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As 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…
Read More: As Secure As Practical (ASAP) Michael Brooke presents the ASD essential 8 on Safari; recently I had the opportunity to work with TechforGood, an organisation making a difference with Social organisations across Australia. I have two passions other than fishing and family (so four passions in total), these are: Cyber security, the field of cyber security is an industry where…
Read More: Michael Brooke presents the ASD essential 8 on Safari Carrots, sticks and donkeys do improve cyber security, part 1. More specifically how to Use the ACSC recommendations to achieve cyber resilience augmented with what organisations are already doing well today. As most organisations in Australia already understand, the Australian Signals directorate Essential Eight is a list of 8, easy (definitely easy) steps to implement…
Read More: Carrots, sticks and Donkeys do improve cyber security, part 1 Articles , ASD , ASD 8 , ASD essential 8 , Australian cyber security centre , Endpoint Detection Response , EndPoint Protection , Extended detection and response , Extended Detection Response , Microsoft Defender , Microsoft Defender for Endpoint , Protection Protection before Detection – Endpoint detection response Endpoint Detection and response gets a lot of attention from the entire cyber security industry, EDR as it is commonly known is a valuable tool in a corporate kitbag, but is Endpoint and response something that should be acquired first, second or where? If we review the Australian…
Read More: Protection before Detection – Endpoint detection response The No.1 way to protect Data, Defender for Business and Premium, MSP’s and businesses looking for better coverage of the ASD Essential 8 with the fewest possible products should look at Microsoft Defender for Business or Business Premium preferably. This morning a colleague (thanks Ross) sent me this article and it reminded me that we…
Read More: The No.1 way to protect Data, Defender for Business and Premium Microsoft Defender for Endpoint training resources: The goal of this page is to put together a level 101/201 resource for consultants and end customers to utilise to find out more about Defender for Endpoints, I will update the details as they change but this is current as of May 2022. Microsoft Defender for Endpoint training…
Read More: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint training resources Microsoft Autopatch – Patch Tuesday is gone for good! As an ex-systems administrator my life back in the good ol’ days was busy. Waiting for the next patches Testing the new patches Deploying the new patches …….. rolling back the new patches where it causes a legacy printer or other device to no longer function!…
Read More: Microsoft Autopatch – Patch Tuesday is gone for good! Windows 10 Operating system hardening script: Whilst researching for my ACSC 40 mitigations document I came across a little gem for hardening Windows 10 OS’s. The Australian Signals directorate recommends that “Operating system hardening” is a top 8 control to reduce your risk of cyber breach, this is also a control contained within the Center…
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