It only took a couple of years for SharePoint to become invaluable for organizations. One of the most widely embraced Microsoft Technology solutions in the world, on-premises SharePoint granted a multitude of benefits for organizations. But now it’s the era of the cloud. SharePoint evolved into a new form with the best benefits of the cloud – SharePoint Online.

For businesses, migrating from the on-premises SharePoint to its cloud counterpart is a hassle. They barely consider the security aspect as a good reason to migrate to the cloud. On the contrary, security is often seen as a deterrent when they are essentially moving their data from an on-premises ‘safe house’ to the ‘vast unknown’ of a public cloud service. It isn’t a choice anymore as leading experts offering business technology advisory services recommend investing in the cloud to future-proof businesses.

What many businesses don’t realize is the fact that migrating to SharePoint Online brings forth a number of security benefits. This article lists a few of the best security benefits SharePoint Online bring to the table.

Native DDoS protection

With an internal SharePoint farm, DDoS isn’t a threat to be concerned about, right?

Things can take a turn though. Business needs may change requiring you to facilitate collaboration with other external parties. This can be done without exposing your SharePoint service. However, certain other services in your data center would be exposed as a result. And then DDoS becomes a threat because a successful attack on one of those exposed services can end up impacting your SharePoint negatively.

This wouldn’t be an issue if you are leveraging SharePoint Online. Microsoft has the resources and expertise to implement network security in remarkable ways that many smaller organizations cannot even dream of doing. Edge firewalls, global ECMP routing, hyperscale Azure DoS detection system etc. are just a few things Microsoft offers against DDoS threats.

Graphs-based intrusion detection

The concept of Graphs is an advanced theory that requires a data scientist-level expertise to get your head around. A few talented individuals at Microsoft developed a graphs-based intrusion detection system that applies advanced data analysis algorithms on telemetry data to rapidly detect unauthorized access. The information generated by the system will be accessible to the Office 365 security teams. Known popularly as the Intelligent Security Graph, this is one of the more impressive SharePoint Online security benefits.

Unified audit log

Unified audit log is another great feature of Office 365. The log is accessible through the web interface via PowerShell or the Office Graph API. SharePoint on-premise auditing was different that it could track only 10 event types. With the Unified audit log feature, SharePoint Online can track hundreds of events relating to offline synchronization and external sharing.

Conclusion

SharePoint Online is certainly getting a lot of praise in the Middle East. For a rapidly growing software development company in Dubai, SharePoint Online could be a game changer. However, leveraging the technology effectively requires dedication and expertise. You can also seek assistance from SharePoint experts for a good beginning with SharePoint.