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Endpoint security

Endpoint security, or endpoint protection, helps protect endpoints from malicious actors and exploits. Cybercriminals target endpoints because they are doorways to corporate data and by nature vulnerable to attack. They are outside network security and dependent on users to put security measures into place—leaving room for human error. Protecting endpoints from attack has become more challenging as the workforce becomes more distributed, with office-based, remote, and hybrid workers using more devices from anywhere in the world.

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Use Enterprise Threat Detection to find “invisible” cyberattacks 

This post is authored by Roberto Bamberger, Principal Consultant, Enterprise Cybersecurity Group. Amongst the plethora of stories about cyberattacks in the news, multiple recent articles have been published describing the more difficult to detect cyberattacks which leverage normal tools already present in an enterprise to achieve their mission.

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Cybersecurity’s perfect storm 

The unprecedented scale and sophistication of modern cyberthreats, combined with the rapidly disappearing IT perimeter, means that while preventing an attack from becoming a breach is ideal, it is no longer realistic. Microsoft proactively monitors the threat landscape for those emerging threats, to help better protect our customers.

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Strengthening encryption for Microsoft Azure customers 

In July, we published a blog post which talked about the advancements Microsoft had made in encryption for Outlook.com and OneDrive to further increase the security of our customers data.   Today, Microsoft Azure has taken additional steps toward our commitment to protecting customer data with the announcement of encryption improvements for Microsoft Azure guest OS.