zero Trust enforces — identification, authentication, access enforcement, least privilege, device integrity, audit logging — map directly to CMMC 2.0 / NIST 800-171 (AC, IA, AU families), HIPAA Security Rule access controls, NIS2 Article 21 measures, and PCI DSS 4.0 access requirements. We deliver the policy exports, sign-in logs, and configuration evidence assessors expect.

Zero Trust

The perimeter is identity. We make access prove itself.

Identity-centric Zero Trust architecture across Microsoft 365 and Azure. Conditional access, least-privilege RBAC, device posture, segmentation, and privileged access — phased into your existing environment with assessment-ready evidence at every step.

Entra ID Conditional Access & risk-based sign-in
Least-privilege RBAC & privileged access (PIM/PAM)
Device posture via Intune & Defender for Endpoint
Network & application segmentation, ZTNA over VPN
Continuous monitoring with Defender XDR & Sentinel
Phased roadmap with break-glass & backout paths

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What's included

An architecture, not a slide deck.

Zero Trust isn't a product to deploy — it's a posture to operate. We turn the principle ("never trust, always verify") into the specific policies, role definitions, device baselines, and segmentation patterns your environment needs, with the evidence to prove every control is doing its job.

Identity foundation

Entra ID hardening, MFA enforcement, phishing-resistant authentication, and risk-based sign-in policies.
Conditional access

Policy framework keyed on user, device, location, session risk, and application sensitivity — with named exclusions and break-glass.
Least privilege & RBAC

Role audit, custom RBAC scopes, just-enough-access standards, and entitlement reviews on a recurring cadence.
Privileged access

Privileged Identity Management (PIM), just-in-time elevation, approval workflows, and isolated admin paths.
Device posture

Intune compliance baselines, Defender for Endpoint signals, and device-trust gates on Conditional Access.
Segmentation & ZTNA

Application-level access for remote users, network microsegmentation, and brokered access in place of flat VPN tunnels.
Data & app controls

Sensitivity labeling, DLP, app governance for OAuth grants, and SaaS access policies tied to identity.
Monitoring & evidence

Defender XDR and Sentinel pipelines for sign-in, identity, and access telemetry — with framework-mapped reporting.

The seven pillars

Verify identity. Verify the device. Verify the request.

Every access decision evaluates seven independent signals before a session is granted, and re-evaluates them when context changes. Aligned to CISA's Zero Trust Maturity Model and the DoW ZT Reference Architecture.

Identity

Phishing-resistant authentication, risk-based sign-in, and continuous identity validation.

Devices

Compliance state, EDR health, and device-trust as gating signals on every session.

Networks

Microsegmentation, encrypted east-west traffic, and broker-based access in place of flat VPN.

Applications

Per-application access policies, OAuth governance, and brokered SaaS authentication.

Data

Sensitivity labeling, DLP enforcement, and access decisions keyed to data classification.

Infrastructure

Hardened workloads, just-in-time admin, and policy-as-code for cloud configuration drift.

Visibility

Sign-in, identity, device, and access telemetry centralized in Sentinel for hunting and audit.

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Continuous evaluation

Sessions are re-checked when risk, posture, or context changes — not trusted indefinitely after sign-in.

Phased roadmap

From assessment to enforcement — five phases.

We don't flip a switch on production. Each phase ships in report-only mode first, validates against representative users and workloads, and only enforces after the data confirms it's safe.

Phase 01

Assess

Tenant audit, identity inventory, current Conditional Access, RBAC sprawl, device coverage, and segmentation gaps.
Phase 02

Foundation

Phishing-resistant MFA, baseline Conditional Access, RBAC cleanup, device compliance, and break-glass paths.
Phase 03

Privilege

PIM/PAM rollout, just-in-time elevation, approval workflows, and isolated admin workstations where required.
Phase 04

Segment

Application-level access for remote users (ZTNA), network microsegmentation, and SaaS access controls.
Phase 05

Operate

Continuous monitoring in Defender XDR and Sentinel, drift detection, recurring access reviews, and evidence packs.

Microsoft 365 & Azure alignment

Built on the stack you already license.

