Month: September 2022

The scenario You have a Windows server with a public IP-address and RDP (TCP 3389) is exposed to internet. And there is still over 3 million open TCP 3389 ports out there. Stupid right but if you are one of…

Have you noticed that there is a really handy security feature that came to Windows 11 in version 22H2 But It’s not enabled by default and it also requires you to log into Windows with your password instead of Windows…

What is Secure score? Microsoft releases suggestions on security settings that should be turned on to enhance your security posture against external and internal threats. You’re given points for the following actions: Configuring recommended security features Doing security-related tasks Addressing…

Data-planes First you have to understand the different URLs that you can use for different types of resources Resource type Key protection methods Data-plane endpoint base URL Vaults Software-protected and HSM-protected (with Premium SKU) https://{vault-name}.vault.azure.net Managed HSMs HSM-protected https://{hsm-name}.managedhsm.azure.net When…

Defender family keep evolving and this time taking a look at Defender EASM. What is EASM? To give you an outside perspective of your online infrastructure, it continuously locates and maps your digital assault surface. With the use of this…

And there you have it, this is the last section in my study guide. This time made longer posts, hopefully they weren’t too long to read. Stay tuned for more! Specify priorities for mitigating threats to applications. Specify a security…

What Microsoft Managed is? With Microsoft Managed Settings, admins can trust Microsoft to enable a security feature they have not explicitly disabled. If the feature status is set to Microsoft-managed, it will be enabled by Microsoft at an appropriate time…

Well, this is nice. Microsoft has released a migration tool to get rid of your On-premises MFA server. Scenarios Moving the registered MFA phone numbers is only part of the migration from MFA Server to Azure AD Multi-Factor Authentication. The…

If you are not familiar with Entitlement management, read this first. Microsoft keeps evolving Azure AD Entitlement management solution, here is a feature added previously. And there is again a new feature added, let us see what it is. Automatic…