Microsoft Defender for Cloud Wrap - Issue #10
Happy new year, everyone! And, welcome back to the bi-weekly delivery of the Defender for Cloud newsletter.
After the brief holiday hiatus, we're back! I hope everyone who celebrated during the holiday season had time to enjoy family and friends. For me and my family, we thoroughly enjoyed the time together. While the season sometimes seems busier than actual work, I was able to take a few moments to bask in the joy of kith and kin.
But we're back to it and this next year is looking fabulous already. As we move into and through this next year, I invite you to share your Defender for Cloud knowledge. Even though Defender for Cloud very much seems like a black box type of tool, there's a lot of knowledge and expertise that can be shared on how to use it, how to apply security best practices, and how using can help to secure cloud workloads.
If you have a blog or YouTube channel, or regularly post information about Defender for Cloud or cybersecurity related to Azure workloads somewhere, hit me up on Twitter or LinkedIn to let me know. I'd love to start highlighting your work to everyone.
Welcome to 2022!
Talk soon.
-Rod
Things to Read
15 minutes a day to the secure score of your dreams! - Catapult Systems — www.catapultsystems.com I know that sounds like a bad infomercial for getting six-pack abs, but it’s not. This is a story about the lessons I have learned attempting to increase my Microsoft Defender for Cloud Secure Score and what works (and what did not). Let’s start with what did not work.
Using the KQL query results to find the exact registry setting to remediate security configurations - Catapult Systems — www.catapultsystems.com In this blog post, I will focus on one specific set of security items and a process for resolving them more effectively. Specifically – how to fix items under “Remediate security configurations” within “Machines should be configured security” that require registry changes to systems (yeah, I know, this one is pretty darn specific). It’s critical to understand what specific registry key, path, and value are required to remediate this issue. A single mistake on any of those can have significant negative results, so those must be 100% correct before making any changes to the registry on a system.
Things to Watch/Listen To
Microsoft Defender for Servers | Defender for Cloud in the Field #5 — www.youtube.com In this episode of Defender for Cloud in the field, Aviv Mor joins Yuri Diogenes to talk about Microsoft Defender for Servers updates, including the new inte...
Defender for Cloud in the field - Out of Band Edition — www.linkedin.com Fernanda Vela brings the last Secure Score tip of the month in this week's episode of #Defender for Cloud in the field - Out of Band Edition! #security...
Security Posture Management Improvements | Defender for Cloud in the Field #4 — www.youtube.com In this episode of Defender for Cloud in the field, Lior Arviv joins Yuri Diogenes to talk about the cloud security posture management improvements in Micros...
Things to Have
Things that are New and Updated
Microsoft Defender for Cloud: General availability updates for November 2021 | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure — azure.microsoft.com New enhancements and updates released for general availability (GA) in Microsoft Defender for Cloud in November 2021.
Microsoft Defender for Cloud: Public preview updates for November 2021 | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure — azure.microsoft.com Public preview enhancements and updates released for Microsoft Defender for Cloud in November 2021.
Things from Partners
Wipro Deepens Microsoft Cybersecurity Expertise - EquityBulls.com — www.equitybulls.com Wipro Limited, a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company, announced that it has expanded its portfolio of end-to-end solutions delivered on Microsoft's cybersecurity stack.