Key Actions That Improve Your Compliance Score

To positively impact your compliance score, focus on these core areas:

1. Deploy the Active Directory (AD) Monitor

CYRISMA assesses security settings within your Active Directory. A misconfigured AD is a major vulnerability and impacts compliance scoring. Ensure:

AD monitor is deployed and active

Key security policies (e.g., password complexity, account lockout policies) are properly enforced

2. Integrate Microsoft Secure Score

We utilize Microsoft Secure Score data to evaluate endpoint, identity, and cloud security configurations. You can raise your compliance score by:

Linking your Microsoft 365 environment

Implementing recommended actions within Microsoft Secure Score

Regularly reviewing and maintaining your secure score posture

3. Utilize Shadow IT and Risk Profiling

Shadow IT insights allow you to detect unapproved software and risky apps. Improve your compliance scoring by:

Running regular Shadow IT scans

Reviewing the Risk Profile Setup under Shadow IT

Classifying applications by risk level (High / Medium / Low)

🧠 Tip: If you don’t configure risk levels in Shadow IT, no risk will be assigned—impacting your visibility and scoring.

Common Misconceptions

“I completed a HIPAA Assessment, why didn’t my score improve?”
The platform scores technical safeguards, not documentation alone.