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Prevent threats with Microsoft Defender

The Microsoft Defender family offers comprehensive threat prevention, detection, and response capabilities for everyone—from individuals looking to protect their family to the world’s largest enterprises.

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February 6, 2020 4 min read

Visionary security partners to be honored at the very first Microsoft Security 20/20 event

Microsoft Security 20/20 will put the spotlight on companies and individuals with a clear-eyed view of the security challenges we face and smart integrated solutions to help solve them.
February 3, 2020 4 min read

Guarding against supply chain attacks—Part 2: Hardware risks

Part 2 examines the hardware supply chain, its vulnerabilities, how you can protect yourself, and Microsoft’s role in reducing hardware-based attacks.
February 3, 2020 1 min read

New capabilities for eDiscovery now available

New capabilities help you manage eDiscovery in Microsoft Teams and Yammer.
January 28, 2020 5 min read

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

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

Microsoft Defender Experts are available to strengthen your teams with expertise when and where you need it. Learn how to elevate your security with expert-led services.

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January 27, 2020 1 min read

New privacy assessments now included in Microsoft Compliance Score

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.
January 23, 2020 4 min read

Microsoft and Zscaler help organizations implement the Zero Trust model

Microsoft has built deep integrations with Zscaler—a cloud-native, multitenant security platform—to help organizations with their Zero Trust journey.
January 16, 2020 3 min read

Introducing Microsoft Application Inspector

Microsoft Application Inspector is a new source code analyzer that helps you understand what a program does by identifying interesting features and characteristics.
January 8, 2020 1 min read

Microsoft 365 helps governments adopt a Zero Trust security model

With Microsoft 365 security services, governments can take confident steps to adopt a Zero Trust approach to cybersecurity.
Modernize your Security Operations Center with Microsoft Sentinel

Microsoft Sentinel is a cloud-native SIEM solution powered by AI and automation that delivers intelligent security analytics across your entire enterprise.

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January 7, 2020 2 min read

Threat hunting in Azure Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)

DART was called into an engagement where the adversary had a foothold within the on-premises network, which had been gained through compromising cloud credentials.
December 19, 2019 3 min read

Mobile threat defense and intelligence are a core part of cyber defense

To safeguard company assets, organizations need to augment their global cyber defense strategy with mobile threat intelligence.
December 18, 2019 2 min read

Data governance and retention in your Microsoft 365 tenant—a secure and highly capable solution

Microsoft 365 has a built in secure, highly capable data governance and retention capability.
December 16, 2019 4 min read

Ransomware response

As part of Microsoft’s Detection and Response Team (DART) Incident Response engagements, we regularly get asked by customers about “paying the ransom” following a ransomware attack.