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February 24, 2021 • 5 min read

Becoming resilient by understanding cybersecurity risks: Part 3—a security pro’s perspective

Get insights on how to work with business leaders to manage risk and defend against sophisticated cyber threats.

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February 16, 2021 • 2 min read

Afternoon Cyber Tea: Evaluating individual and organizational cyber risk in a pandemic

The pandemic is exposing weaknesses in cybersecurity—learn why an integrated security solution can help combat emerging cyber threats.

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October 20, 2020 • 4 min read

CISO Spotlight: How diversity of data (and people) defeats today’s cyber threats

This year, we have seen five significant security paradigm shifts in our industry. This includes the acknowledgment that the greater the diversity of our data sets, the better the AI and machine learning outcomes. This diversity gives us an advantage over our cyber adversaries and improves our threat intelligence. It allows us to respond swiftly…

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October 15, 2020 • 6 min read

CISO Stressbusters: 7 tips for weathering the cybersecurity storms

An essential requirement of being a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) is stakeholder management. In many organizations, security is still seen as a support function; meaning, any share of the budget you receive may be viewed jealously by other departments. Bringing change to an organization that’s set in its ways can be a challenge (even…

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October 13, 2020 • 4 min read

Becoming resilient by understanding cybersecurity risks: Part 1

All risks have to be viewed through the lens of the business or organization. While information on cybersecurity risks is plentiful, you can’t prioritize or manage any risk until the impact (and likelihood) to your organization is understood and quantified. This rule of thumb on who should be accountable for risk helps illustrate this relationship:…

January 15, 2020 • 9 min read

How to implement Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

The goal of MFA implementation is to enable it for all your users, on all of your systems, all of the time. Learn how to successfully roll out and support MFA in your organization.

January 14, 2020 • 5 min read

Rethinking cyber scenarios—learning (and training) as you defend

Gamified cybersecurity learning is an increasingly important must-have in your SecOps program, from understanding basic concepts all the way into advanced attacker and defense scenarios. Microsoft and Circadence are working together to democratize and scale cyber readiness globally.

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April 23, 2019 • 7 min read

CISO Series: Lessons learned from the Microsoft SOC—Part 2a: Organizing people

In the second of our three-part series, we focus on the most valuable resource in the SOC—our people.

Lessons learned from the Microsoft SOC—Part 1: Organization

February 21, 2019 • 7 min read

CISO Series: Lessons learned from the Microsoft SOC—Part 1: Organization

In the first of our three part series, we provide tips on how to manage a security operations center (SOC) to be more responsive, effective, and collaborative.

January 31, 2019 • 3 min read

CISO series: Talking cybersecurity with the board of directors

To maintain a board’s confidence, you need to engage them in your strategy early and often.