Cybersecurity

Microsoft Secure

Sophisticated cybersecurity threats demand collaborative, global response

Since December, the United States, its government, and other critical institutions including security firms have been addressing the world’s latest serious nation-state cyberattack, sometimes referred to as ‘Solorigate’ or ‘SUNBURST.’ As we shared earlier this is a moment of reckoning for our industry and needs a unified response of defenders across public and private sectors.
The post Sophisticated cybersecurity threats demand collaborative, global response appeared first on Microsoft Security. READ MORE HERE…

Read More
Microsoft Secure

Automating and operationalizing data protection with Dataguise and Microsoft Information Protection

In technical literature, the terms data discovery, classification, and tagging are sometimes used interchangeably, but there are real differences in what they actually mean—and each plays a critical role in an enterprise data protection strategy.
The post Automating and operationalizing data protection with Dataguise and Microsoft Information Protection appeared first on Microsoft Security. READ MORE HERE…

Read More
Networkworld

Cisco AppDynamics software melds security, application management

Cisco AppDynamics is making it easier for customers to integrate security features with application development to help customers detect threats, identify non-standard application behavior, and block attacks.The company is adding software, called Cisco Secure Application, to the AppDynamics platform to correlate security and application information by scanning code execution for known exploits. Vulnerability data is shared with application and security operations teams so that together they can prioritize, execute, and track remediation efforts.
Read more: How AI can create self-driving data centersTo read this article in full, please click here READ MORE HERE…

Read More
Networkworld

Arista embraces segmentation as part of its zero-trust security

Arista has expanded its security software to let customers control authorized network access and communication between groups from the data center to the cloud.The new software, Macro-Segmentation Service (MSS)-Group, expands the company’s MSS security-software family, which currently includes MSS Firewall for setting security policies across customer edge, data-center and campus networks. Additionally, the company’s MSS Host focuses on data-center security policies.See how AI can boost data-center availability and efficiency
MSS software works with Arista Extensible Operating System (EOS) and its overarching CloudVision management software to provide network-wide visibility, orchestration, provisioning and telemetry across the data center and campus. CloudVision’s network information can be utilized by Arista networking partners including VMware, Microsoft and IBM’s Red Hat.To read this article in full, please click here READ MORE HERE…

Read More
Microsoft Secure

Recent enhancements for Microsoft Power Platform governance

An emerging trend in digital transformation efforts has been the rise of low-code development platforms. Of course, these low-code platforms must be grounded in best-of-breed governance capabilities which include security and compliance features. Without strong governance, the full benefits of low-code development cannot be realized. It’s only natural that any low-code platform chosen by an…
The post Recent enhancements for Microsoft Power Platform governance appeared first on Microsoft Security. READ MORE HERE…

Read More
Microsoft Secure

What tracking an attacker email infrastructure tells us about persistent cybercriminal operations

Sweeping research into massive attacker infrastructures, as well as our real-time monitoring of malware campaigns and attacker activity, directly inform Microsoft security solutions, allowing us to build or improve protections that block malware campaigns and other email threats, both current and future, as well as provide enterprises with the tools for investigating and responding to email campaigns in real-time.
The post What tracking an attacker email infrastructure tells us about persistent cybercriminal operations appeared first on Microsoft Security. READ MORE HERE…

Read More
Microsoft Secure

Why operational resilience will be key in 2021, and how this impacts cybersecurity

The lessons we have learned during the past 12 months have demonstrated that the ability to respond to, and bounce back from adversity in general, can impact the short-and long-term success of any organization. It can even dictate the leaders and laggards in any industry.
The post Why operational resilience will be key in 2021, and how this impacts cybersecurity appeared first on Microsoft Security. READ MORE HERE…

Read More