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Managing GDPR with Teams, Planner, and Compliance Manager

Microsoft’s Compliance Manager is intended to help cloud tenants cope with regulations like ISO 27001 and GDPR. The Compliance Manager has a nice dashboard, but it is passive and offers very weak options in terms of organizing the work needed to achieve compliance. But Office 365 has Planner and Teams, and it is easy to create the necessary collaboration structure to allow people to work on GDPR controls.

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What Is IAM? A Guide to Identity and Access Management

Last Update: Apr 08, 2024

Identity and Access Management (IAM), is a crucial cybersecurity framework that governs and secures digital access to resources. It plays a pivotal role in helping organizations control and secure their digital resources such as apps, files, user identities, permissions, and all other organizational data. IAM also helps ensure the confidentiality and integrity of sensitive information….

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August 2023 Patch Tuesday Updates are Now Available on Windows 11 and Windows 10

Microsoft has released today the August 2023 Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 11 and Windows 10. This month, Microsoft fixed 86 vulnerabilities in Windows, Office, and other components, and you can also expect the usual bug fixes and quality improvements. After the July Patch Tuesday update for Windows 11 version 22H2 enabled the new “Moment…

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What Is Microsoft Entra ID Conditional Access? (And How To Use It)

Last Update: Apr 01, 2024

Conditional Access is a security feature that allows organizations to control corporate resource access based on certain conditions. Common reasons for utilizing this technology include the enforcement of multifactor authentication (MFA), requiring stronger authentication measures during authentication, and more. Learn more about how to use Conditional Access to protect your data and devices. What is…

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Windows 11

August Patch Tuesday Updates Fix 121 Vulnerabilities and Improve Focus Assist

Microsoft has released yesterday the August 2022 Patch Tuesday updates for all supported versions of Windows. This time, the company fixed no less than 121 vulnerabilities in Windows, which is quite important for what is a usually quiet month This month’s Patch Tuesday updates also bring improvements for the Focus Assist feature on Windows 11…

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MJFChat: How to think about security planning for your organization

Last Update: Jun 15, 2023

Our next MJFChat is all about security planning for your organization with special guestAnn Johnson, Corporate Vice President of Microsoft’s Cybersecurity Solutions Group.

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Windows 11

Microsoft Releases April 2023 Patch Tuesday Updates for Windows 11 and Windows 10

Microsoft has released today the April 2023 Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 11 and Windows 10. This month, Microsoft fixed 97 vulnerabilities in Windows and other components, with one of them being already exploited by attackers.   On the quality and experience updates front, Microsoft is making the new Windows Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS)…

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Microsoft Releases December 2023 Patch Tuesday Updates for Windows 11 and 10

Microsoft released its monthly Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 11 and Windows 10 yesterday. The company rolled out 33 new patches to fix several vulnerabilities in Windows, Microsoft Office, Windows Defender, and other components. The December Patch Tuesday release is usually small, and this month follows suit with fewer security patches compared to recent months….

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Understanding Windows Server 2016’s Disaster Recovery Features

If you are running Windows Server 2016, you already have a robust set of DR tools at your disposal but the question is, are you utilizing them?

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No Major New Features in Windows 10 19H2 But Enterprise Features and Performance Fixes Coming

Windows 10 19H2, which is the second feature update of 2019 planned for Windows 10 in fall this year, will be delivered via servicing as a Cumulative Update for users running the Windows 10 May 2019 Update.

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