Microsoft 365 Newcastle Meetup Group

Mircrosoft 365 Newcastle meetup - Launch Event

Most Organisation using Microsoft 365 believe they are secure.
They have MFA enabled, Defender deployed, Conditional Access policies, and some DLP rules. And yet - breaches still happen.
In real enterprise environment, a common pattern keeps repeating:

Security features are enabled, but security is not actually implemented properly.

This online launch event introduces the M365 Security Community, a practical, technical, no-marketing community focused on how Microsoft 365 is really attacked, defended, and operated in production environments.

🔍 What We'll Cover

• Why most Microsoft 365 tenants are more exposed than their owners think.
• The most common configuration and architecture mistakes across: Entra ID (Azure AD), Microsoft Defender and Microsoft Preview/DLP.
• How attackers actually get initial access.
• Why identity is the new perimeter.
• What high-impact security improvements you should priortize.

🎯 Who Should Attend

• Security Engineers & SOC Analysts.
• M365/EntraID/ Azure Administrators.
• Cloud Security Engineers.
• Cybersecurity Architect.
• Anyone responsible for designing, running or securing Microsoft 365.

🗓️ Agenda

• Welcome & Community vision.
• 🎤Keynote: The Real State of Microsoft 365 Security.
• 🔍Technical session: 5 M365 Security mistakes in enterprise environment (And How to fix Them).
• 🚀 Roadmap & Call for Speakers.

🎁 What You’ll Get

• A more realistic view of your M365 security posture.
• A better understanding of real attack paths in Microsoft 365.
• A prioritized list of improvements you can take back to your environment.
• Access to a serious, practitioner-driven Microsoft security community.