Saturday, November 21, 2020

More Microsoft Blog posts on Security

 

Title: Secure your GitHub deployment using Microsoft Cloud App Security
URL: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-security-and/secure-your-github-deployment-using-microsoft-cloud-app-security/ba-p/1882423
Overview: Welcome to newest post in our series on how to protect your API Connected Apps using Microsoft Cloud App Security (Microsoft CAS).

 

Title: Hunt across cloud applications activities with Microsoft 365 Defender advanced hunting
URL: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-365-defender/hunt-across-cloud-applications-activities-with-microsoft-365/ba-p/1893857
Overview: We’re thrilled to share that the new CloudAppEvents table is now available as a public preview in advanced hunting for Microsoft 365 Defender.

 

Title: How to export data from Splunk to Azure Sentinel
URL: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-sentinel/how-to-export-data-from-splunk-to-azure-sentinel/ba-p/1891237
Overview: We have published several Blog posts on how Azure Sentinel can be used  Side-by-Side with 3rd Party SIEM tools,  leveraging cloud-native SIEM and SOAR capabilities to forward enriched alerts.

 

Title: Meet the Microsoft Pluton processor – The security chip designed for the future of Windows PCs
URL: https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2020/11/17/meet-the-microsoft-pluton-processor-the-security-chip-designed-for-the-future-of-windows-pcs/
Overview: In collaboration with leading silicon partners AMD, Intel, and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., we are announcing the Microsoft Pluton security processor. This chip-to-cloud security technology, pioneered in Xbox and Azure Sphere, will bring even more security advancements to future Windows PCs and signals the beginning of a journey with ecosystem and OEM partners.

 

Title: MCAS Ninja: What’s a CASB and Why Do I Need One?
URL: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-security-and/mcas-ninja-what-s-a-casb-and-why-do-i-need-one/ba-p/1896575
Overview: As an IT professional of 20 years, I can recall the days of supporting line of business applications hosted in a corporate datacenter, behind a firewall, where IT had complete control. As Software as a Service (SaaS) started becoming the new modern line of business apps, a new challenge presented itself – the infrastructure behind that app is outside IT’s control. Not having controls to govern access (nor the data) in the app posed significant risks to the organization, not to mention a lack of visibility into the compliance and security posture of the app.

 

Title: Key layers for developing a smarter SOC with CyberProof-managed Microsoft Azure security services
URL: https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2020/11/17/key-layers-for-developing-a-smarter-soc-with-cyberproof-managed-microsoft-azure-security-services/
Overview: This blog post is part of the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association (MISA) guest blog series. Learn more about MISA here.   Security teams are struggling to reduce the time to detect and respond to threats due to the complexity and volume of alerts being generated from multiple security technologies. With more workloads being migrated to the…

 

Title: Forrester TEI study: Azure Sentinel delivers 201 percent ROI over 3 years and a payback of less than 6 months
URL: https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2020/11/16/forrester-tei-study-azure-sentinel-delivers-201-percent-roi-over-3-years-and-a-payback-of-less-than-6-months/
Overview: 2020 has been a transitional year, ushering in broad changes in how, and where, we work. Security operations (SecOps) teams face more significant challenges than ever as they protect the organization in this rapidly changing environment. These teams need a flexible, cost-effective, and efficient solution to empower their employees, improve security, and optimize costs against…

 

Title: Gartner names Microsoft a Leader in the 2020 Magic Quadrant for Cloud Access Security Brokers
URL: https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2020/11/18/gartner-names-microsoft-a-leader-in-the-2020-magic-quadrant-for-cloud-access-security-brokers/
Overview: The past few months have changed the way we work in many ways, working from home, social distancing, and remote operations have all had impacts on our previously known ways of life. At Microsoft, we have been working hard to assist our customers adjust to this rapidly changing and evolving work environment. As has been…