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Build your Microsoft Security career

IT Governance

It’s also suitable for those who plan to develop a specialised career as a Microsoft Azure administrator or security engineer. . Potential job roles include IT support executive, IT support manager, system administrator, Azure administrator, security operations analyst, and identity and access admin manager. .

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15 Top Cybersecurity Certifications for 2022

eSecurity Planet

“Certifications range from penetration testers , government/industry regulatory compliance , ethical hacking , to industry knowledge,” he said. It’s designed for incident handlers, incident handling team leads, system administrators, security practitioners, and security architects.

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CSPM vs CWPP vs CIEM vs CNAPP: What’s the Difference?

eSecurity Planet

But first, here’s a quick overview before we explore each in-depth: Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM): Best used to maintain a robust security posture across your cloud infrastructure by instantly discovering configuration errors and compliance violations. Provides detailed advice and enables for manual or automatic remediation.

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City of Dallas has set a budget of $8.5 million to mitigate the May Royal ransomware attack

Security Affairs

The City experts believe that the group specifically targeted a prioritized list of servers using legitimate Microsoft system administrative tools. Once obtained access to the City’s network, the group performed reconnaissance and information-gathering activities using legitimate third-party remote management tools.

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MY TAKE: How SMBs can improve security via ‘privileged access management’ (PAM) basics

The Last Watchdog

Privileged accounts assigned special logon credentials to system administrators in charge of onboarding and off boarding users, updating and fixing IT systems and carrying out other network-wide tasks. A few key takeaways: How SMBs got here. This epiphany isn’t happening as often as it should.

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China-linked threat actors have breached telcos and network service providers

Security Affairs

Implement strict password requirements, enforcing password complexity, changing passwords at a defined frequency, and performing regular account reviews to ensure compliance [ D3-SPP ]. Ensure that you have dedicated management systems [ D3-PH ] and accounts for system administrators.

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Automated Patch Management: Definition, Tools & How It Works

eSecurity Planet

This involves tracking patches, updating device and application status, providing patch management activity reports, and tracking compliance with industry standards and laws. Pros Configuration Manager integrates well with other Microsoft products, such as Azure Active Directory, for a more comprehensive systems administration solution.

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