trust environments , which are becoming increasingly popular in the GCC , and is most commonly implemented through an endpoint privilege management solution .
Identity threat detection and response
When basic security controls such as MFA and password enforcement are not in place , your organisation is vulnerable . These problems are inflated if you do not have the means to promptly detect and close security gaps . Any lag between the start of attackrelated activities and their detection by the enterprise is a boon to the attacker and a risk to the target .
Identity threat detection and response , can proactively mitigate poor identity controls by flagging gaps before they are
From the hijack of a test tenant account , Midnight Blizzard moved laterally to take over other corporate accounts , including those of top executives , even those of cybersecurity leaders . exploited . ITDR goes further though because it can also swiftly detect and respond to attacks as they occur .
Spray calm
Password-spray attacks do not target system vulnerabilities ; they target us . The human capacity to settle for what keeps the gears of our lives turning , personal , commercial , governmental , is understandable . But it is exactly this tendency that spray attacks exploit . And all that stands between threat actors and those aforementioned life gears are the best practices mentioned here .
Microsoft endured a lot of inconvenience to teach us some valuable lessons about the basics of cybersecurity . It would be a shame to let that go to waste . •
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