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Attack Simulation Training: RBAC and End User Notifications 2 Comments

Attack Simulation Training: RBAC and End User Notifications

Attack Simulations are Microsoft’s foray into a crowded field of competitors who provide a service that trains users to recognize dangerous email with simulated Phishing or malware-infested messages. Microsoft has continually added features and functionality since they released Attack Simulations, including additional simulation types, different payloads, custom payloads, customizable training and more. The most recent upgrades are RBAC permissions and end user notifications. These two additions to Attack Simulation Training are a great incentive to deploy and adopt this functionality, as End User communications are the key enhancement that make this feature worthwhile for an organization.

February 15, 2022
Planning for Azure AD Conditional Access Policies 26 Comments

Planning for Azure AD Conditional Access Policies

Conditional Access policies provide many security benefits, from the implementation of MFA in a user-friendly way, to the controls that can limit what data users access or download. However, the process of setting up CA policies is daunting to some at first. This article provides some thought processes and best practices to make this security initiative more manageable.

February 10, 2022
Microsoft 365 Tech Blogging, Vlogging and Podcasting Kit – Top Choices for 2022 5 Comments

Microsoft 365 Tech Blogging, Vlogging and Podcasting Kit – Top Choices for 2022

Creating content to share with your fellow IT professionals is time-consuming, and getting the right setup and equipment for tech blogging, vlogging and podcasts is important. However, it can be difficult to know what the best kit for your budget is. In this article you'll find exactly what you need, from Microsoft 365 environments, microphone, cameras, green-screens to software for recording or streaming your next tech discovery in the Microsoft Cloud.

February 4, 2022
Secure Access for Remote Workers without Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps 4 Comments

Secure Access for Remote Workers without Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

In the second article of this 2-part series, we describe the alternatives that exist to help secure access for remote workers, exploring the worthy features that don’t require MDCA. The features detailed in this article are available for any tenant with Azure AD Premium licensing and offer a more generic set of controls for tenants where MDCA licensing is not available.

February 3, 2022
Using Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps to Secure Access for Remote Workers 3 Comments

Using Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps to Secure Access for Remote Workers

There are many ways to provide secure access for remote users working on a home network or personal device (such as VPNs or VDI environments) and they each bring their own levels of complexity. This article explores using Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps as a solution that is easily deployed, and capable of expanding beyond Office 365 to bring a higher level of control and governance over third-party cloud apps that lack similar native controls.

January 27, 2022