Microsoft is recognized as an industry leader in cloud security. To help keep Office 365 security at the top of the industry, we use processes such as the Security Development Lifecycle we also employ techniques that throttle traffic and prevent, detect, and mitigate breaches. We strive to keep software and hardware technologies up to date through robust processes. It is constantly maintained, enhanced, and verified by highly-skilled, experienced, and trained personnel. Security and compliance is an ongoing process, not a steady state. The second dimension includes customer-managed controls that enable you to customize your Office 365 environment based on the specific needs of your organization, while still maintaining security and compliance.The first dimension includes Microsoft-managed service-level capabilities that include technologies, operational procedures, and policies that are enabled by default.Security, compliance, and privacy in Office 365 include two equally important dimensions: When moving your organization to cloud services, security concerns add another layer of consideration, one of trust. When businesses choose Office 365, they get a partner that truly understands business security needs and is trusted by companies of all sizes across nearly every industry and geography. Importantly, Office 365 applications include both built-in security features that simplify the process of protecting data and the flexibility for administrators to configure, manage, and integrate security in ways that make sense for their unique business needs. Today, fewer and fewer organizations have the ability to maintain an equivalent level of security on-premises at a reasonable cost.

The Office 365 platform incorporates security at every level, from application development to physical datacenters to end-user access.

Office 365 supports both of these needs at once with a highly secure, cloud-based productivity platform. Businesses today need productivity services that help users get more done from virtually anywhere while maintaining security in the face of ever-evolving threats.

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