After 2018 being packed with major security & compliance solutions/features added to Microsoft 365, 2019 is off to a bang with key announcements in the areas of Identity & Threat Protection.  Enjoy going through the resources below in the first newsletter of 2019.

General News

• 2018: Azure Security Center Year in Review
• Guide to Developing a National Cybersecurity Strategy—a resource for policymakers to respond to cybersecurity challenges
• Five Tactics for Improving Security and Compliance in Healthcare (e-book)
• Azure Security Training Resources
• Microsoft’s Cyber Defense Operations Center shares best practices
• Security for healthcare through cloud agents and virtual patching

Microsoft 365 Security (All Up News)

• Introducing new advanced security and compliance offerings for Microsoft 365
• Microsoft Graph Security API Provider App Available in Palo Alto Network Marketplace
• Contextualizing Attacker Activity within Sessions in Exchange Online
• Best practices for securely using Microsoft 365—the CIS Microsoft 365 Foundations Benchmark now available
• Use Exchange Online and the Security & Compliance Center to comply with SEC Rule 17a-4
• Introducing the new Microsoft 365 security center and Microsoft 365 compliance center

Identity & Data Protection (Azure AD, Intune, AIP, MCAS)

• Automating Security workflows with Microsoft’s CASB and MS Flow
• Say good-bye to custom scripts and simplify your workforce identity lifecycle with Workday and Azure
• Protect your identities: top 10 actions to secure your environment
• Azure AD B2B makes sharing and collaboration seamless for any user with any account
• Four major Azure AD Identity Protection enhancements are now in public preview
• Microsoft Intune introduces MDM Security Baselines to secure the modern workplace

Threat Protection (O365 ATP, Windows Defender ATP, Azure ATP/ATA)

• How to use Windows Defender ATP API’s in a few simple steps
• Tackling phishing with signal-sharing and machine learning
• How to respond to evolving security threats with a modern desktop (video)
• Windows Defender ATP integrates with Microsoft Information Protection to discover, protect, and monitor sensitive data on Windows devices
• Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (Windows Defender ATP) technologies consistently achieve high scores in independent tests

Regards,

Jeremy Windmiller | Enterprise Security Architect, CISSP, ITIL | Microsoft – Healthcare