Cloud Security & Compliance News for April 10th, 2023
A Weekly post with news from the Security & Compliance community. #cloudsecurity #compliance #news #softcorpremium
Sophos improves endpoint security solutions to boost cyber defenses
Sophos has enhanced their endpoint security solutions to strengthen cyber defenses. #Sophos #endpointsecurity #softcorpremium
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The Ethics of Network and Security Monitoring
The article explores the ethical considerations around network and security monitoring, emphasizing the importance of balancing the need for security with the rights of privacy. It argues that organizations should establish clear policies and guidelines for monitoring, be transparent with employees about the types of monitoring taking place, and ensure that any data collected is used for legitimate security purposes only. #EthicsOfNetwork #SecurityMonitoring #softcorpremium
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Application Security Requires More Investment in Developer Education
The post discusses the importance of investing in developer education to improve application security. #developer #education #softcorpremium
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Cloudflare Access is the fastest Zero Trust proxy
The post discusses the benefits of using Cloudflare Access as a Zero Trust proxy and highlights its speed compared to other solutions. #CloudflareAccess #ZeroTrustProxy #softcorpremium
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AI Has Your Business Data
The post discusses the benefits of using artificial intelligence to analyze and manage business data. #artificialintelligence #businessdata #softcorpremium
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Microsoft continues to innovate to help secure small businesses
Microsoft has introduced new security features for small and medium-sized businesses with the latest Microsoft Defender for Business innovations, allowing these companies to focus on what is essential. #Microsoft #security #softcorpremium
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Account Security Analytics and Events: better visibility over all domains
The post discusses the importance of Account Security Analytics and Events in providing better visibility over all domains. #AccountSecurityAnalytics #Events #softcorpremium
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Improved experience for managing the default Azure security recommendations
Microsoft announces an improved user experience for managing security recommendations in Azure, which allows security teams to review, operate, and fine-tune security recommendations based on organizational needs. The improved experience provides a single view of all security recommendations offered by the Microsoft Cloud Security Benchmark (MCSB) for their Azure environment and allows security admins to choose between multiple effects: Audit evaluates the compliance state of resources according to recommendation logic and Deny. #Azure #MCSB #softcorpremium
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Microsoft achieves first native Cloud Data Management Capabilities certification
Microsoft has achieved the first native Cloud Data Management Capabilities certification, demonstrating a commitment to trust and accelerating cloud adoption by ensuring sensitive data is secure. #Microsoft #CloudDataManagement #softcorpremium
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How CISOs Can Work With the CFO to Get the Best Security Budget
The post discusses how Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) can collaborate with the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to obtain the most effective security budget. #CISOs #CFO #softcorpremium
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Technology Firms Delivering Much-Sought Encryption-in-Use
Technology firms are meeting the demand for encryption-in-use, providing users with increased security measures. #Technology #encryption #softcorpremium
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Identity Innovation for a More Secure Nation
Government agencies are at risk of identity attacks, making them a prime target for bad actors across cyberthreat ecosystems. In response to National Security Memo (NSM-8), Microsoft has developed strong authentication methods to help agencies remove legacy on-premises federated servers, securely authenticate users with Certificate-Based Authentication, and roll out modern, easy to use and phishing resistant authentication methods. #cyberthreat #authentication #softcorpremium
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Microsoft awarded Best Advanced Protection for Corporate and Consumer Users by AV-TEST
Microsoft Defender AV has been awarded Best Advanced Protection 2022 for both Corporate Users and Consumer Users categories by AV-TEST. Microsoft has transformed antivirus by supercharging it for the next generation to combat the evolving threat landscape with advanced detection engines and cloud capabilities fueled by 65 trillion daily signals curated from their global portfolio of products and services. #Microsoft #DefenderAV #AVTEST #softcorpremium
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Announcing Secure Baseline accelerators for multi-tenant App Service deployments
Microsoft Azure has introduced a new Secure Baseline scenario in the Landing Zone Accelerator for Azure App Service, providing a secure starting point to build new apps or modernize existing web apps running on-premises or in Virtual Machines. The secure baseline uses a security strategy called defense in-depth and is currently available as two separate implementations: Terraform and Bicep. #MicrosoftAzure #SecureBaseline #LandingZoneAccelerator #softcorpremium
