See your potential savings in three questions.
No sales call yet. Tell us where the pain actually is, and we'll point you to the right next step. Most businesses still view cybersecurity as a cost center instead of a business value driver; Ascent's Cost-Benefit Analysis exists to change that math.
What's your biggest concern right now?
How many employees at your company?
What's your current Microsoft security licensing?
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Request Your Cost-Benefit AnalysisFive ways we build the business case.
Participants walk away with an outcome-driven, expert-informed cost-rationalization for their cybersecurity portfolio.
Productivity efficiencies
Where security tooling and process changes give time back to your team.
Operational efficiencies
Where a smarter configuration removes manual work instead of adding another dashboard.
Risk reduction
Every initiative scored against the risk it actually removes.
Reductions in TCO
Total cost of ownership across your Microsoft security stack, not just license cost.
Licensing savings
Entitlements you already own but aren't using, found before you evaluate a new purchase.
Two sessions. From baseline to a board-ready business case.
Establish Baseline & Priorities
- Inventory & Current State Review. Document existing tools, licensing, and spend.
- Review Initiatives & Tooling. Map initiatives against the Microsoft stack to uncover redundancies.
- Developing Prioritization Model. Score initiatives by risk reduction, savings, and efficiency.
- Score Backlog. Rank initiatives to highlight high-impact, low-cost wins.
Outcome: A clear, prioritized backlog of initiatives tied to business drivers.
Translate Priorities into Business Value
- Recap & Validate. Confirm assumptions and priorities from Session 1.
- Align Prioritized Backlog. Finalize initiatives across IT, security, and finance.
- Define Roadmap Enablement. Build a phased roadmap with milestones.
- Identify Cost Savings. Highlight licensing optimization and TCO reductions.
- Review Business Case. Deliver an executive-ready cost-benefit analysis.
Outcome: A board-ready business case that rationalizes spend and secures buy-in.
Where the roadmap leads.
The business case names a prioritized backlog, not just a number. Where it points next depends on what it finds.
Advisory
If the priority is policy, governance, or a Zero Trust roadmap, not a deployment.
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If it's a specific product (Sentinel, Defender, Entra, Intune, Purview) that needs to go live.
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If what's missing is 24/7 monitoring and response, not just configuration.
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