Everyone hold on because it will be a wild ride of news filled week for Microsoft Security Matters Newsletter. As normal, provided below is the recap of last month’s (Oct 2019) Microsoft Security News. Later this week, I will have a Microsoft Ignite wrap that will focus on Microsoft Security and there is a ton of great news plus new product features.
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General News
- Recent cyberattacks require us all to be vigilant
- New Secured-core PC requirements designed to protect against targeted firmware attacks
- New cyberattacks targeting sporting and anti-doping organizations
Azure Security & Compliance News
- Azure Sentinel: Collecting logs from Microsoft Services and Applications
- Measuring your return on investment of Azure as a compliance platform
- Identifying Threat Hunting opportunities in your data
- Integrating Azure Security Center with Azure Sentinel
- Accessing Azure Security Center Alerts in Splunk using Graph Security API Integration
- Table Level RBAC In Azure Sentinel
- How to use Azure Monitor Workbooks to map Sentinel data
Microsoft 365Security (All Up News)
- Bringing the security and manageability of Windows for IoT to the intelligent edge
- Virtualization-Based Security: Enabled by Default
- Security baseline (Sept2019Update) for Windows 10 v1903 and Windows Server v1903
- Extended Security Updates and Configuration Manager
- Assessing your Zero Trust readiness with the Microsoft Maturity Model
- Microsoft’s Zero Trust journey
- Security baseline (DRAFT) for Chromium-based Microsoft Edge, version 78
M365 Identity & Data Protection (Azure AD, Intune, AIP, MCAS)
- All your creds are belong to us!
- New capability simplifies bulk management for users and groups
- How to Restrict Access to AIP Audit Logs to a Single Country or Region
- 16 new built-in roles—including Global reader—now available in preview
- Announcing ServiceNow, Microsoft Teams and Planner integration with Microsoft Secure Score
- Users can now check their sign-in history for unusual activity
- Microsoft Intune helps high-security customers authenticate using derived credentials on mobile
- Staged rollout to cloud authentication now in public preview
- Introducing Endpoint Security node within the improved Microsoft Device Management
- Protect your highly regulated files in Teams with Microsoft 365 Enterprise
- Azure Information Protection Documentation Update for October 2019
M365 Threat Protection (Office ATP, Windows Defender ATP, Azure ATP/ATA)
- Forrester names Microsoft a Leader in 2019 Endpoint Security Suites Wave
- Manage Windows Defender Firewall with Microsoft Defender ATP and Intune
- Tamper protection now generally available for Microsoft Defender ATP customers
- Experts on demand: now generally available
- Webinar: Fighting the “Unknown Unknowns” with Microsoft and Morphisec
- Introducing remote deployment guidance for Microsoft Defender ATP and Office 365 ATP
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