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Credit to Author: Diana Kelley| Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2018 17:00:16 +0000

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.

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December 5, 2018 admin

Step 1. Identify users: top 10 actions to secure your environment

Credit to Author: Debbie Seres| Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2018 17:00:44 +0000

This series outlines the most fundamental steps you can take with your investment in Microsoft 365 security solutions. Well provide advice on activities such as setting up identity management through active directory, malware protection, and more. In this post, we explain how to create a single common identity across on-premises and cloud with hybrid authentication.

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December 3, 2018 admin

Insights from the MITRE ATT&CK-based evaluation of Windows Defender ATP

Credit to Author: Windows Defender ATP team| Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2018 02:15:27 +0000

In MITREs evaluation of endpoint detection and response solutions, Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection demonstrated industry-leading optics and detection capabilities. The breadth of telemetry, the strength of threat intelligence, and the advanced, automatic detection through machine learning, heuristics, and behavior monitoring delivered comprehensive coverage of attacker techniques across the entire attack chain. MITRE tested the

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December 3, 2018 admin

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

Credit to Author: toddvanderark| Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2018 17:00:51 +0000

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

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December 3, 2018 admin

Kicking off the Microsoft Graph Security Hackathon

Credit to Author: toddvanderark| Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2018 17:00:24 +0000

Announcing the Microsoft Graph Security Hackathon! Join today for a chance to win a piece of the $15,000 cash prize pool.

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December 3, 2018 admin

Analysis of cyberattack on U.S. think tanks, non-profits, public sector by unidentified attackers

Credit to Author: Windows Defender ATP| Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2018 16:00:10 +0000

Reuters recently reported a hacking campaign focused on a wide range of targets across the globe. In the days leading to the Reuters publication, Microsoft researchers were closely tracking the same campaign. Our sensors revealed that the campaign primarily targeted public sector institutions and non-governmental organizations like think tanks and research centers, but also included

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November 29, 2018 admin

Secure your privileged administrative accounts with a phased roadmap

Credit to Author: toddvanderark| Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2018 17:00:51 +0000

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

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November 28, 2018 admin

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

Credit to Author: Windows Defender ATP| Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2018 21:46:48 +0000

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. Given the target region and verticals, the attack chain, and the toolsets used, we believe the threat actor that the industry refers to

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