Practical Protection: Banning Apps with Intune
In this in episode of Practical Protection, we dive into some recent IT incidents involving applications, and how Intune can be used to block them from your devices.
February 24, 2025
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Practical Protection: Logging – What the Feds Say You’re Doing Wrong
In this episode of Practical Protection, Paul Robichaux dives into CISA's Microsoft Expanded Cloud Logs Implementation Playbook, its prerequisites, and applying this advice into your organization.
February 5, 2025
Practical Protection: Two Kinds of Bad
In this installment of practical protection, we dive into two kinds of crimes, and how you can practically apply that knowledge to securing your network and services within your organization.
January 15, 2025
Practical Protection: Heading Into 2025
With 2025 in full swing, it's time to do some reflecting! In this episode of practical protection, we look back at the major Microsoft security events in 2024 and how you can prepare yourself for what's to come in 2025.
January 6, 2025
Practical Protection: The Great “Connected Experiences” Panic of 2024
This episode of Practical Protection dives into connected experiences, what they are, and debunks some claims that were made regarding AI models using customer data via Connected Experiences.
December 11, 2024
Practical Protection: Getting Ready for MFA Enforcement in Microsoft 365
Starting in February 2025, Microsoft is going to enforce MFA for all access to the Microsoft 365 admin center—both for users and administrators. Let this episode of Practical Protection serve as a reminder to configure MFA for your tenant, if you haven’t already!
November 27, 2024
Practical Protection: Leveling up Conditional Access Policy Management
In this episode of Practical Protection, Paul Robichaux provides a practical approach to Conditional Access Management, combining both the Beas and Microsoft frameworks.
November 6, 2024
Practical Protection: The 2024 Microsoft Digital Defense Report
It's that time of the year again! In this episode of Practical Protection, we review the 2024 Microsoft Digital Defense Report and offer our recommendations to protect against the emerging and current threat.
October 23, 2024
Practical Protection: Updating Your Password Policies
This week on Practical Protection, we are talking about Password Policies, what NIST thinks, and offer some advice on staying secure.
October 2, 2024
Practical Protection: Sign-In Marking
Microsoft reported yet another nation-state attack, code-named Peach Sandstorm. In this blog, we discuss the threat actor and provide steps to defend against similar attacks.
September 18, 2024
Practical Protection: Imposing Cost
No one likes spending money! In this episode of Practical Protection, we dive into imposing cost on attackers, hopefully deterring them from attacking in the first place.
September 6, 2024
Practical Protection: How to Score a Raise
Looking to score that raise? In this episode of Practical Protection, we dive into Microsoft 365 Secure score, how it works, and help you better secure your Microsoft cloud environments.
August 19, 2024