What should a Microsoft 365 security audit cover?
At minimum, an assessment should look beyond a single score and examine the identity, application, policy and device controls that can materially change tenant exposure.
- Privileged roles and administrator exposure
- MFA and authentication registration
- OAuth consent and application access
- Conditional Access policy posture
- Guest and stale-user exposure
- Managed-device compliance signals
- Risky sign-in context where licensing permits
- Evidence and change context for remediation
Why read-only first?
Discovery and remediation are different trust decisions. AuthMargin keeps Audit Mode focused on evidence collection and analysis. Optional change workflows are treated separately so an assessment does not quietly become a configuration engine.
What makes a finding useful?
A useful finding answers five questions: what is wrong, why it matters, who or what is affected, how severe it is, and what should happen next. License limitations should be stated explicitly rather than disguised as failed checks.
Where compliance fits
Security findings can support compliance-readiness evidence, but a tenant scanner cannot certify SOC 2, ISO/IEC 27001 or HIPAA compliance on its own. AuthMargin keeps technical evidence separate from formal attestation, certification and legal determinations.