Comparison

TENET: The FortiCNAPP alternative for Azure & Microsoft 365

FortiCNAPP is Fortinet's enterprise CNAPP — built for large organizations managing complex multi-cloud deployments with dedicated security teams. If your environment is Azure and Microsoft 365 with a lean team, you need platform depth on that stack, not enterprise-grade complexity you'll never use.

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Purpose-built for Azure and Microsoft 365

Enterprise CNAPP platforms stop at the cloud infrastructure layer. If your estate is Azure and Microsoft 365, you are missing M365 risk visibility and the Azure-specific identity depth your environment actually requires.

Microsoft 365 monitoring

Defender alerts, Intune device compliance, SharePoint data exposure, and OneDrive sharing risks — correlated with your Azure context. No enterprise CNAPP platform monitors all of it.

Azure identity governance

Over-privileged RBAC roles, dormant service principals, MFA gaps, and PIM risks — modelled natively for Entra ID, not through a multi-cloud abstraction layer.

NIS2 & NIST CSF compliance

Compliance frameworks mapped to live Azure and M365 findings — automated evidence collection, gap reports, and remediation guidance tied to specific resources.

TENET vs. FortiCNAPP

 TENETFortiCNAPP
Real-time cloud monitoring
Automated anomaly detection
Live compliance evidence
Modern, responsive interface
Identity & RBAC risk detection
Attack graph & blast radius
NIS2 article-level compliance
NIS2 incident deadlines
AI Services governance
AI assistant with live tools
Microsoft 365 monitoring

Based on publicly available information. FortiCNAPP capabilities may vary by deployment configuration and tier.

Up and running before your first sales call with them

Enterprise CNAPP platforms require a demo request, scoping sessions, and a deployment project — before you see a single finding in your environment. For an SMB team that needs to move quickly, that is a cost before the cost.

TENET starts at $199/month with a 14-day free trial. Connect your Azure tenant via read-only API and your first findings appear in the same session. Microsoft 365 connects the same way — one authorisation through your Microsoft tenant and TENET begins correlating Defender, Intune, SharePoint, and OneDrive signals with your Azure data automatically.

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TENET SetupCONNECTED
01
Connect your Azure tenant
Read-only API access — no agents or scanners
Done
02
Extend to Microsoft 365
Defender, Intune, SharePoint, OneDrive
Done
03
First findings appear
Risk scored, attack paths mapped, compliance assessed
2 min
47
Findings
12
Identity risks
8
Compliance gaps
Microsoft 365 Coverage
14
Defender alerts
6
Intune issues
9
SharePoint risks
4
OneDrive flags
Microsoft Defender
High-severity alert · Suspicious sign-in
High
Microsoft Intune
6 non-compliant devices · Policy gap
Medium
SharePoint Online
External sharing enabled · 3 sites
High
OneDrive for Business
Unrestricted sharing · 4 accounts
Medium

Your risk doesn't stop at the cloud. Your coverage should.

Enterprise cloud security platforms monitor infrastructure. They do not monitor Microsoft Defender alerts, Intune device compliance, SharePoint data exposure, or OneDrive sharing risks. For teams running Azure and Microsoft 365, those are the most active threat surfaces in the estate.

Phishing campaigns land in Exchange. Files leak through SharePoint. Non-compliant Intune devices become entry points. TENET monitors Defender, Intune, SharePoint, and OneDrive — and correlates every signal with your Azure identity and infrastructure data. One view of your full Microsoft estate, without a second tool.

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Azure identity governance built for Entra ID

Identity is where most Azure breaches start. An over-privileged service principal. A dormant guest account that still has Contributor access. An application registration with admin consent no one remembers approving. These are routine findings in any Azure environment that has been running for more than six months.

Multi-cloud CIEM addresses identity through a cloud-agnostic lens — useful if you are managing AWS, GCP, and Azure together. If your environment is Microsoft-only, you get generic coverage where you need depth. TENET models Entra ID, RBAC, service principals, and PIM natively. Over-privileged roles, dormant accounts, MFA gaps, and guest access are surfaced automatically, each linked to the attack paths they enable.

