Microsoft’s 4 principals for an effective security operations center

Credit to Author: Todd VanderArk| Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 16:00:50 +0000

Microsoft Chief Cybersecurity Strategist, Jonathan Trull, outlines four principles any organization can use to improve the effectiveness of its SOC.

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How to avoid getting caught in a “Groundhog Day” loop of security issues

Credit to Author: Todd VanderArk| Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2019 16:00:58 +0000

One of the best ways to thwart cybercrime is to involve security experts before deploying new products and services.

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CISO series: Lessons learned from the Microsoft SOC—Part 3a: Choosing SOC tools

Credit to Author: Todd VanderArk| Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2019 21:20:56 +0000

In the next post of our series, we provide tips on choosing technology to help a security operations center (SOC) be more responsive, effective, and collaborative.

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Azure Sentinel—the cloud-native SIEM that empowers defenders is now generally available

Credit to Author: Todd VanderArk| Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2019 16:00:55 +0000

Our goal has remained the same since we first launched Microsoft Azure Sentinel in February: empower security operations teams to help enhance the security posture of our customers. Today, we take the next step in that journey by making Azure Sentinel generally available.

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CISO series: Better cybersecurity requires a diverse and inclusive approach to AI and machine learning

Credit to Author: Todd VanderArk| Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2019 16:00:51 +0000

A collaborative, inclusive approach to creating AI and machine learning models can help increase your resilience to cyberattacks.

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Preparing your enterprise to eliminate passwords

Credit to Author: Todd VanderArk| Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2019 22:00:16 +0000

If you’re a CIO, a CISO, or any other exec at a company who is thinking about digital security, the user name/password paradigm is more than a hassle, it’s a true security challenge, which keeps many of us up at night. Today, I’m outlining the basic steps necessary to eliminate passwords, with the acknowledgement that we’re still on the journey. I believe we’ve mapped out the right path, but we aren’t finished yet.

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Lessons learned from the Microsoft SOC Part 2b: Career paths and readiness

Credit to Author: Todd VanderArk| Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2019 16:00:16 +0000

In our second post about people—our most valuable resource in the SOC—we talk about our investments into readiness programs, career paths, and recruiting for success.

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