To help customers deploy quick and effective security training to their remote workforce, we are announcing the availability of the Microsoft Cybersecurity Awareness Kit.
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As the work-from-home trend grows due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the need for secure access to enterprise resources continues to grow and with it the demand for ever-more VPN.For example demand for commercial virtual private networks in the U.S. jumped by 41% between March 13 and March 23, according to research from Top10VPN.com, a VPN research and testing company in the U.K. The VPN market will hit $70 billion by 2026, according to market research and management consulting company Global Market Insights. In an April blog AT&T pointed to a 700% increase in connections to its cloud-based SD-WAN Static Network Based (ANIRA) VPN service.To read this article in full, please click here READ MORE HERE…
CISO guidance and support from around the world.
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“Alexa, turn on the TV.” ”Get it yourself.” This nightmare scenario could play out millions of times unless people take steps to protect their IoT devices. The situation is even worse in industrial settings. Smart manufacturing, that is, Industry 4.0, relies on tight integration between IT systems and OT systems. Enterprise resource planning (ERP) software…
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If you work in IT, you’re probably safely ensconced at home right now, clinging to your laptop at the edge of your company’s network. The shift from office to home has been momentous. But it’s also symbolic of a larger trend: The network edge has become as important as the network core. Remote workers aside, the IoT (internet of things) is the biggest reason why the edge has become so crucial.According to Gartner, a crazy variety of some 21 billion connected “things” are at this moment collecting data and performing all sorts of tasks. The majority are consumer devices, from smart speakers to watches to door locks. The rest serve business: medical devices, engine sensors, industrial robots, HVAC controllers…almost every enterprise now relies on IoT devices in one form or another.To read this article in full, please click here READ MORE HERE…
Researchers from Microsoft Threat Protection Intelligence Team and Intel Labs collaborated to study the application of deep transfer learning technique from computer vision to static malware classification.
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With millions of people working from home, the coronavirus outbreak has seen global VPN demand surge. Demand for commercial virtual private networks in the U.S. jumped by 41% between March 13 and March 23, according to research from Top10VPN.com, a VPN research and testing company in the U.K.VPNs were already a growth industry before the COVID-19 outbreak and subsequent shutdown of workplaces. The global VPN market was forecast to grow 12% year-on-year and be worth $70 billion by 2026, according to a Global Market Insights 2020 survey. North America was forecast to remain the leader in VPN usage, with around 30% market share.To read this article in full, please click here READ MORE HERE…
Given the increase in remote work, the need to go passwordless and use multi-factor authentication (MFA) is even more significant. In honor of World Passwordless Day, this blog discusses the reasons why passwordless is so important and how to get started using Azure Active Directory and some apps that are already included in Microsoft security solutions.
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Security incidents don’t happen exclusively during business hours: attackers often wait until the late hours of the night to breach an environment.
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This blog wraps up the day in the life of a SOC analyst on the investigation team with insights on remediating incidents, post-incident cleanup, and impact of COVID-19 on the SOC. This is the sixth blog post in the series.
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