In 2015, Flanders Investment & Trade launched an IT strategy to systematically switch to the cloud. At the same time, in addition to traditional centralized perimeter security control, attention also had to be paid to decentralized cyber security. After conducting various security audits and evaluating several security applications, FIT opted for the Microsoft 365 Defender suite.
Eighteen months ago, GO! – the Department of Education for the Flemish Community – became the victim of several digital hacking attempts, with software for virtual desktops targeted in particular. For ICT manager Jan Buytaert, this wasn’t just the final straw to accelerate the migration to Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Office 365, it was also an added incentive to get a stronger grip on cyber security.
COVID-19 has impacted businesses and employees in various ways. One common fact is that we all tumbled into the sudden need to work remotely. But without the appropriate controls, new risks will unintentionally be introduced into your organization. Work remotely in a secure manner with our top 5 threat checks.
The management of personal devices isn’t always an easy sell within an organization – employees are often reluctant to have their personal device managed by their employer. Luckily, there is Microsoft Application Management (MAM), which helps companies secure corporate data on mobile devices.
SecWise has seen a growing number of attacks that rely on the application consent default configuration in Azure AD, which allows threat actors to get access to users’ data, mails and more. It is strongly advised to turn off this feature as soon as possible!
As users can access data from anywhere, it is a lot tougher to protect this data, especially for BYOD users that are accessing corporate data from their personal devices. Microsoft has built Windows Information Protection (WIP), to help organizations easily protect their corporate data accessed from unmanaged devices. WIP allows you to define and enforce policies to apps.
When talking to customers about Microsoft 365 security, we often kick off with reviewing the security of Azure Active Directory. Whether you are using O365 (E1 or E3), Intune (or any other product from the EMS Suite) or Azure IaaS and PaaS services, you already have Azure Active Directory! In this blogpost, we highlight the most important Azure AD features that you should be aware of.
Microsoft is and has always been keen on offering multiple options to the customer to acquire their different tools. The only downside to this strategy is that it is often complicated to find the best fit from a customer’s point of view. Therefore, we’ll demystify the license bundles in this blog, focusing on the different security solutions in the bundles.
Many organisations are considering Endpoint Detection Response (EDR) solutions, to improve their security posture against the many threats of today. In this blog post, we explain why your traditional antivirus (AV) solutions cannot cope with the actual threats of today and why Windows Defender ATP would be an excellent alternative.
Microsoft as security vendor? Are you serious? Microsoft does have a long history with security. This blog might help you understand why we at SecWise believe that Microsoft Security solutions can help many customers with their security challenges.