Microsoft Ignite Security, Compliance, and Identity Highlights

There were a TON of announcements at Microsoft Ignite this year. In a two-part podcast series, my co-host and I went over some of the important security, compliance, and identity highlights that all security defenders and Microsoft customers should be aware of.

In Part 1 of the podcast, we go over:

• Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Sentinel becoming one unified platform
• Security Copilot enhancements and use cases
• Security Copilot getting extended to Purview, Identity, and Device Management
• Purview and Defender for Cloud Apps securing the use of generative AI
• Additions to Intune Suite including Cloud PKI and Enterprise App Management

In Part 2 of the podcast, we go over:

• Deception tactics (honeypots) added to Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
• Defender for Cloud enhancements including Entra Permissions Management integration
• Enhancements in Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence including Detonation Intelligence
• Purview enhancements including extension to structured and unstructured data to AWS S3 buckets
• Insider Risk enhancements with ready-to-use indicators for Box, Dropbox, Google Drive, and Github
• Feature additions to Entra Private Access and Internet Access (now in Preview!)
• Additions to Entra including Automatic Conditional Access, ID Protection, and Passkeys

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