SEE IDENTITY GOVERNANCE
Identity Risks
svc-infra-prod-01
Owner role · 90 days inactive
Critical
bg-task-runner-0041
Contributor · No MFA · External
Critical
Guest account · alex@contoso.com
SharePoint Admin · 180 days inactive
High
Managed identity · api-gateway
Unused KeyVault access · 45 days
High
NIS2 Compliance
Art. 21 — Risk management78%
Art. 10 — Incident handling91%
Art. 20 — Governance65%
Art. 23 — Reporting obligations84%
Open NSG rule
vnet-prod-001
Art. 21
Dormant privileged account
admin@corp.onmicrosoft.com
Art. 21
Defender alert unresolved
vm-web-prod-02
Art. 10

Compliance mapped to NIS2, not generic cloud benchmarks

If you are subject to NIS2, your auditors are not asking for a generic cloud security score. They want evidence tied to specific articles — collected from your actual environment, not a spreadsheet.

TENET maps every Azure and M365 finding to specific NIS2 articles and NIST CSF 2.0 controls. Evidence is collected automatically. When an open NSG, a dormant privileged account, or a Defender alert creates a compliance gap, TENET identifies the article affected, the specific resource, and the remediation steps — not a generic policy recommendation.

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Ask questions. Get answers from your live environment.

Enterprise platforms assume you have analysts to interpret them. Dashboards and risk scores are useful if someone has the time to work through them. Most SMB security teams do not.

BriteAI is built into TENET. Ask about attack paths, identity exposure, compliance gaps, or anomalies in plain language — and get specific answers drawn from your live Azure and M365 data, with remediation steps tied to the exact resources involved. For teams running their own SRE agents, the TENET MCP lets those agents query your environment and execute targeted fixes — with human approval for sensitive operations.

BriteAI
Which identities represent the highest attack-path risk right now?
2 critical attack paths identifiedsvc-infra-prod-01 has Owner access and has been dormant for 90 days — any compromise gives full subscription control. bg-task-runner-0041 is externally accessible with no MFA and Contributor rights across 3 resource groups.
Which NIS2 articles are affected by open findings?
Art. 21 & Art. 10 have open gapsThe dormant privileged accounts and open NSG rules map to Art. 21 (risk management). The unresolved Defender alert on vm-web-prod-02 maps to Art. 10 (incident handling). Remediation steps are linked to each resource.
We already use Fortinet products — should we stick to their ecosystem?

Staying in one vendor ecosystem has real advantages for integration and support. If FortiCNAPP meets your cloud security needs and you have the team to run it, that logic holds. Where it breaks down is if your environment is primarily Azure and Microsoft 365 — FortiCNAPP's coverage stops at the cloud infrastructure layer and does not monitor M365 workloads. If that gap matters, TENET fills it without replacing your other Fortinet tools.

How does TENET's cloud security posture coverage compare?

TENET focuses on Azure and Microsoft 365 security posture — misconfiguration detection, attack path analysis, identity risk, and compliance against NIS2 and NIST CSF 2.0. Enterprise CNAPPs cover a broader multi-cloud posture across AWS, Azure, and GCP. If Azure is your primary or only cloud environment, TENET gives you deeper coverage for that stack. If you need multi-cloud breadth across multiple providers, evaluate based on the scope you actually need.

How does setup compare?

Enterprise CNAPP platforms typically require a demo, scoping, and a deployment project to get started. TENET connects to your Azure tenant via read-only API in around two minutes. Microsoft 365 connects the same way. No agents, no scanners, no professional services engagement. Your first findings appear in the same session you sign up.

Does TENET have compliance frameworks?

TENET maps Azure and M365 findings to NIS2 articles and NIST CSF 2.0 controls — specific articles, not just general alignment. Evidence is collected automatically from your live environment. If NIS2 is a current or upcoming requirement for your organisation, TENET is designed for that specifically. Enterprise CNAPP platforms support cloud security benchmarks but do not offer the same NIS2 article-level granularity.

How does pricing compare?

Enterprise CNAPP platforms do not publish pricing — you will need to engage their sales team before seeing a number. TENET starts at $199/month with a 14-day free trial and no credit card required. You can connect your Azure tenant and see your first findings before any conversation with us. TENET is also available directly through the Azure Marketplace.

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