Practical Protection: Why You Might Want to Get Rid of Ads
With an increase in ads being used to deliver malware, there is now a practical reason to consider blocking ads on your corporate network.
January 26, 2023
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What We Can Learn from the Rackspace Breach
In early December 2022, Rackspace had a major breach in their exchange environment that led to customers' mail data being stolen. This article explains what happened and what can be learned from this incident.
January 19, 2023
Practical Protection: Picking Winners with Microsoft’s Defender for Cloud Apps (MDCA)
In this article, Paul Robichaux discusses two lesser-known Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps (MDCA) features, cloud discovery and the cloud app catalog.
January 11, 2023
Practical Protection: Document Encryption in Microsoft 365
Paul Robichaux explains why adding another layer of encryption to your documents is key, and gives advice on how to add this extra layer of protection.
December 20, 2022
Practical Protection: Demystifying Defender
This week on Practical Protection, Paul dives into Microsoft's Defender umbrella brand of products and how they can help protect your tenant.
November 16, 2022
Practical Protection: Fernando Corbató’s Nightmare Legacy
This week on Practical Protection, Paul discusses the history of passwords and the many problems they pose in the modern cloud-based world.
October 31, 2022
Practical Protection: Security Principles for your Exchange Environment
Welcome to the first installment of Practical Protection. This week's focus is on Security Principles for your Exchange Environment.
October 18, 2022
Microsoft 365 Throttling Stinks
Based on his recent TEC talk session, Paul Robichaux explains what throttling is, how it works, and how to avoid it!
October 5, 2022
Exchange Server Support for Windows Extended Protection
Microsoft recently released Exchange Server Support for Windows Extended Protection. Learn how it works and how to enable it!
September 5, 2022
Block Macro Execution with Office Cloud Policy Service (OCPS)
Organizations can block macro execution by applying policies to Office apps. This article shows how with the Office cloud policy service (OCPS), a web-based tool included with all Office 365 plans that lets you define and apply policy settings to Microsoft 365 for enterprise apps through a cloud-based console.
July 19, 2022
New Microsoft Zero-Day Vulnerability Times Two: Follina and DogWalk
Microsoft zero-day vulnerability times two: Follina and DogWalk. Learn more about what this means for your environment.
June 8, 2022
Changes in Microsoft 365 Apps Channels and Why You Should Care
Paul Robichaux explains recent changes in how Microsoft 365 Apps Channels updates are deployed and why it matters to you.
May 19, 2022