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Tech Accelerator: Microsoft Secure & Microsoft Intune Suite - April 11-13
Microsoft is hosting a virtual event called Tech Accelerator on April 11-13, 2023, aimed at providing IT professionals with technical depth to successfully use their products. The event will feature demos, technical deep dives, AMA sessions and a closer look at Microsoft Secure. The first two days will focus on Microsoft Intune Suite with sessions such as \"Unpacking the Intune Suite\" and \"Keep apps secure and updated with advanced app management.\" #Microsoft #TechAccelerator #MicrosoftSecure #softcorpremium
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Why (and how) Google Cloud is adding attack path simulation to Security Command Center
Google Cloud is adding an advanced simulation engine to attack path analysis in Security Command Center (SCC) to help security teams identify assets that are most vulnerable to attack and know where to apply the right security controls to better protect their cloud environment. The simulation engine will analyze all assets in a Google Cloud environment, the relationships between these assets, the current state of defenses, and potential security issues to mimic how an attacker could navigate the environment to gain unauthorized access to high value assets. #GoogleCloud #SecurityCommandCenter #SCC #softcorpremium
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Data Connectors for Azure Log Analytics and Data Explorer Now in Public Preview
The Microsoft Defender EASM team has released new Data Connectors for Azure Log Analytics and Azure Data Explorer to automate the data flow of up-to-the-minute Attack Surface Data to keep organizations secure. The connectors can be used to push asset data or insights to Log Analytics or Azure Data Explorer for custom reports or dashboards, generating trends, and discovering unknown cloud assets. #Azure #security #softcorpremium
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How to configure Security Events collection with Azure Monitor Agent
Microsoft Defender for Servers Plan 2 users can benefit from a 500-MB free data ingestion allowance (per day, per server) into Log Analytics for security events collection. Data Collection Rules (DCRs) can be configured through the Azure Monitor Agent to filter data collection and ingest it into the SecurityEvent table for optimal security and cost-wise experience. #Microsoft #DefenderForServers #LogAnalytics #softcorpremium
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The CSO guide to top security conferences
The article discusses the importance of attending face-to-face events for career networking and knowledge gathering. It provides a list of upcoming security conferences and highlights their significance for professionals in the field. #career #networking #softcorpremium
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Bringing observability to cloud security
Security observability refers to the ability to collect, analyze, and visualize security data from various tools and systems in order to gain insight into potential threats and take proactive measures. It is a significant improvement in cloud security technology that allows organizations to predict potential hazards and mitigate them. #Security #observability #softcorpremium
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Microsoft Entra Updates You May Have Missed
Microsoft announces general availability and several security feature updates for Microsoft Entra across various capability areas, such as identity security, cloud trust, and external identities. The updates include improvements in authentication, anomalous activity detection, attribute-based access control, soft delete for administrative units, and passwordless Windows Hello for Business. #Microsoft #Entra #security #softcorpremium
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.NET Devs Targeted With Malicious NuGet Packages
Malicious NuGet packages are being used to target .NET developers. #Malicious #NuGet #softcorpremium
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What’s New: Introducing Microsoft Sentinel Network Sessions Essential solution
Microsoft Sentinel has announced a new Network Sessions Essential solution in Public Preview that leverages Advanced Security Information Model (ASIM) and provides generic out-of-the-box content for network security scenarios. This domain solution supports approximately 16 network products and services including Azure Firewall, Palo Alto Firewall, Corelight, Cisco Meraki, Fotinet Fortigate, and more, allowing the same content to work with multiple network products deployed in an organization, delivering more value to protect your network with less. #MicrosoftSentinel #networksecurity #softcorpremium
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MITRE Rolls Out Supply Chain Security Prototype
MITRE has developed a prototype for supply chain security to help organizations identify and mitigate potential risks in their supply chains. #MITRE #supplychainsecurity #softcorpremium
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New AWS Security Blog homepage
AWS has launched a new security-centered homepage for their Security Blog, which provides readers with more information and easier access to the rest of AWS Security. The existing list-view homepage will remain available. #AWS #Security #softcorpremium
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