Microsoft 365 Secure Score dashboard

The Secure Score dashboard reports a numerical summary of your security posture based on system configurations, user behaviour, and other security-related measurements. A higher number indicates improvement actions are required using security components available in Microsoft 365 tenancies to achieve a secure score.

You can compare your secure score to the average score of other Queensland Government agencies, as well as get actionable recommendations on how to improve your security posture.

Queensland Government administers over 100 separate Microsoft 365 and Azure tenancies which support office productivity and collaboration services across government. The distributed nature of these differing environments allows for duplication of effort across multiple agencies in improving their cyber security posture. There is also a lack of visibility of the adoption and performance of these environments from a whole-of-government perspective.

Using this service helps enable Queensland Government agencies to meet their obligations under the Information Security Policy (IS18:2018) and improve cyber security maturity.

Business benefits

• Access to a consolidated Secure Score dashboard will enable agencies to view their own score against the Queensland Government average score. This will assist with prioritising local cyber security initiatives.
• A collective understanding of the security strength and risk exposure of Queensland Government Microsoft 365 and Azure tenancies will assist in maintaining and improving the delivery of safe and reliable services to Queenslanders.
• Reduce future workloads associated with IS18 Essential Eight annual reporting and compliance activities.

Technical benefits

• Automated recommendations on how to improve your organisations security posture.
• Reduce duplication of effort across multiple tenancies in improving cyber security strength through development and promotion of repeatable patterns and practices.
• Identify and leverage better cyber security practices from leading Queensland Government agencies.

The following eligible agencies and related bodies can access this service at no cost:

• Queensland Government agencies
• statutory bodies
• local government
• government owned corporations.

Complete the secure score dashboard form to enquire about this service or email the Queensland Government Cyber Security Unit at CyberSecurityUnit@qld.gov.au.