Your Microsoft 365 Tenant Isn’t “Default Secure”: Source links

 

These are the sources I used for my LinkedIn article.

• Microsoft Entra ID security defaults (what’s enforced “out of the box”) — Microsoft Learn

• Conditional Access overview (why identity is the control plane) — Microsoft Learn

• Conditional Access deployment planning (how Microsoft expects you to phase it in) — Microsoft Learn

• Conditional Access policy templates (Microsoft’s recommended starting policies) — Microsoft Learn

• SharePoint/OneDrive external sharing org-level settings (includes default sharing level note) — Microsoft Learn

• “Anyone links” behavior and why they’re hard to audit (collaboration risk surface) — Microsoft Learn

• User consent controls for apps (reducing risky OAuth/app permission sprawl) — Microsoft Learn

• Admin consent workflow (how to govern app access requests instead of ad hoc approvals) — Microsoft Learn

• Microsoft Purview Audit retention defaults (why logging baselines matter) — Microsoft Learn

• Microsoft Secure Score overview (how Microsoft frames “baseline vs drift” measurement) — Microsoft Learn

• CIS Microsoft 365 Benchmark landing page (industry baseline reference point) — CIS