Monitoring and Alerts
Monitoring Alerts Explained for MSP Security Operations
Timely alerts matter for MSP security operations. This article explains how scheduled monitoring detects posture changes and routes notifications to the right team members through organization-managed policies.
Monitoring vs. one-off checks
A one-off breach check or manual admin review captures posture at a single moment. MSP operations need recurring assessments that surface new, reopened, or worsened findings when customer environments change.
SecurityScore.me runs scheduled checks on Microsoft 365 posture and monitored assets. When meaningful changes are detected, the platform creates findings and can generate notifications according to your organization configuration.
How alert routing works
- Notification policies define which monitoring events create alerts.
- Alert groups determine which organization members receive notifications.
- Severity-based routing can send critical and high findings to different teams.
- User notification preferences control whether an individual receives alert emails.
What MSPs should alert on
Prioritize alerts that require operational response: new high-severity Microsoft 365 findings, identity risk signals where permissions allow, and asset scan regressions on customer domains or websites.
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