BlueStrata helps small and midsize businesses reduce identity risk, endpoint exposure, network misconfiguration, and operational chaos — without enterprise overhead or an anonymous helpdesk shuffle.
SMBs rely on Microsoft 365, cloud apps, endpoints, firewalls, VPNs, wireless, and email every day — but most don't have a dedicated security team watching any of it.
The risk usually lives in misconfigured identity, stale accounts, weak MFA, unmanaged endpoints, poor offboarding, flat networks, missing backup validation, and unclear ownership.
A fixed-scope assessment that gives business owners a clear, risk-rated view of what is exposed, what is misconfigured, and what should be fixed first.
The Baseline covers the full operational attack surface for Colorado SMBs: identity, endpoints, email, network, backup, and operational processes — including an AI/automation readiness review. You get a deliverable you can act on, not a sales pitch dressed up as an audit.
Every Baseline engagement reviews these eight areas against practical security and operational standards.
Microsoft 365 / Entra ID, MFA enrollment, Conditional Access, admin roles, and privileged access review.
Device management, Intune / MDM readiness, EDR coverage, local admin accounts, and patch status.
SPF, DKIM, DMARC, anti-phishing policies, mail forwarding rules, delegate permissions, and transport rules.
Firewall configuration, VPN setup, Wi-Fi security, and basic network segmentation posture.
Backup strategy, recovery testing, RTO/RPO awareness, and Microsoft 365 data protection posture.
User lifecycle controls, access removal procedures, and stale account review.
Operational SOPs, asset documentation, vendor inventory, and known process gaps.
Shadow AI exposure, OAuth consent posture, automation risk, and readiness for safe workflow automation.
Four steps from first conversation to an environment under active management.
We discuss your environment, pain points, and business risk. No credentials required. You leave with a clear next step.
We review identity, endpoints, email, network, backup, and operational controls against practical security standards.
You receive risk-rated findings, a prioritized remediation roadmap, and an executive summary written for business owners.
BlueStrata can execute targeted remediation sprints or provide ongoing managed IT and security support.
Most owners don't think in IT categories — they think in situations. If any of these sound familiar, these are fixable problems. But only once they're visible.
People have left, but nobody is confident their Microsoft 365 accounts, shared mailboxes, or file access were fully removed. Admin rights have accumulated, and there's no consistent offboarding process.
We audit active accounts, admin roles, MFA coverage, mail forwarding rules, external file sharing, and third-party app permissions. We clear the urgent exposures and give you a prioritized roadmap for the rest.
Employees are using ChatGPT, AI meeting note tools, and browser extensions. Nobody knows what data is being pasted in, what accounts those tools have access to, or how to allow AI adoption without creating new risk.
We assess current AI usage, review Microsoft 365 data exposure, identify risky workflows, draft an acceptable-use policy, and build a 30/60/90-day AI governance roadmap with approved tool categories.
The backup software shows green checkmarks. But the business has never performed a real restore test, there's no documented recovery process, and nobody knows how long it would take to get back online after an incident.
We verify backup jobs, perform a controlled restore test, document recovery credentials, identify gaps in Microsoft 365 backup coverage, define your recovery expectations, and produce a written gap report.
Files are shared externally without oversight, MFA is inconsistent, too many people have admin rights, and nobody knows which third-party apps still have access to the tenant. It was manageable when the business was smaller.
We harden Microsoft 365 and Entra ID — cleaning up Conditional Access, reviewing OAuth app consent, tightening external sharing, and reviewing DLP and audit logging so you have visibility and control again.
Staff lose time to unreliable Wi-Fi, broken scan-to-email, VPN issues, and undocumented shared workstations. The network gear is a mix of whatever was purchased over the years, and nobody knows what's actually on the network.
We document the network, review firewall and Wi-Fi configuration, inventory devices, and identify the specific sources of friction — then provide a prioritized fix plan that actually resolves the problems.
