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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 15, 2019

3 min read

Microsoft gains strong customer and analyst momentum in the Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB) market

Microsoft jumped to the Challenger position in the Gartner’s 2018 Magic Quadrant for CASB and solidified its Leadership position in KuppingerCole’s 2018 Leadership Compass in the same product category.
January 8, 2019

3 min read

Be careful of data without context: The case of malware scanning of journaled emails

Recent research on email journaling—an often used testing methodology—shows it can lead to misinterpreted results.
January 2, 2019

1 min read

Two new Microsoft 365 offerings help address security and compliance needs

The new Microsoft 365 Identity & Threat Protection and Microsoft 365 Information Protection & Compliance packages will be available for purchase on February 1, 2019.
December 20, 2018

4 min read

The challenges of adopting a consistent cybersecurity framework in the insurance industry

How the U.S. insurance industry is aligning behind a cybersecurity framework in a fragmented, state-by-state, regulatory environment.
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The Microsoft Defender family offers comprehensive threat prevention, detection, and response capabilities for everyone—from individuals looking to protect their family to the world’s largest enterprises.

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December 18, 2018

7 min read

The AI cybersecurity impact for IoT

Insights into how the security community is working to secure IoT devices today, and how AI will enhance those efforts over time.
December 17, 2018

4 min read

Zero Trust part 1: Identity and access management

In part one of our series, I’ll define Zero Trust and then will discuss the first step to enabling a Zero Trust model—strong identity and access management.
December 12, 2018

3 min read

The evolution of Microsoft Threat Protection, December update

Last month, we shared updates on capabilities for securing identities, endpoints, user data, and cloud apps.
December 11, 2018

4 min read

Voice of the Customer: The Walsh Group found that Azure Active Directory gives them a competitive edge

The Voice of the Customer blog series is designed to help you by sharing stories from real customers who are solving their identity and security challenges using Azure AD.
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December 6, 2018

4 min read

CISO series: Strengthen your organizational immune system with cybersecurity hygiene

Cybersecurity hygiene is about maintaining cyberhealth by developing and implementing a set of tools, policies, and practices to increase your organization’s resiliency in the face of attacks and exploits.
November 29, 2018

5 min read

CISO series: Secure your privileged administrative accounts with a phased roadmap

If you are working on initiatives to secure your privileged accounts (and I hope you are), this post is designed to help.
November 28, 2018

5 min read

Windows Defender ATP device risk score exposes new cyberattack, drives Conditional access to protect networks

Several weeks ago, the Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (Windows Defender ATP) team uncovered a new cyberattack that targeted several high-profile organizations in the energy and food and beverage sectors in Asia.
November 15, 2018

6 min read

What’s new in Windows Defender ATP

We added new capabilities to each of the pillars of Windows Defender ATP’s unified endpoint protection platform: improved attack surface reduction, better-than-ever next-gen protection, more powerful post-breach detection and response, enhanced automation capabilities, more security insights, and expanded threat hunting.

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