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Comply or Cry:
Making it real at scale

MSP WEBINAR · ON-DEMAND · 34 MINS

Tim Oelkers, Microsoft 365 Solutions Architect, inforcer; Dakota McElligott, Microsoft 365 Solutions Architect, inforcer; Milo Sheppard, M365 Solutions Architect, inforcer

In the final Comply or Cry episode, Tim Oelkers, Dakota McElligott and Milo Sheppard bring the series together: one tenant, five frameworks. They recap DORA, CIS, Cyber Essentials, NIS2 and NIST, show where the frameworks agree on identity, endpoints, email, data and audit, cover what sits outside Microsoft 365, and set out five operational moves for MSPs, from a CIS-aligned baseline to collecting evidence continuously.

IN THIS WEBINAR

Framework mapping
CIS baseline
Audit evidence
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Key takeaways

1

The frameworks agree on the same short list. All five point to the same Microsoft 365 controls: MFA and Conditional Access, Defender for Endpoint deployed and reporting, anti-phishing and Safe Links, and sensitivity labels and DLP with auditing. Get those right and you are about 80% of the way there.

2

The gap is evidence, not configuration. A competent MSP is already doing much of the configuration. What is usually missing is the audit trail: proving it per tenant, showing what was done this year and what drifted, without rebuilding the picture at every renewal.

3

Start from one baseline, then map. CIS is the technical foundation that maps out to about 30 other frameworks. Build one control catalog so a single Conditional Access policy satisfies NIS2, DORA, CIS and NIST at once, and keep one supplier register with the columns every framework needs.

4

Collect evidence continuously, not annually. Monitoring drift and changes through the year saves the scramble for screenshots two weeks before an audit. An auditor's question becomes a query you already answered months ago, and compliance becomes a recurring service instead of an end-of-year project.

5

Some requirements sit outside Microsoft 365. NIS2 sets incident reporting timelines, DORA covers third-party arrangements and penetration testing, and Cyber Essentials reaches on-premises networks and devices. Backup, penetration testing and security awareness training still need a place in your service.

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