Common attacks such as phishing, password spray, and credential stuffing rely on one unchanging truth: when it comes to passwords, human behavior is predictable. Armed with this predictability, bad actors still succeed most of time when attempting these types of attacks, even though the tools they’re using are 30 years old. Starting today, we’re excited…
With hybrid work, an opportunity has emerged to create work models that are really targeted to each employee’s needs and what matters to them while maintaining high productivity levels. Read this guide for a blueprint on how to create a hybrid workplace where everyone can be at their best.
Data breaches have become so commonplace that it may seem like a match you’ve lost before you even enter the ring. Zero day attacks, in particular, are a daunting prospect. These breaches can crop up seemingly out of nowhere and take organizations completely off-guard and completely offline, forcing them into paying steep ransoms to bad actors or…
There’s no one-size-fits-all solution to flexible work. Every company’s needs are different, and, as Microsoft’s 2021 Work Trend Index Pulse Report showed, it’s essential to support flexibility in different work styles for your people and teams. According to the report, 58 percent of employees who planned to spend most of their time at the office chose that option…
Nobody likes passwords. They’re inconvenient. They’re a prime target for attacks. Yet for years they’ve been the most important layer of security for everything in our digital lives—from email to bank accounts, shopping carts to video games. We are expected to create complex and unique passwords, remember them, and change them frequently, but nobody likes…
Life’s complicated enough without needing to remember a multitude of passwords. Watch the video as Microsoft takes a tongue-in-cheek approach to highlight the need to “Break free from your password.”
Azure Sentinel is Microsoft’s cloud-native SIEM for modern SecOps. Requiring no infrastructure, it eliminates worries about scaling up and takes just minutes to set up. Watch this demo video to see how Azure Sentinel enables you to stream all Microsoft 365 Defender incidents into the SIEM and keep them synchronized. Get in touch to discuss…
The past year of COVID-19 variants has thrown a wrench in the return-to-office plan for many organizations. What was expected to be a mass migration back to the office in September of 2021 quickly halted as employers extended their work-from-home policies indefinitely into another miserable pandemic winter. As spring approaches, employees and employers once again…
In 2021, cybercrime has become even more sophisticated, widespread, and relentless. Criminals have targeted critical infrastructure—healthcare, information technology, financial services, energy sectors—with headline-grabbing attacks crippling businesses and harming consumers. But there are positive trends—victims are coming forward, humanizing the toll of cyberattacks, and prompting increased engagement from law enforcement. Governments are also passing new laws and allocating more resources as they recognize cybercrime as a threat to national security.
Defender for Cloud generates alerts for resources deployed on your Azure, on-premises, and hybrid cloud environments. Security alerts are triggered by advanced detections and are available only with enhanced security features enabled. You can upgrade from the Environment settings page, as described in Quickstart: Enable enhanced security features. A free 30-day trial is available. For pricing details in…