Endpoint Protection

Microsoft has launched its Defender for Endpoint solution on Android Enterprise (AE) company-owned personally enabled (COPE) devices. The company says that organizations can deploy this update with Microsoft Intune. Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is an enterprise endpoint security solution that helps to protect businesses from advanced threats. With this release, Android Enterprise COPE devices can…

Microsoft has warned customers about a new high-risk worm called “Raspberry Robin” that is infecting Windows PCs. The software giant has privately informed some Microsoft Defender for Endpoint users that the malware has been discovered in hundreds of enterprise networks across various industries (via Bleeping Computer). The Red Canary cybersecurity researchers first discovered Raspberry Robin…

Microsoft has announced the public preview of Microsoft Defender for Azure Cosmos DB, a new database protection solution for enterprise customers. The latest security offering allows organizations to constantly monitor and protect their cloud workloads against the most common critical threats across databases. “The new cloud workload protection capabilities are designed as an Azure-native layer…

Microsoft has announced the general availability of Microsoft Defender for Business, a new endpoint security offering designed for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). The new security offering was first unveiled at Ignite 2021, and it began rolling out in preview to select Microsoft 365 Business Premium customers back in December. Microsoft describes Microsoft Defender for…

PDQ has announced today the acquisition of SmartDeploy, a Seattle-based provider of modern endpoint management solutions. The company plans to leverage SmartDeploy’s technology to improve its value proposition by providing seamless endpoint management solutions for IT professionals. “We’re fortunate to team up with SmartDeploy,” explained Jaren Nichols, CRO of PDQ.com. “Our customers passionately endorse SmartDeploy’s…

After struggling for years with tools like Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT), Barry Weiss heard about a simpler and less expensive solution called SmartDeploy at a Microsoft conference.

Microsoft recently announced that Microsoft Defender for Endpoint will soon be available in two plans: P1 and P2. In this article, I will look at how the two plans compare. With Windows, MacOS, iOS, and Android devices being the most common target for cyber criminals, malware and threats are continuously improving and evolving. In the…

In this article, I’m going to show you how to customize endpoint security settings in Microsoft Intune. Including how to change security baseline settings, how to make sure devices are running a specific operating system version (or later), and how to configure Windows and iOS disk encryption settings. Microsoft provides a series of recommended security…

In this article, I’m going to show you how to create a compliance policy in Intune, Microsoft’s Mobile Device Management (MDM) solution, that restricts access to resources to cloud managed and compliant devices only. Even if your devices are registered or joined to Azure Active Directory (AD), there are still risks that could lead to…

In this article, I’m going to show you how to enable Windows Hello for Business. You should enable Windows Hello for Business to reduce the risk associated with passwords. Even if your users’ devices don’t have hardware that supports Windows Hello, like a fingerprint reader, you can still have them use a PIN to login….