Microsoft Secure Score dashboard used as GRC engine for ISO 27001:2022 and NIS2 Article 21 compliance, Gold Award winner

Microsoft Secure Score as a GRC Tool for ISO 27001 & NIS2

Series introduction: the mid-market GRC problem, how Microsoft Secure Score covers 60–70% of ISO 27001:2022 Annex A and NIS2 Article 21 controls automatically, the four building blocks of the Gold-Award programme, and the recommended reading path for the full series.

April 22, 2026 · 9 min · Dimosthenis Atteia
Microsoft Secure Score in the Microsoft Defender XDR ecosystem — how Entra ID, Defender for Endpoint, Office 365, and Purview feed the score

Microsoft Secure Score Part 2: Inside the Defender Ecosystem

Part 2 of the Secure Score series. Where Microsoft Secure Score physically lives, how it feeds off the Microsoft Defender family, what each source product contributes, and a practical exercise to trace one score point back to the product that generated it.

May 4, 2026 · 9 min · Dimosthenis Atteia