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Microsoft Defender helps prevent, detect, and respond to attacks across devices, identities, apps, email, data, workloads, and clouds. Explore threat intelligence, capabilities, and real-world guidance to help you get more out of Defender.
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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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
Terranova Security Gone Phishing Tournament reveals continued weak spot in cybersecurity
See which industries had the highest click rates, as well as results sorted by organization size, previous training, and more. -
New cloud-native breadth threat protection capabilities in Azure Defender
As the world adapts to working remotely, the threat landscape is constantly evolving, and security teams struggle to protect workloads with multiple solutions that are often not well integrated nor comprehensive enough.