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Efficiency, Security, and ROI: Three Areas to Improve Your Large M365 Tenant Management
July 29, 2021 Doug Hazelman For many companies, having a single M365 tenant is a benefit – it creates one uniform environment where an organization can easily manage, collaborate and share information. Historically, enterprises struggle with large M365 tenant management in three key areas – efficiency, security, and ROI. Over the past year, the traditional way of working has evolved dramatically.
Best Practices from Microsoft 365 Experts
Microsoft has been biggest beneficiary of the shift to remote work as thousands of businesses adopted its Microsoft 365 platform to support employees. When the pandemic hit in March 2020, organizations scrambled enable employees to work remotely. Fast-forward one year and Microsoft announced that as of March 31, 2021, Teams has 145 million daily active users (DAU).
Accelerating a US Company’s Cloud Transformation
Traditional industries like mining have been slow to adapt to changing IP technology. Of course, coal and other mining types have adopted new technologies starting with mechanical drills powered by pistons, then compressed air in the Industrial Revolution to today’s newly-developed machines used for grinding and crushing can extract minerals from the earth with less energy than ever before. However, the adoption of IP in mining is in its formative years.
Functional Access Controls (FAC) Versus Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
Verizon’s 2019 Data Investigations Report (DBIR) found that 34% of all breaches are caused by insiders, while another study showed that more than 70% of attacks aren’t reported externally. The worst breaches, however, are the ones that crack administrator accounts and take advantage of the high level of privileges IT professionals enjoy.
What the NIST Framework Misses About Cloud Security
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework is a valuable tool that works to improve IT measurements and standards, like how to adequately protect data. As organizations adopt increasingly complex multi-cloud and hybrid cloud environments to support long-term remote working strategies, there are critical cloud security issues that the NIST Cybersecurity Framework overlooks.
Prioritizing AppSec and data governance in 2021
For many organizations, the immediate shift to remote work meant IT pros had to manage a hyper-accelerated, mass cloud migration coupled with large-scale SaaS platform rollouts. Daily users of Microsoft Teams, for example, rose from 75 million to 115 million in less than six months. Now that the first tidal wave of digital transformation has passed, IT and security teams should recalibrate and reprioritize application security and data governance in 2021 and beyond.
MSP360 at IT Nation Connect 2019
As “conference season” comes to a close this year, we’re looking forward to one of the biggest events of the year, IT Nation Connect in Orlando. The event runs from October 30-November 1 this year so it falls on Halloween. While we don’t have anything “spooky” planned, we do have some great plans and even a special guest! We’re pleased to announce that Thomas (Tom) Lawrence will be our special guest. You may know Tom from his extremely popular YouTube Channel for his company, Lawrence Systems.
Keeping secrets: Tips for protecting your data in AWS S3
Amazon Web Services is the juggernaut in the cloud provider space, and with any piece of technology comes the need for proper security. In this regard, AWS is no exception. In this piece, we will shortly discuss the latest breaches of public S3 buckets, provide an overview of the two ways to protect data in these storage spaces, and discuss how the new Amazon Secrets Manager utility can assist in securing AWS cloud applications.
Ransomware in Real Life: One SMB’s Ransomware Recovery Story
Lighthouse Productions is an events production business based in Wisconsin. Despite being a small business with no major digital assets, the company recently suffered a serious ransomware attack that posed a crippling threat to its operations. The experience highlights how modern ransomware threats impact all businesses, not just those with troves of private customer data or large amounts of cash to lure attackers. Fortunately, this story ends happily.
Ransomware in Real Life: One SMB’s Ransomware Recovery Story - Security Boulevard
Lighthouse Productions is an events production business based in Wisconsin. Despite being a small business with no major digital assets, the company recently suffered a serious ransomware attack that posed a crippling threat to its operations. The experience highlights how modern ransomware threats impact all businesses, not just those with troves of private customer data or large amounts of cash to lure attackers. Fortunately, this story ends happily.
Proof Of Concept: Tips For Successful Testing
Have you ever skipped the proof-of-concept (POC) stage when buying software and regretted it? The POC is one of the most critical aspects of any IT purchase, and while it can sometimes be challenging to thoroughly test hardware, with software there’s no excuse for failing to do so. The process is usually fairly easy, quick and non-disruptive, making it particularly difficult to later explain away a costly product shortcoming that even a basic POC would have unearthed.
IT’s Disconnect With Connected Users
Survey shows a widening gap between the needs of users and IT's ability to deliver against that need. When major consumer online services experience downtime, it’s big news. Screams of “Facebook is down!" "Netflix isn’t working!" "Twitter Fail Whale!” echo everywhere. People expect these services to be available 24/7, and when there’s a sustained outage, their reaction nearly reaches apocalyptic proportions. Consumers are constantly connected and expect online services to be always on.
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