We are excited to announce two modules are now available on the PowerShell Gallery: Microsoft.PowerShell.SecretManagement preview3 Microsoft.PowerShell.SecretStore preview1 To install the modules, and register the SecretStore vault, open any PowerShell console and run: Install-Module Microsoft.PowerShell.SecretManagement -AllowPrerelease Install-Module Microsoft.PowerShell.SecretStore -AllowPrerelease Register-SecretVault ... continue reading

  In recent months Microsoft support has received a lot of questions regarding disabling RC4 for the encryption of Kerberos tickets.  If I had to guess the CIS L1 Baseline and RFC 8429 guidance to disable RC4 is responsible for ... continue reading

When attackers successfully breach a target network, their typical next step is to perform reconnaissance of the network, elevate their privileges, and move laterally to reach specific machines or spread as widely as possible. For these activities, attackers often probe ... continue reading

Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.3 is now enabled by default on Windows 10 Insider Preview builds, starting with Build 20170, the first step in a broader rollout to Windows 10 systems. TLS 1.3 is the latest version of the internet’s ... continue reading

Lots of news surrounding Azure security and hybrid offerings this week. Here are a couple of the news items we are covering this week: Azure Database for PostgreSQL Data encryption enhancements announced, New Microsoft Learn Modules for Azure and Windows Server IT Pros, Exchange ... continue reading

In the previous article, we have explained how automated backups on Azure SQL Managed Instance work, how backups piles up, and some of the ways you contribute to such pile up. We have also explained how associated costs for excess ... continue reading

In theory, a cyberattack can be disrupted at every phase of the attack chain. In reality, however, defense stack boundaries should overlap in order to be effective. When a threat comes via email, for example, even with good security solutions ... continue reading

Hello! Today’s “Voice of the Partner” story is written by Prashanth Subramanian, Manikandan Rajagopal, and Balaji Ganesan of Quadra. Quadra has been a global Partner of the Year award winner/finalist for over 15 years. In this blog they explain how ... continue reading

The application of deep learning and other machine learning methods to threat detection on endpoints, email and docs, apps, and identities drives a significant piece of the coordinated defense delivered by Microsoft Threat Protection. Within each domain as well as ... continue reading

The shift to remote work over the past few months has increased the need for organizations to re-evaluate their security and risk management practices. With employees accessing corporate data at times on home computers or sharing and collaborating in new ... continue reading