Learn how to unlock enterprise-grade security and compliance for SMBs — without the enterprise price tag.

In this Cybit webinar, Peter Ollerenshaw (Cloud Solutions Advisor, Cybit) is joined by Edd Dale (Learning & Development Director & Co-Founder, Illuminate Learning) to explore how organisations can transform Microsoft 365 Business Premium into a fully secure, compliant, and future-ready environment through the E5 Security Add-on.

Together, they explain how advanced Microsoft Defender and Purview tools — including Defender for Endpoint, Identity, and Office 365 P2 — provide layered protection, intelligent compliance, and enterprise-grade security features at a fraction of the cost of standalone licences.

This session walks through real-world use cases, configuration best practices, and how SMBs can apply E5-level capabilities to defend against ransomware, phishing, and data loss while enhancing compliance and device management.

What you’ll learn

How Microsoft 365 Business Premium empowers SMBs with security, collaboration, and productivity

Why upgrading with the E5 Security Add-on delivers 60%+ cost savings vs standalone tools

The full capabilities of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (P2) and Microsoft Purview

How to protect identities with risk-based conditional access and Defender for Identity

How to prevent and detect phishing and ransomware with Defender for Office 365 P2

The difference between EDR, XDR and antivirus — and why modern threats require more

How to secure access, manage devices, and enforce data protection policies remotely

Using Information Protection (AIP/Purview) to label, encrypt, and claw back sensitive data

How Intune, MDM and MAM support both company-owned and personal (BYOD) devices

Enabling Cloud App Discovery to identify and eliminate shadow IT risks

How to simplify audits and investigations with Purview eDiscovery

Understanding Microsoft’s 62 trillion daily threat signals and global defence network

How Cybit’s Microsoft 365 Assessments can help deploy and optimise these capabilities

Key takeaways

Microsoft 365 Business Premium with the E5 add-on brings enterprise security to the SMB market.

Defender and Purview add-ons give compliance, identity protection, and endpoint resilience at reduced cost.

Microsoft’s layered approach and real-time AI intelligence keep pace with modern threat evolution.

Cybit’s managed and advisory services can help assess, deploy, and maintain E5-level protection securely.