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Streamline privacy management with Microsoft Priva
Protect and govern personal information, reduce privacy risks, and manage subject rights requests at scale with Microsoft Priva privacy risk management solutions.
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December 17, 2020

5 min read

A “quick wins” approach to securing Azure Active Directory and Office 365 and improving your security posture

This blog post will explain simple Microsoft security defaults and Secure Score—two features you should take advantage of that are easy to utilize and can significantly improve security in Azure AD and Office 365 configurations.
December 18, 2020

17 min read

Analyzing Solorigate, the compromised DLL file that started a sophisticated cyberattack, and how Microsoft Defender helps protect customers

We, along with the security industry and our partners, continue to investigate the extent of the Solorigate attack.
December 28, 2020

21 min read

Using Microsoft 365 Defender to protect against Solorigate

This blog is a comprehensive guide for security operations and incident response teams using Microsoft 365 Defender to identify, investigate, and respond to the Solorigate attack if it’s found in your environment.
January 6, 2021

6 min read

Privacy breaches: Using Microsoft 365 Advanced Audit and Advanced eDiscovery to minimize impact

GDPR, HIPPA, GLBA, all 50 U.S. States, and many countries have privacy breach reporting requirements.
Simplify endpoint management with Microsoft Intune
Microsoft Intune is a cloud-based unified endpoint management platform that empowers IT to manage, assess, and protect apps and devices.
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January 14, 2021

11 min read

Increasing resilience against Solorigate and other sophisticated attacks with Microsoft Defender

This blog is a guide for security administrators using Microsoft 365 Defender and Azure Defender to identify and implement security configuration and posture improvements that harden enterprise environments against Solorigate’s attack patterns.
January 21, 2021

3 min read

Blue Cedar partners with Microsoft to combat BYOD issues

IT and security teams have been searching for a solution to accommodate BYOD that won’t compromise network security.
January 27, 2021

3 min read

Protecting multi-cloud environments with Azure Security Center

When we started developing Azure Security Center, our mission was clear: be the best solution to protect Azure Resources.
January 27, 2021

4 min read

Announcing the general availability of Azure Defender for IoT

As businesses increasingly rely on connected devices to optimize their operations, the number of IoT and Operational Technology (OT) endpoints is growing dramatically—industry analysts have estimated that CISOs will soon be responsible for an attack surface multiple times larger than just a few years ago.
Secure and verify every identity with Microsoft Entra
Microsoft Entra expands beyond identity and access management with new product categories such as cloud infrastructure entitlement management (CIEM) and decentralized identity.
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January 27, 2021

8 min read

The state of apps by Microsoft identity: Azure AD app gallery apps that made the most impact in 2020

See what applications in the Azure AD app gallery powered the way we work, learn, and collaborate in 2020.
February 1, 2021

18 min read

What tracking an attacker email infrastructure tells us about persistent cybercriminal operations

Sweeping research into massive attacker infrastructures, as well as our real-time monitoring of malware campaigns and attacker activity, directly inform Microsoft security solutions, allowing us to build or improve protections that block malware campaigns and other email threats, both current and future, as well as provide enterprises with the tools for investigating and responding to email campaigns in real-time.
February 8, 2021

1 min read

Why threat protection is critical to your Zero Trust security strategy

The corporate network perimeter has been completely redefined.
February 11, 2021

9 min read

Web shell attacks continue to rise

A year ago, we reported the steady increase in the use of web shells in attacks worldwide.