Use Cases

Office 365 Real Time Monitoring

When something goes wrong, you expect to react instantly — to protect your business before a small slip becomes a real incident. But in Microsoft 365, every answer is buried under layers of logs, admin centers, and scattered dashboards. By the time you’ve stitched together what happened, the damage is already done. 1Security gives you immediate clarity, real-time alerts, and a single place to understand every critical change — so you can act now, not after digging.

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What is the challenge?

  • Fragmented Audit Logs

    Critical events are scattered across Microsoft Entra ID, SharePoint Online, and Purview, making it impossible to see the full story of an incident.

  • Alert Fatigue

    Native tools create a constant stream of low-context alerts, drowning IT teams in noise and hiding potential security threats.

  • Permission Creep

    Active users quietly gain more access than they need, but you only find out during an audit, not when the risky permission is granted.

  • Risky External Sharing

    A user shares a sensitive file with an external guest, but you don't know about it until days later.

  • Anomalous User Activity

    A user account suddenly accesses 1,000 files, but without context on what those files are, you can't tell if it's a data breach or a backup.

Solution

Doing It with 1Security

Eliminate the blind spots and delays of native logs. 1Security delivers Microsoft 365 monitoring for Office 365, turning fragmented data into a unified, actionable view of your security posture.

  • Unified Activity Feed

    See all critical permission, access, and sharing events across Microsoft 365 in one consolidated, searchable feed.

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  • High-Fidelity Alerts

    Get immediate notifications on what matters, like sensitive data being shared externally or unusual guest user activity.

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  • Permission Change Tracking

    Instantly see when a user's access rights change, who did it, and what new resources they can now access.

    Unified MS 365 Monitoring Dashboard in 1Security - including detailed monitorings for SharePoint, OneDrive, Purview, Entra, Applications, Copilot, Outlook
  • Sensitive Data Context

    Correlate activity alerts with data sensitivity labels to prioritize the most critical incidents in real time.

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  • Copilot Risk Monitoring

    Track which files and sites are being exposed to Copilot, ensuring AI adoption doesn't create new blind spots.

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  • Fast Incident Investigation

    Quickly investigate an alert by seeing users, data, permissions, and the activity in one place.

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  • Cross-Platform Integration

    Combine alerts from Purview, Defender, and DLP with permission context for faster investigation and smarter decisions.

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Alternative solutions

Solving It with Other Methods

Organizations rely on native Microsoft tools to monitor access and sharing, but the data is fragmented across multiple admin centers. The result: slow investigation, inconsistent visibility, and constant blind spots.

  • Native Audit Logs

    Sifting through raw audit logs in the Microsoft Purview portal is painfully time-consuming. It shows what happened, but not why it matters.

  • PowerShell Scripts

    Admins write custom scripts to pull data, but these are hard to maintain, run slowly, and provide zero real time alerting.

  • Multiple Admin Centers

    Jumping between Microsoft Entra, SharePoint, and Microsoft Teams admin centers to piece together one incident. This process is slow and often misses key data.

  • Relying on SIEM

    Forwarding all logs to a SIEM creates high costs and alert fatigue. Without context, security teams can't prioritize alerts effectively.

Benefits

Why Office 365 Real Time Monitoring Matters?

1Security's real-time monitoring gives you immediate visibility into Office 365. It detects risky sharing and permission changes instantly, simplifies compliance management, and improves data security so you can stop threats before they become data breaches.

  • Stop Data Breaches Faster

    Identify unauthorized access or risky external sharing in real time, not days later. This allows you to revoke access before sensitive data is lost.

  • Maintain Continuous Compliance

    Maintain compliance by proving to auditors that you are actively monitoring access to sensitive data, with a clear, searchable log of all critical activities.

  • Reduce Security Team Burnout

    Replace noisy, low-context alerts with clear insights. This lets your team focus on real security threats instead of chasing false positives.

  • Enable Safe AI Adoption

    Confidently roll out tools like Microsoft Copilot with monitoring that shows exactly what data it can access and provides real-time alerts on new exposures.

  • Gain Total Visibility

    Finally answer "who has access to what" at any moment. Understand your true security posture with a live, unified visibility of your Microsoft 365 environment.

    Customers

    Who Benefits Most?

    1Security supports organizations of all sizes — from highly regulated industries to fast-growing mid-size firms.

    • Professional Services

      Sharing deliverables with external users - protect site sharing while fostering collaboration.

    • Education / Research

      Engage students and guest users or collaborators securely without risking confidential information or oversharing to new and existing guests.

    • Regulated Industries (Finance, Healthcare)

      Enforce sharing settings, maintain control over external sharing in SharePoint, and meet compliance needs without manual effort.

    • Nonprofits / NGOs

      Collaborate across fast moving organization infrastructure while securing sensitive data and preventing misuse of share files workflows.

    Integrations

    Works seamlessly with your ecosystem

    1Security connects natively with the tools you already use — giving you full visibility and control without adding complexity.

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    Frequently asked questions

    Everything you need to know about the product.

    • How is this different from Microsoft Defender alerts?

      1Security adds context. It correlates Defender alerts with user permissions, data sensitivity, and user activity, showing you the "why" behind an alert, not just the "what".

    • Can I create custom alerts for specific folders?

      Yes. You can set up monitoring policies for high-sensitivity SharePoint sites or folders and receive immediate real time alerts on any access or sharing changes within them.

    • Will this monitoring disrupt our end-users or M365 services?

      No. 1Security's monitoring is agentless and connects via secure APIs. It has no disruptive impact on your Microsoft 365 environment or end-users.

    • How far back does the monitoring data go for investigations?

      1Security maintains an auditable, long-term history of all user activity, allowing you to investigate incidents from months or even years ago, long past native audit log retention.

    • Can this monitor guest user activity specifically?

      Yes. 1Security provides a dedicated view of all guest user activities, alerting you when they access sensitive files or are added to Microsoft Teams.

    • Do you support ISO 27001, SOC 2, HIPAA, and GDPR work?

      Yes. 1Security maps findings and evidence to common control frameworks, helping organizations demonstrate compliance more efficiently.

    • Can non-technical stakeholders use it?

      Yes. Plain-language reports and read-only views make it easy for compliance, legal, and business stakeholders to see the evidence behind findings without needing admin rights.

    • Is this only for large enterprises?

      No. While designed for complex environments, 1Security is equally valuable for mid-sized organizations running Microsoft 365 or Office 365 that need strong visibility into access, activity, and compliance.

    Gain visibility. Ensure compliance. Boost productivity.

    Stop guessing who has access to your sensitive data. With 1Security, you gain the visibility, automation, and confidence needed to protect your Microsoft 365 environment.