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22Dec
Reader question: Do you recommend Defender in place of third-party antivirus or security tools?
It feels like it has been a while since I addressed a reader question on the blog. This is one I get frequently, all the more so in recent months since Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (formerly Microsoft Defender ATP) became available as a standalone subscription via CSP. Previously, it was...
01Dec
Why aren’t you charging your customers to take care of Microsoft 365?
This is a simple question. The way I see it, there are many opportunities to provide Managed Services for SMB customers with regard to their Microsoft 365 subscriptions. Yet to this day, hardly anyone is doing it. Why? I suspect some folks have difficulty connecting all the dots and putting...
21Jul
My opinion on Microsoft Threat Protection for the SMB
Since I released my guide on Microsoft 365 E5 Security and Microsoft Threat Protection, I have been getting a lot of questions and comments about my stance on the use of these products for SMB customers. I left it too neutral, I guess, in the original publication. So, let me...
09May
Building your Security Practice with Microsoft Threat Protection and Azure Sentinel
I have some exciting news today. I have a new publication available covering Microsoft 365 E5 Security and Microsoft Threat Protection, with a bonus section at the end featuring Azure Sentinel (which is a separate product, not included with Microsoft 365). The document is available here if you want to...
06Apr
Inventory and Control of Apps within and beyond the perimeter with Microsoft 365
Managing devices is a topic I have probably burnt my readers out on by this point, so it's time we move into the next stage: wrangling all those crazy third-party applications hiding out in your environment! To build up a foundation of good security, we must identify our apps and...
11Oct
Removing local admin: a game of compromise (and some tips and tricks)
Look, I am a realist. Yes: from a security perspective it would be ideal if we could take away local admin privileges on every corporate owned Windows 10 workstation. But that still isn't very easy to do for many organizations. Some orgs do need to maintain a bit more flexibility, with...
04Oct