Security

SharePoint Online – Sensitivity labels are now integrated with SharePoint Online and OneDrive

You may already know Azure Information Protection Unified Labelling, the document protection and labelling solution based on Azure Right Management services and Office 365 Compliance. Well, good news Sensitivity Labels, after being integrated with Outlook Web Access and Exchange Online, are now also integrated with SharePoint Online and OneDrive. First, before gaining advantage of this […]

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ATP – Microsoft Threat Protection will automatically turn on for eligible license

On June 1st, 2020, Microsoft Threat Protection will be automatically turn on when you hold one of the following licenses: Microsoft Threat Protection Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection Microsoft Cloud App Security Azure Advanced Threat Protection Microsoft 365 E5 Microsoft 365 E5 Security Windows 10 Enterprise E5 Enterprise Mobility +

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Azure – The Azure Service Health is now providing security advisories

As you know, when working with cloud resources, security is a key component. While Microsoft Cloud services (Office 365 and Azure) are quite secure, there is always room for potential issues; especially for the part under the customer responsibilities. To help customers to have a good security posture, Office 365 and Azure have already provided

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Azure – Identity Recommendations are now included in Azure Security Center Free tier

By now, you may already know that Azure Security Center (ASC) is your one-stop shop to improve your security posture in Azure. ASC comes with different pricing, including one free but limited one. Well good news, Identity Recommendations – which were limited to paid tiers previously – are now also included with the free tier.

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Azure AD – You can now authenticate with text message (preview)

As you know, Microsoft has embarked to a password-less journey by providing more secure authentication process with Windows Hello or FIDO2 security key. Well, the journey is continuing with a new way to authenticate with text messages. NOTE first, an important disclaimer as this is an early preview, there are some limitations: SMS-based authentication isn’t

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Security – You can now allow other applications to capture screen and one-time code from the Authenticator app

By now, you may know the Microsoft Authenticator app used for multi factor authentication (MFA) to access your Microsoft Account (MSA), Corporate account (Azure AD/Office 365), or even your Facebook or Google account. Well, you can now allow (or disallow – which is the default settings) other applications to capture the Authenticator screen, which include

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Security – Moving to TLS 1.2 is becoming more urgent…

As you may know, it has been highly recommended for the past few months by Microsoft, Google, Apple and other software vendors to move from TLS 1.0/1..1 to TLS 1.2. Well, this recommendation is becoming more important and you have to urgently ensure you are ready for it as the next version (81) of Google

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Intune – New security focused policies available in preview

As you know, Intune/Endpoint Configuration Manager allows you to define policies to managed devices configuration and security settings. Until now, all these configuration settings were available only using the Devices\Configuration Profiles and some of these settings were associated with profile type not always directly related to security. To help you and your security teams to

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Azure – You can now onboard on-premises workloads to Azure Security Center using Windows Admin Center

By now, you should already know the Azure Security Center (ASC), your one stop shop for security related recommendations and reports to help you improve your Azure security posture. You should also already know the Windows Admin Center, the new browser-based remote administration tools for Windows. Well, good news as both are now integrated as

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Azure Information Protection – A new version of the Unified Labelling Client has been released

By know, you may already know Azure Information Protection (AIP), the document right management services and labelling solution delivered by Azure. You may also be aware that 2 different version are currently co-existing: Azure Information Protection client and Azure Information Protection Unified Labelling client. This post is about the release of a new version of

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