A public-sector Microsoft 365 tenant holds email, files, and identity for a workforce that touches regulated information. Security wants continuous monitoring: who has access, what changed in Entra, whether Intune posture drifted, where sensitive files moved. The catch is that the connection reading that data has to use FIPS 140-3 validated cryptography, and for many agencies the data has to stay in a Microsoft GCC or GCC High region, not a commercial one.
Monitoring that stays inside the boundary
| The requirement | Lavawall® in FIPS mode |
|---|---|
| Validated data pull | Connectors into Microsoft 365, Entra, and Intune run over cryptography performed by FIPS 140-3 validated modules. |
| Government residency | Your tenant and its processing can be placed in Microsoft GCC or GCC High, so evidence does not leave the boundary the regulation sets. |
| Configuration evidence | Entra and Intune posture is captured as timestamped evidence, mapped to the frameworks you carry. |
| Validated administrator sign-in | Console access can require a FIPS 140-3 validated key, so the people reading the evidence meet the same bar as the data. |
One console, not a pile of scripts
Agencies often stitch M365 monitoring together from PowerShell scripts and a spreadsheet, and none of it can name its cryptographic module or prove its residency. Lavawall® does the monitoring as a product, in FIPS mode, with the residency you choose. See Microsoft 365 security for the monitoring in depth.
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Frequently asked
- Can our Microsoft 365 data stay in GCC or GCC High?
- Yes. Your Lavawall tenant and its processing can be placed in Microsoft GCC or GCC High so the evidence stays inside the government boundary, and the cryptography reading it runs through FIPS 140-3 validated modules.
- Does Lavawall read M365 over FIPS-validated cryptography?
- In FIPS mode, yes: the connectors into Microsoft 365, Entra, and Intune use FIPS 140-3 validated modules for their cryptography.