Afternoon Cyber Tea—The State of Cybersecurity: How did we get here? What does it mean?

Credit to Author: Todd VanderArk| Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 17:00:00 +0000

Listen to Ann Johnson discuss the scale of cyber threats—past, present, and future—with security strategist, Marc Goodman on her new podcast, Afternoon Cyber Tea.

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Data privacy is about more than compliance—it’s about being a good world citizen

Credit to Author: Todd VanderArk| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 17:00:00 +0000

Data Privacy Day is a great time to assess your company privacy policies to ensure you comply with local and regional regulations.

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New privacy assessments now included in Microsoft Compliance Score

Credit to Author: Todd VanderArk| Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 17:00:26 +0000

To help you take a proactive role in getting ahead of privacy compliance, we’re announcing new privacy-focused assessments available in the public preview of Microsoft Compliance Score.

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Azure Security Benchmark—90 security and compliance best practices for your workloads in Azure

Credit to Author: Todd VanderArk| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 17:00:39 +0000

Azure Security Benchmark offers a collection of over 90 security best practices and recommendations you can employ to increase the overall security and compliance of all your workloads in Azure.

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Microsoft and Zscaler help organizations implement the Zero Trust model

Credit to Author: Todd VanderArk| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 17:00:27 +0000

Microsoft has built deep integrations with Zscaler—a cloud-native, multitenant security platform—to help organizations with their Zero Trust journey.

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sLoad launches version 2.0, Starslord

Credit to Author: Eric Avena| Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2020 18:00:39 +0000

sLoad has launched version 2.0. With the new version, sLoad, which is a PowerShell-based Trojan downloader notable for its almost exclusive use of the Windows BITS service for malicious activities, has added an anti-analysis trick and the ability to track the stage of infection for every affected machine.

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How companies can prepare for a heightened threat environment

Credit to Author: Todd VanderArk| Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 17:00:31 +0000

Learn what actions companies can take and controls they can validate in light of the current level of threats, and during any period of heightened risk.

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Changing the monolith—Part 2: Whose support do you need?

Credit to Author: Todd VanderArk| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 18:00:28 +0000

Transformation can be a daunting task. In this series, I explore how change is possible when addressing the components of people, process, and technology that make up the organization.

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