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One of the things that our Detection and Response Team (DART) and Customer Service and Support (CSS) security teams see frequently during investigation of customer incidents are attacks on virtual machines from the...

I still regularly receive questions from independent IT consultants as well as Managed Services Providers about Microsoft 365 in relation to “regular maintenance” tasks and the like, which can be translated into...

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella recently said, “We have seen two years’ worth of digital transformation in two months.” This is a result of many organizations having to adapt to the new world of document sharing and...

With many employees suddenly working from home, there are things an organization and employees can do to help remain productive without increasing cybersecurity risk. While employees in this new remote work situation...

Human-operated ransomware campaigns pose a significant and growing threat to businesses and represent one of the most impactful trends in cyberattacks today. In these hands-on-keyboard attacks, which are different from...

The Azure security team is pleased to announce that the Azure Security Benchmark v1 (ASB) is now available. ASB is a collection of over 90 security best practices recommendations you can employ to increase the overall...

Microsoft Secure Score is increasingly becoming a central part of cloud security planning and engagement. Microsoft is putting a lot of effort into this simple, yet powerful tool and if you’re in the Microsoft cloud...

By Gustavo Velez (gustavo@gavd.net) Leveraging the Power of the Graph The Microsoft Graph API offers a fast and easy way to find and modify Office 365 data. Combining the Graph with Microsoft Flow makes it possible to...

I kickstarted 2019 with a “dry,” keto January. And, as so often happens, I found a parallel between my personal life and my chosen industry, cybersecurity. In this case, it was measurement. How do you know if...

Bringing together information from multiple disconnected security systems to solve today’s security challenges is complex. We recently asked Microsoft Graph Security Hackathon participants to come up with innovative...

The use of Transport Layer Security (TLS) encryption for data in transit is a common way to help ensure the confidentiality and integrity of data transmitted between devices, such as a web server and a computer....

For someone who writes so extensively on Microsoft / Office 365 products, especially with regard to security, I haven’t said much about their Secure Score tool on this site yet. Probably I have mentioned it once or...

Over the past year, while working with many different clients, the topic of Security within Office 365 comes up. Specifically, an area of interest is the Secure Score. I have often had clients say that they do not...

Many Changes inside Office 365 As is now the norm, far too much change happens to Office 365-related technology in a single month to cover in long pieces. Some important things did go past me in April 2018 that I felt...

This weeks guest post is brought to you by Seb Masterton-Smith from HMS-evolve, a Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider. In this world of uncertainty, insecurity and downright misinformation, how do you know if your cloud...

*** WARNING *** – This is a long, long, long article. This is the second in a series of articles on the Office 365 Secure Score feature. In the first article I covered the basic interface and usage of the Secure Score...

If you have an Office 365 tenant and you have explored the Security and Compliance Center. On your dashboard, or home screen, you may have noticed an item called ‘Office 365 Secure Score’. It should look something...

Office 365 for IT Pros, 4th Edition is continually updated with new information, changes and corrections. Customers who bought the book from this website can download the updated files from their purchase history....

Office 365 for IT Pros, 3rd Edition is continually updated with new information, changes and corrections. Customers who bought the book from this website can download the updated files from their purchase history....

In an email from a reader I was asked about Office 365 Secure Score and whether it will help their organization to know when hackers have gained access to their Office 365 data. The short answer is no, that’s not the...