KillNet and affiliate hacktivist groups targeting healthcare with DDoS attacks

Credit to Author: Microsoft Security Threat Intelligence – Editor| Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2023 16:00:00 +0000

In the last year, geopolitical tension has led to an uptick of reported cybercrime events fueled by hacktivist groups. The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published an advisory to warn organizations about these attacks and teamed with the FBI on a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) response strategy guide. KillNet, a group that the US…

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Get integrated Microsoft Purview Information Protection in Adobe Acrobat—now available

Credit to Author: Christine Barrett| Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2023 17:00:00 +0000

Adobe and Microsoft, as trusted providers of business solutions used by millions, are joining forces to bring unparalleled modern work experiences to customers globally. Organizations using Microsoft Purview Information Protection can now apply and edit sensitivity labels and policies to PDFs.

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Microsoft named a Leader in 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Access Management for the 6th year

Credit to Author: Emma Jones| Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2022 16:00:00 +0000

We are honored to announce that Microsoft has been named a Leader in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Access Management for Microsoft Azure Active Directory (Azure AD), part of Microsoft Entra.

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Work remotely, stay secure—guidance for CISOs

Credit to Author: Todd VanderArk| Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 16:00:48 +0000

With many employees suddenly working from home, there are things an organization and employees can do to help remain productive without increasing cybersecurity risk.

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Empower Firstline Workers with Azure AD and YubiKey passwordless authentication

Credit to Author: Todd VanderArk| Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 16:00:37 +0000

The integration of FIDO2-based YubiKeys and Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) is a game changer.

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Microsoft identity acronyms—what do they mean and how do they relate to each other?

Credit to Author: Todd VanderArk| Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 17:00:54 +0000

This is the first in a blog series to help lessen confusion around identity by sharing with you some of the terms used at Microsoft.

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Azure Sphere—Microsoft’s answer to escalating IoT threats—reaches general availability

Credit to Author: Todd VanderArk| Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 09:00:18 +0000

Azure Sphere is now generally available: Ann Johnson and Galen Hunt discuss cybersecurity, IoT, and why device security matters.

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