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How To Use Microsoft Email Encryption

Introduction Cybersecurity is now at the front and center of everybody’s mind.  This is especially true when it comes to all of forms of digital communications, including email.  We want to be sure that the messages that are sent back and forth remain safe and intact.  The best way to do this is via encryption and ...

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HIPAA/HITECH COMPLIANCE

Introduction Most of us have at least heard of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) and the  CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Regulation). These are the key data privacy laws that ensure the appropriate controls are put into place to in order help safeguard the PII (Personally Identifiable Information) datasets that businesses store. But there is also ...

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Zero Click Security Alert

There is a vulnerability (potentially zero-click) that can be exploited on Chromium based browsers (Chrome, Microsoft Edge, etc.). Because of the rush from Google and Microsoft to get a patch out and the lack of protection available if it is indeed zero-click necessary, we recommend ensuring all browsers are up to date as of 03/29/22 or ...

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Microsoft DNS Filtering

In the world that we live in today, just about anything can be considered as prey for the Cyber-attacker.  As we have seen with this pandemic, one of the favorite targets has been that of the heisting of domain names in order to create spoofed ones, in which the unsuspecting victim is lured into. One method ...

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Microsoft’s Endpoint Detection – what’s in P1 and P2?

Microsoft is known for its many licensing plans, but there are two of them that we have not covered in more detail. They are the EDR Plan 1 and Plan 2. They are examined more closely in this article. What Is In Plan 1? Here is what is included: It has the following types of functionalities: Other platforms ...

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Raise your Security Game with Microsoft’s Conditional Access

In today’s digital world, you hear a lot about granting privileges, rights, and accesses to shared resources on the most minimal level possible.  Technically, this is known as the concept of “Least Privilege”, and it simply means that you are giving your employees just what they need in terms of access to shared resources in ...

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Why Microsoft Identity is important for your Cybersecurity

As we start to roll into 2022, the one thing that will be on people’s mind’s is that of Cybersecurity.  It is expected that this year could be the same or even worse in terms of the intensity of attacks, especially that of Ransomware.  Another area which will get a close watch is software security, ...

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Cybersecurity Predictions For 2022

There is no doubt that 2021 gave Cybersecurity professionals a run for their money, no matter what their line of expertise is.  A lot of this was fueled by the sheer onslaught of Ransomware attacks, which was totally unprecedented.  This trend is expected to continue going into 2022, but what are the other Cyber predictions?  ...

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New Microsoft Defender XDR for Small Business

In one of our previous blogs, we had reviewed the Microsoft XDR in detail.  But recently, Microsoft has come out with a recent edition of this platform that’s geared specifically towards the SMB (Small to Medium Sized Business) market.  In this blog, we take a look at this newer edition. What Are The Features? With this platform ...

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Reported Flaw in Azure Active Directory (AAD)

We wanted to bring to your attention a recently reported flaw in Azure Active Directory (AAD) that references the ability for an attacker to 'brute force' passwords.  Firstly, what is AAD?  AAD is what Microsoft (and your organization) uses to identify your users and allows them to access your company data.  Secondly, what does it ...

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