Veronica Sun, Author at Microsoft Security Blog

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News June 3, 2021 1 min read

Hart and Microsoft announce partnership to incorporate ElectionGuard

On Thursday, June 3rd, via a joint press release on Microsoft Stories, Hart InterCivic and Microsoft have announced a partnership to incorporate ElectionGuard software developed by Microsoft into Hart’s Verity voting systems.

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Events June 3, 2021 3 min read

Afternoon Cyber Tea: Cybersecurity challenged to meet diversity goals

RevolutionCyber Founder and CEO Jules Okafor shares what organizations can do to tackle business challenges and support diversity in cybersecurity.

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News June 2, 2021 4 min read

odix and Microsoft: Protecting users against malware attacks with free FileWall license

FileWall brings malware protection capabilities by providing an essential added layer of deep file inspection technology.

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News June 2, 2021 7 min read

Privacy compliance for smart meter infrastructure with Microsoft Information Protection and Azure Purview

Smart meters and smart grid infrastructure have been deployed in many of the world’s electric distribution grids.

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News June 2, 2021 3 min read

Microsoft acquires ReFirm Labs to enhance IoT security

Modern computing devices can be thought of as a collection of discrete microprocessors each with a dedicated function like high-speed networking, graphics, Disk I/O, AI, and everything in between.

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Industry trends June 1, 2021 5 min read

Understanding the threat landscape and risks of OT environments

Industrial control systems security consultant Chris Sistrunk discusses operational technology security and the challenges and cybersecurity risks of OT systems.

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News May 27, 2021 11 min read

New sophisticated email-based attack from NOBELIUM

Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) has uncovered a wide-scale malicious email campaign operated by NOBELIUM, the threat actor behind the attacks against SolarWinds, the SUNBURST backdoor, TEARDROP malware, GoldMax malware, and other related components.

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News May 26, 2021 8 min read

How user experience is shaping verifiable credentials and identity

Since 2017, Microsoft has been working with the identity community on two groundbreaking technologies designed from the ground up to make digital privacy convenient and practical: decentralized identifiers and verifiable credentials.

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Industry trends May 26, 2021 9 min read

Becoming resilient by understanding cybersecurity risks: Part 4—navigating current threats

Learn how your infrastructure and security operations can make you vulnerable to insider threats, ransomware, weaponized AI, and more.

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News May 25, 2021 3 min read

Microsoft is a Leader in the 2021 Forrester Endpoint Security Software as a Service Wave

We are excited to share that Microsoft has been named a Leader in The Forrester WaveTM: Endpoint Security Software as a Service, Q2 20211, receiving one of the highest scores in the strategy category and among the top three scores in the current offering category.

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News May 24, 2021 4 min read

Resources for accelerating your Zero Trust journey

Embracing Zero Trust is critical to protecting your organization and enabling productivity.

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News May 24, 2021 2 min read

Microsoft recognized as a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Unstructured Data Security Platforms, Q2 2021

In this new world of hybrid work, organizations face an increasing volume of data, ever-evolving regulations around how that data is protected, and an evolving complexity and frequency of data security breaches.

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