Four actions for protection with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
Read MoreFour actions for protection with Defender for Endpoint: Originally written by myself for Crayon and sharing here to help other organisations move past Endpoint Detection and response into preventative technologies to improve your security posture. Introduction Often I am asked the question, “Why should I use Defender for Endpoint, I use product ‘X’ and Product…
Optus, Medibank and Latitude, YOU are responsible for your clients data
Read MoreOptus, Medibank and Latitude, YOU are responsible for your clients data Just the same as all businesses who hold sensitive personal information, you may not want to admit this but you are responsible for your clients data security where their sensitive data is stored on your platform. How do the above machines stay safe? From…
CVE-2023-23397: Microsoft outlook vuln
Read MoreCVE-2023-23397: Microsoft Outlook Vuln: elevation of privilege vulnerability leads to NTLM credential theft: Very quick and short post today, I have already been contacted today around mitigations for this vulnerability and wanted to get some quick steps out early incase your business is unsure how to check whether you are at risk. My post assumes…
101: Basic Security Posture for WordPress
Read More101: Basic Security Posture for WordPress, WordPress is one of the most popular internet technologies in use today, as a tool for amateur and professionals wanting to blog, to sell, to consult or to do almost anything else, nothing comes close to the WordPress ecosystem for flexibility and extensibility – want to build a store…
101: Introducing Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
Read More101: Introducing Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, one of my favourite role functions is to talk with customers about Microsoft security, of course I like to speak about security in general as well but Microsoft do a really great job covering 80% of what organisations need from a cyber security perspective so I almost always start…
MSP’s Enable GDAP or lose access to your O365 customers
Read MoreMSP’s Enable GDAP or lose access to your O365 customers, Microsoft has released a new more secure method for Managed Service Providers to perform administrative tasks against their clients called Granular Delegated Admin Privileges or GDAP for short. Introduction GDAP provides a much better Least Privilege Access model as is a core component of many…
Microsoft Sentinel – reducing spend and log complexity first
Read MoreMicrosoft Sentinel – reducing spend and log complexity first, Microsoft sentinel is one of the easiest SIEM platforms to switch on and be usable without configuration. But the devil is in the details of what should be configured to ensure that the signal data being ingested is most useful, minimally duplicated and at the lowest…
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Secure Cloud Business Applications – assess your security
Read MoreSecure Cloud Business Applications, assess your security – Best of all it is at no cost and provides guidance on best practise security guidelines for business. When reducing the likelihood of a successful cyber attack we need to break down the approach into various elements, a security assessment such as the CISA SCUBA tool is…
Articles, ACSC, ACSC essential 8, Australian cyber security centre, Cyber risk, Cyber Security Framework, Zero Trust Network ArchitectureProtecting Australian Business from Cyber Crime
Read MoreProtecting Australian Business from Cyber Crime, easy title to write and a topic beyond complex to implement for many small to mid sized businesses in 2022, Australia. The secret is that it is not complex to get started on a cyber security journey, it is easy to do the basics and reduce the risk of…
Articles, ACSC, ACSC essential 8, ASD, ASD 8, ASD essential 8, Australian cyber security centre, BreachAs Secure As Practical (ASAP)
Read MoreAs Secure As Practical (ASAP) – As Soon As Possible. In the past few months of 2022 in Australia alone there have been a number of significant cyber breaches across many of our major brand names and this terrible trend is poised to continue to get worse until such time as our organisations uplift their…
