It’s that time again where we provide a wrap-up of the Microsoft Security & Compliance News for the previous month. For July, it picked up right where June left off with a plethora of great content around product enhancements and new product announcements (tip: scroll to the bottom and read about the Endpoint DLP preview). Enjoy the news below and as always I have called out recommended reading in italics.
General News
Afternoon Cyber Tea: Cybersecurity & IoT: New risks and how to minimize them
Preventing data loss and mitigating risk in today’s remote work environment
5 cybersecurity paradigm shifts that will lead to more inclusive digital experiences
CISO Stressbusters Post #3: 3 ways to share accountability for security risk management
Microsoft Intelligent Security Association expands to include managed security service providers
Johnson Controls makes working from home easier and more secure with Azure AD and Zscaler ZPA
Microsoft takes legal action against COVID-19-related cybercrime
Introducing Kernel Data Protection, a new security technology for preventing data corruption
How to protect your remote workforce from application-based attacks like consent phishing
The world is your authentication and identity oyster
Azure Security & Compliance News
Azure Sentinel Ninja Training: The July 2020 update
Hunting the Demons- Azure Sentinel Administrative Suspicious Activities Library
Azure Sentinel Workbooks 101 (with sample Workbook)
Azure Sentinel: What's New: Incident Auto-refresh hits GA!
Hunting the Clues- Azure Sentinel Administrative Suspicious Activities Library
Azure Sentinel: Ensuring Internet-blocked Azure VMs Can Still Connect
Enrich Azure Sentinel security incidents with the RiskIQ Intelligence Connector
Azure Sentinel: What's New: Cross Workspace Hunting is now available!
What's New: Azure Sentinel Machine Learning Behavior Analytics: Anomalous RDP Login Detection
Azure Sentinel: The connectors grand (CEF, Syslog, Direct, Agent, Custom and more)
Making Azure Sentinel work for you
Azure Sentinel Side-by-Side with QRadar
Handling sliding windows in Azure Sentinel rules
New: Per data type retention is now available for Azure Sentinel
New Azure Sentinel notebook experience and the retirement of the Azure Notebooks service preview
Monitoring SQL Server with Azure Sentinel
Categorizing Microsoft alerts across data sources in Azure Sentinel
Asset inventory experience in Azure Security Center
Fileless Attack Detection for Linux Preview is Expanding
Azure Security Center in the Field - YouTube Series
Threat Protection for SQL IaaS VMs using Azure Security Center
The Benefits of Advanced Threat Detection in Azure SQL Database
Creating a Custom Dashboard for Azure Security Center with Azure Resource Graph
Azure Files support and new updates in advanced threat protection for Azure Storage
Security Controls in Azure Security Center: Secure Management Ports
Azure Firewall Manager is now generally available
Microsoft 365 Security (All Up News)
Announcing general availability of the new version of Microsoft Secure Score
Boost security of your remote workers with confidence using Security Policy Advisor
SolarWinds announces collaboration with Microsoft to enhance monitoring and management for MSPs
A Journey to Holistic Cloud Protection with the Microsoft 365 Security Stack Pt 6 - M365 Integration
Security baseline for Microsoft Edge v84
M365 Identity & Data Protection (Azure AD, Intune, AIP, MCAS)
Guiding principles of our identity strategy: staying ahead of evolving customer needs
Prevent and detect more identity-based attacks with Azure Active Directory
Azure AD Application Proxy now supports the Remote Desktop Services web client
Advancing Privacy with Zero-Knowledge Proof Credentials
Enhanced support for Azure AD Guest Users for Azure SQL
Azure AD Mailbag: Managing and reviewing exception lists more rigorously with access reviews
Microsoft Endpoint Manager: Create & Audit an ASR Policy
New study shows customers save time, resources with Microsoft Cloud App Security
M365 Threat Protection (Office ATP, Windows Defender ATP, Azure ATP/ATA)
Microsoft Defender ATP awarded a perfect 5-star rating by SC Media
Webinar series: Unleash the hunter in you!
Short & sweet educational videos on Microsoft Threat Protection
Microsoft Threat Protection advanced hunting cheat sheet
Become a Microsoft Defender ATP Ninja
MDATP: An update on Web Content Filtering
Announcing high value asset tagging in Microsoft Defender ATP
Welcome to the new community home for Microsoft Threat Protection (MTP)
Pivot fast and investigate freely with go hunt & other advanced hunting enhancements
See how consolidated incidents improve SOC efficiency through this attack sprawl simulation
Customer Offerings: Modern Workplace Threat Protection
M365 Compliance & Governance
Announcing public preview of Microsoft Endpoint Data Loss Prevention
Protecting against insider risks in an uncertain environment
Announcing public preview of Double Key Encryption for Microsoft 365
Announcing GA: Mark new files as "sensitive by default" in OneDrive & SharePoint
Regards,
Jeremy Windmiller | Enterprise Security Architect, CISSP, CEH, ITIL | Microsoft – Healthcare
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