Category: Defender

SQL Server 2022 and Azure ARC with Azure subscription model

SQL 2022 has arrived and in this post I will try out the new setup that should have Azure ARC install embedded. Why to use Azure ARC with SQL 2022? One reason could be security, you will get these features…

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Do’s and don’ts concerning security for Identity part 7

Once again, more best practices for Identity. In the last part I covered how we can protect your applications from leaking content. Keep your Identities secure and how to keep using MFA after on-premises MFA Server will not work anymore….

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Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Detection Details Report

If you want to learn more on from your email security, you could use this template to get and holistic view of what’s going on inside your environment. See here the announcement of the report. Why it matters? You have…

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Do’s and don’ts concerning security for Identity part 2

Continuing with the do’s of Identity and supposing that you have a Hybrid identity setup. If you still need (haven’t convinced you otherwise) federation services in on-premises, use should use Defender for Identity sensors for ADFS What it needs? ADFS…

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Defender for Cloud security alerts

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…

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Microsoft Defender SmartScreen in Windows 11 22H2

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…

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Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management (Defender EASM)

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…

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Section 6 – Design security for infrastructure – Design a strategy for securing SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS services

Time for the next section to my SC-100 study guide: Specify security baselines for SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS services Specify security requirements for IoT workloads Specify security requirements for data workloads, including SQL, Azure SQL Database, Azure Synapse and Azure…

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Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps in Microsoft 365 Defender (Preview)

Microsoft is all the time consolidating their various different portals, they already removed multiple portals during recent years. Here is a full list of the current ones, sigh! Turn on Preview features Required permissions Accounts assigned the following Azure Active…

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Section 14 – Secure data and applications – Configure security for databases

In this section I will cover the following: Enable database authentication by using Azure AD Enable database auditing Configure dynamic masking on SQL workloads Implement database encryption for Azure SQL Database Implement network isolation for data solutions, including Azure Synapse…

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