Microsoft Secure Score is a security analytics tool. Its goal is twofold:
- Help organizations see what they did to reduce the risk to their data.
- Show organizations what they can do to further reduce that risk.
Secure Score determines what Microsoft 365 services an organization is using. It then looks at its configuration and behaviors and compares it to a baseline that Microsoft configured. Rather than reacting or responding to security alerts, the Secure Score tool enables organizations to track and plan incremental improvements over a longer period of time.
This module introduces you to the Microsoft Secure Score tool, its benefits, and the kind of services it can analyze. You also learn how to use the Secure Score tool to identify gaps between your current state and where you would like to be regarding security. The tool then identifies actions that can increase your security by mitigating risks. Finally, you learn where to look to determine the threats each action mitigates and the effect it has on users.