BCS / MICROSOFT 365 SECURITY
Protect the accounts, email, devices, and files your business depends on. Business Communication Solutions helps Austin-area organizations assess Microsoft 365 settings, close configuration gaps, and maintain security as their teams change.
Local support for Austin, Cedar Park, Round Rock, Georgetown, Leander, and surrounding communities. Work with BCS alongside your internal IT administrator or as part of managed IT support.
Security hardening means reviewing and strengthening configurations to reduce unnecessary access and exposure. At BCS, the work starts with your users, devices, information, existing tools, and licenses. We agree on priorities, test changes, and document who is responsible for ongoing checks.
For migration, everyday troubleshooting, and general administration, visit our Microsoft 365 support page.
We review who can sign in, who has administrative privileges, and how access changes when people join or leave. Work can include MFA coverage, phishing-resistant authentication, Conditional Access where licensed, separate admin accounts, emergency-access planning, and application permissions.
Practical question: Can a former employee or contractor still reach company information?
We review mailbox permissions, forwarding rules, phishing protection, and domain authentication settings such as SPF, DKIM, and DMARC. Where supported by your licenses, we help configure Defender for Office 365 protection and user reporting procedures.
We help enroll eligible devices, establish configuration and compliance policies, manage applications, and review encryption, updates, endpoint protection, and local administrator access. We compare managed-device coverage with your inventory to identify gaps.
We review site and file permissions, guest access, external sharing, and employee file ownership. We help your team distinguish personal work files from shared business records and plan access when an employee leaves.
Practical question: Which outside users can still open your files?
We help plan sensitivity labels, data loss prevention, retention, and auditing around your data and business requirements. The exact features and workloads must be checked against your subscriptions before implementation.
We help define who reviews alerts, who can contain an incident, what evidence to retain, and how recovery is tested. Where appropriate, we coordinate Microsoft tools with your chosen endpoint protection, SIEM, and managed detection and response services.
Microsoft Secure Score organizes security recommendations and tracks progress across supported products. Identity Secure Score focuses on identity-related recommendations. We use these tools to help prioritize work, investigate gaps, and explain changes to business owners.
A higher score is not a security guarantee or a compliance certification. Some recommendations may need different licenses or a documented alternative approach. We focus on working safeguards and clear responsibilities.
Assessment depth, deliverables, monitoring coverage, and review frequency depend on the agreed engagement. An initial conversation helps determine what your business needs.
A suspicious mailbox is one reason identity, email, and response procedures need to work together. Watch our administrator-response video, then read the accompanying hacked Microsoft 365 account response guide for Austin businesses.
Watch our BCS guide to investigating a Microsoft 365 identity alert. Need help reviewing account alerts and access settings? Contact BCS about Microsoft 365 security support in Austin.
Suspect an active account compromise? Call 512-257-1433 from a trusted device to discuss available assistance. Use aseparate trusted channel if your mailbox may be exposed.
Business Basic, Business Standard, Business Premium, Microsoft 365 E3, and Microsoft 365 E5 provide different capabilities. Office 365 E3 and E5 also differ from the Microsoft 365 suites. Add-ons, assigned user licenses, and the workload involved can change what is available.
We review the features you need before recommending a subscription change. Buying a license still leaves configuration, testing, and ongoing administration to be done. See our Microsoft 365 licensing guide.
If you have SOC 2, CMMC, HIPAA, or other obligations, discuss scope and requirements with us. A Microsoft license or a high Secure Score alone does not establish compliance.
Microsoft provides platform protections and security features. Your organization still needs appropriate configuration, access decisions, user procedures, and ongoing review. The work depends on your environment and licenses.
Yes. BCS can assess an existing Microsoft 365 environment and agree on a prioritized improvement plan. We can coordinate with your current IT team and other providers.
Security changes can affect sign-in, applications, devices, and sharing. We plan appropriate testing, emergency access, and user communication before rollout.
Integration and coexistence depend on the products, licenses, connectors, and response workflow. We review the actual design and define who acts on alerts rather than assuming every tool will work together automatically.
Agree on the deliverables before work begins. These may include findings, prioritized actions, licensing gaps, assigned responsibilities, and a follow-up plan. Implementation and ongoing monitoring should be scoped explicitly.
Tell us what you use today, what worries you, and whether you already have an IT administrator. BCS can help you turn those concerns into a practical security work plan.
Austin: 512-257-1433
Technical references: Microsoft 365 security best practices; Microsoft Secure Score; Identity Secure Score; Purview information protection. Features and licensing should be checked against current Microsoft documentation.