The business has grown, but IT still runs on tribal knowledge — undocumented passwords, unclear vendors, inconsistent patching, and one person who "just knows how it works." There's no real support process and no visibility into what's at risk.
We inventory users, devices, network gear, Microsoft 365, admin accounts, vendors, and critical systems. We close the most urgent gaps and produce a 90-day stabilization roadmap — moving the business from tribal knowledge to a documented, supportable environment.
Not sure which situation fits? Most clients start with a free external security assessment or a 30-minute discovery call. BlueStrata will help you determine the right next step — whether that's a Security & Operations Baseline, a focused remediation sprint, managed support, or an AI governance review.
Project-based fixes executed after the Baseline. Each sprint is fixed-scope with defined deliverables — no ongoing retainer required.
Full security configuration of your Microsoft 365 tenant — MFA, Conditional Access, audit logging, DLP, and external sharing controls.
Review and rebuild Conditional Access policies, eliminate legacy auth, and enforce phishing-resistant MFA across your tenant.
SPF, DKIM, DMARC configuration, anti-phishing policy review, and mail flow security cleanup.
Enroll and configure devices in Intune, enforce compliance policies, and deploy EDR to unmanaged endpoints.
Design and implement a backup strategy with tested recovery procedures and documented RTO/RPO targets.
Firewall rule review, VPN hardening, Wi-Fi segmentation, and network configuration cleanup.
Stale account cleanup, privilege reduction, offboarding process documentation, and access control review.
Build or clean up SOPs, runbooks, and technical documentation for repeatable IT operations.
Not every problem fits a standard sprint. Reach out and we'll scope it after a discovery conversation.
Security-focused IT management with senior-level oversight — for businesses that need consistent protection, support, and accountability without hiring full-time staff.
Month-to-month and annual agreements available. Scope and coverage defined in the service agreement.
BlueStrata helps businesses identify where automation and AI agents can safely reduce repetitive work — without exposing sensitive data or bypassing human approval. The focus is practical: intake, documentation, onboarding, offboarding, reporting, SOP generation, and internal knowledge retrieval.
Evaluate where AI and automation can safely reduce operational overhead, and identify data exposure or access control gaps before deployment.
AI-assisted knowledge retrieval and documentation tools for internal teams — scoped with access controls and data boundaries.
Structured intake workflows that capture issue context, categorize requests, and route work without manual triage overhead.
Automated SOP drafting, change documentation, and executive report generation from operational data.
Audit OAuth consent posture, shadow AI usage, and permission scope for AI tools already operating in your environment.
Design and implement automations for onboarding, offboarding, approvals, and reporting — with human approval gates and audit trails.
BlueStrata is designed for businesses that have real operational and security risk but no full-time security team to address it.
Small businesses usually do not need another vendor. They need a responsible operator who can see risk clearly, communicate plainly, and bring order to an environment that has been running on shortcuts.
Every engagement is founder-led, documented, and handled with senior-level oversight. You are not handed off to a random queue or left waiting on someone who has never seen your environment.
BlueStrata is designed for Colorado businesses that have outgrown ad hoc support and need a practical, security-first operator who can work with what they already have.
Most small-business risk now lives in email, identity, devices, and access. That is where we focus first so you get the most meaningful reduction in exposure.
You get direct updates, documented findings, and a clear next step. No vague jargon, no surprise bills, and no disappearing act after the initial sale.
BlueStrata is backed by The Default Gateway, a practical IT operations and security publication focused on real-world MSP scenarios, identity risk, endpoint security, Microsoft 365, and operational discipline.
Read The Default Gateway ↗Tell me about your environment, the biggest gaps you know about, and what has been keeping you from addressing them. You will leave with a clear next step — whether that is the Security Baseline, a remediation sprint, or ongoing managed support.
10–75 user businesses in Colorado
Prefer email? Send a message directly to Patrick.Welsh@BlueStrata.io with your company name, user count, current IT/security concern, and whether you are looking for a Security Baseline, remediation sprint, managed support, or AI automation review.
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