Category: Microsoft Security

Hybrid Cloud Security: Azure Arc and Microsoft Defender, Better Together

Hybrid Cloud Security. What does Hybrid Cloud Security even mean? Well simply put HCS is referred to when you combine Cyber Security strategies and models to protect organization data both “On-Premises” and in “the Cloud”. For example think of an typical business model from 2000-2015. Organizations would “build” or “host” their infrastructure and operations On-Premises […]

What is Microsoft Security? Product line to Organization

We at Microsoft Uncensored are pleased to announce our latest blog series titled “Microsoft Security: Protecting Your Business.” In this series, we will provide you with an in-depth overview of the Microsoft Security product lines and how they can help protect businesses. Cybersecurity is a top priority for businesses of all sizes, and Microsoft Security […]

Microsoft Leads in the latest Gartner, Defender for Endpoint Protection.

Once again, Microsoft Security is leading from the forefront when it comes to its competitors in the Endpoint protection space! The recent release of the 2022 Gartner Magic Quadrant showed Microsoft Defender for Endpoint as a leading executor and the SECOND most visionary product slightly behind Crowdstrike! As the article states ” Microsoft Defender for […]

Database focused Security with “Microsoft Defender for Databases”

Microsoft Defender for Cloud’s has a new team member – “Defender for Databases” which is a broadly compatible security add-on for your database workloads. Microsoft realized an industry need for their security stack to include threat protection monitoring and vulnerability assessment services for Azure SQL, SQL Managed Instances, PostgreSQL, CosmosDB, MySQL & SQL Servers on […]

What you need to know from Microsoft Ignite 2022 – Part 3, Surface Hub 2S

The next session I attended on day one of Microsoft Ignite 2022, was “Getting to know Surface Hub 2S”. Fortunately, I was able to attend this one in-person despite a waiting line that queued up well in advance of the session starting. This proved to be a common, and somewhat frustrating theme throughout the conference. […]

What you need to know from Microsoft Ignite 2022 – Part 2

In part 2 of my Ignite 2022 recap series, I’ll be sharing my notes from the Ask the Experts: Behind the scenes tips and tricks for IT Pros with Microsoft Surface Engineering, session.  I love that most of the sessions were recorded so I can go back to listen to them again if I missed […]

What you need to know from Microsoft Ignite 2022 – Part 1

I’m writing this up on my flight home from Ignite 2022 hosted in Seattle, Washington. Overall, it was a good conference with many new announcements and innovations to both new and existing solutions from Microsoft. There are plenty of great blog posts highlighting all the new announcements, including Microsoft’s own “book of news“, which I’d […]

My experience with the new Defender for Individuals solution!

In case you missed the announcement last week, Microsoft has released a Defender for Individuals solution purpose built for personal use. Now you can get the same great protection from Microsoft across your personal devices that you’re already (or should be) getting at work! Device protection extends across iOS, Android, macOS and Windows 10/11 and […]

How to Stop LLMNR/NBT-NS Poisoning and SMB Relay Attacks

While this attack has been around for a long time, it’s still a common finding, and successful method of lateral movement, when our red team performs vulnerability assessments for customers. I thought it might be helpful to revisit how this attack works and how easy it is to remediate and defend against it. An description […]