Put simply, EMS helps you manage security at your business with minimal fuss and maximum effectiveness. The platform includes software to detect advanced threats, confirm user identity for your staff, manage and protect company data, use cloud services, and plenty more.
Some of the most commonly used EMS security and management features include:
Multi Factor Authentication
Office 365 allows you to enable multi factor authentication out of the box for accessing any 365 apps including OneDrive, Exchange, SharePoint, etc. Azure Multi Factor Authentication allows you to extend this even further and enable security authentication between Remote Desktop Gateways, VPNs, Cisco environments and more. This means that when users are accessing your data from an unknown device or location, the program will ask them to confirm their user identify using another authenticated device such as an office phone or mobile.
Premium centralised user hub
Office365 security provides a centralised user and password store for all users. Azure Advanced Directory (Azure AD) Premium also provides the ability for users to reset their own passwords and use third party applications such as Facebook, Twitter, Dropbox, etc. This means users no longer have to manage multiple passwords, simplifying the sign on process. What’s more, from a management perspective, when users are disabled in Office 365 they also lose access to all of the other systems – meaning there is much less chance of a disgruntled ex-employee causing damage or having access to corporate data.
Endpoint Protection and Mobile Device Management
Microsoft Intune allows you to fully protect your company data and prevent unauthorised users accessing it, from either a PC or mobile device. Intune allows you to create policies that lock down mobile devices or asks for additional security to be enabled such as encryption or pin codes. Intune can also be used to replace your existing AV solution using EMS. For a simple and streamlined management and security hub, Windows Defender gives you a centralised overview.
Rights Management
Rights Management can completely lock down your files and protect your environment from employees or external advanced threats. Azure Rights Management will allow you to lock files down when emailing as well as when saving in a file server, OneDrive or even SharePoint. Policies can be created to specify whether people can view only, edit, restrict printing, forwarding, etc. Azure Rights Management even gives you the capability to audit files and see who and where people are accessing them.