Most of Zero Trust is sitting unused in your existing Microsoft 365 E3/E5 or commercial Azure tenant. We turn the controls on in the right order, with the right scope, and with the right exclusion paths so business doesn't grind to a halt.

Entra ID

Conditional Access framework, Identity Protection risk policies, PIM, access reviews, and authentication strengths for phishing-resistant MFA.

Intune & Defender

Compliance baselines, configuration profiles, Defender for Endpoint signals, attack surface reduction, and device-based Conditional Access.

Purview & Sentinel

Sensitivity labels, DLP, insider risk telemetry, and centralized identity, sign-in, and access logs for hunting and assessor evidence.

Business continuity

Tighter access without breaking work.

Every Conditional Access policy and segmentation change ships in report-only mode, runs against a pilot group, and only enforces after the sign-in logs confirm it does what we expect. Break-glass accounts and named exclusion paths are documented before — not after — enforcement.

Report-only → pilot → production rollout per policy
Documented break-glass & backout for every change
Named exclusions for service accounts & legacy apps

Compliance evidence

Mapped to the frameworks you operate under.

The same controls Zero Trust enforces — identification, authentication, access enforcement, least privilege, audit logging — produce the evidence assessors expect. CMMC 2.0 is supported as part of the same evidence pack rather than a separate effort.

NIST SP 800-207 · CISA ZT Maturity Model
CMMC 2.0 / NIST 800-171 (AC, IA, AU families)
HIPAA §164.312 · NIS2 Article 21 · PCI DSS 4.0

FAQ

Frequently asked

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What does a Zero Trust engagement actually deliver?

A documented architecture across the seven Zero Trust pillars (identity, devices, networks, applications, data, infrastructure, and visibility), a phased implementation roadmap mapped to your current Microsoft 365 and Azure tenant state, and operationalized controls — Conditional Access policies, RBAC and least-privilege roles, device compliance, segmentation, PAM, and continuous monitoring — with assessment-ready evidence.
Do we need to rip out our existing infrastructure?

No. Zero Trust is a layered shift, not a replacement project. We assess what you already operate — Entra ID, Intune, Defender, your firewalls, your VPN, your SaaS estate — and design the smallest viable set of changes to enforce identity-centric access and least privilege, then layer device posture, segmentation, and privileged access from there.
How is this different from just turning on MFA?

MFA is one signal in one pillar. A Zero Trust architecture continuously evaluates identity, device posture, location, session risk, application sensitivity, and data classification — then enforces least-privilege access dynamically through Conditional Access, risk-based sign-in, privileged access workflows, and segmentation. MFA without those is a checkbox; this is the architecture that makes the checkbox meaningful.
How long does a phased rollout take?

Most environments move through a 90- to 180-day phased rollout: weeks 1–4 for assessment and architecture; weeks 5–10 for identity and device foundation (Conditional Access, MFA hardening, device compliance, RBAC cleanup); weeks 11–18 for segmentation, PAM, and application access; ongoing for monitoring, drift detection, and policy refinement. Timelines flex with tenant complexity, regulated workloads, and change-window constraints.
How does Zero Trust affect business continuity?

Every policy ships with a staged rollout — report-only mode, pilot groups, monitored production, then full enforcement — plus break-glass accounts, named exclusion paths, and documented backout. Conditional Access and segmentation changes are validated against representative workloads before broad enforcement, so security improvements don't become an outage.
Does this support CMMC, HIPAA, or NIS2 evidence?

Yes. The same controls Zero Trust enforces — identification, authentication, access enforcement, least privilege, device integrity, audit logging — map directly to CMMC 2.0 / NIST 800-171 (AC, IA, AU families), HIPAA Security Rule access controls, NIS2 Article 21 measures, and PCI DSS 4.0 access requirements. We deliver the policy exports, sign-in logs, and configuration evidence assessors expect.

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Tell us what you have today (Entra ID tier, Intune coverage, Defender SKUs, current Conditional Access, VPN vs ZTNA, regulated workloads). We'll come back with a phased Zero Trust roadmap scoped to your environment.

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