Setting the ground for Microsoft 365 configuration best practices It is very common for Microsoft 365 customers to request external consultation on how to properly setup a new Microsoft 365 tenant and subscriptions or re-configure their existing subscription(s) according to Microsoft best practices. This article attempts to put together a Microsoft 365 configuration best practices … Read more
Microsoft Build is one of the most prominent and promising Microsoft events, with numerous technical and business sessions revolving primarily around cloud computing, artificial intelligence and new trends in software development and devops. The Microsoft Build 2023 event is being held in Seattle, Washington, USA. This article presents an overview of the Microsoft Build event … Read more
Azure identity services overview Azure identity services are part of the broader concepts of IAM (Identity and Access Management). Also given the zero trust nature of the cloud, the new SCI (Security, Compliance and Identity) concept has risen, since identity is now the new security boundary of hybrid cloud systems. The current post presents an … Read more
Microsoft is organizing a security-related virtual event by the name of “Secure”. The Microsoft Secure event is coming online on March 28th 2023 and will be covering the following topics. Tuesday, March 28 2023 Time (EEST) Description 6:30 PMthrough–6:35 PM Welcome to Microsoft Secure: Our hosts will guide you through the event and get you … Read more
Given the recent events in Europe, cybersecurity has become imperative as a national and a business priority. Furthermore, governments and organizations are looking to harden their digital networks and protect their critical infrastructure from cyber-attacks. Microsoft’s Security Summit aims to provide key insights on current and future cybersecurity trends, uncover Microsoft’s security strategy and internal … Read more
If you are a Web content creator, you know that you will have to face various challenges with securing your content from theft and plagiarism. Whether you create e-books, e-courses, scientific research or artistic content, you need to be aware of a few basic techniques to protect your content’s security and privacy and allow it … Read more
Introduction The Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) Remote Protocol is a protocol for exposing application objects by way of remote procedure calls (RPCs). The protocol consists of a set of extensions layered on Microsoft Remote Procedure Call Protocol Extensions as specified in [MS-RPCE]. The DCOM Remote Protocol is also referred to as Object RPC or … Read more
The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a global standard that provides a baseline of technical and operational requirements designed to protect account data. It is a multi-layered set of specifications which target at acceptable security and privacy levels for all organizations which process any type of payment cards in their transactions … Read more
OCSP SHA-1 support ending 30 May 2022 Microsoft has announced the sunset for SHA-1 Online Certificate Standard Protocol signing. Microsoft is updating the Online Certificate Standard Protocol (OCSP) service to comply with a recent change to the Certificate Authority / Browser Forum (CA/B Forum) Baseline Requirements. This change requires that all publicly-trusted Public Key Infrastructures … Read more
Citrix ADC security vulnerabilities description A new security vulnerability with ID CVE-2021-22955 (Unauthenticated denial of service) has been discovered in Citrix ADC, which affects the following Citrix products and firmware versions: Also a new security vulnerability with ID CVE-2021-22956 (Temporary disruption of the Management GUI, Nitro API and RPC communication) has been discovered in Citrix … Read more
