Why Did My Score Change?
Your posture score shows how well your Microsoft 365 tenant meets Griffin31’s recommendations. It can change for two reasons: your tenant changed, or the bar moved.
When Your Tenant Changes
Section titled “When Your Tenant Changes”Settings change all the time: a new policy, a removed exclusion, a new admin. When a recommendation gets better or worse, your score follows. You’ll see each change in Recent activity, and the Recommendation regressions policy can email you about it.
When the Bar Moves
Section titled “When the Bar Moves”Microsoft and the security community keep raising the standard. Griffin31 keeps up:
- Updated checks that follow the latest Microsoft and CIS guidance
- New recommendations that cover newer risks
- Stricter requirements where the old ones no longer protect enough
When this happens, your score can change even if nothing in your tenant changed. It reflects a higher standard, not a weaker tenant. Griffin31 is now showing you gaps that weren’t measured before.
How the Score Is Counted
Section titled “How the Score Is Counted”Your score, out of 100, reflects how your recommendations stand. Recommendations that pass, or that you approve, raise it; failing ones and ones not yet reviewed hold it back. Excluded recommendations, and ones that need a license you don’t have, are left out.
Bonus Points
Section titled “Bonus Points”Some manual checks don’t lower your score. They earn bonus points instead: extra security on top of your score.
- Check the setting yourself, then Approve the recommendation to earn its bonus points.
Where you see them:
- The Your score card on the dashboard shows your bonus points. Earn bonus points opens the Bonus pending view: the checks still to approve.
- The Posture score chart shows them as a green band on top of your score.
What to Do
Section titled “What to Do”- Open Recommendations and use the Quick wins box: recommendations that need action, are easy to fix and have a low impact on users.
- Check Fix these first on the dashboard: the failing recommendations that show up in the most threats and stories.
- Use the Evidence tab to see exactly what to change.
- If a recommendation doesn’t apply to you, Exclude it with a reason.
Want to go over the changes together? Contact us at support@griffin31.ai and we’ll set up a short call.