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Microsoft Defender for Vulnerability Management Now Offers Hardware, Firmware Assessments

Microsoft Defender's preview of hardware and firmware assessments provides visibility into device manufacturer, processor and BIOS risk.

December 2, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft is launching the public preview for hardware and firmware assessments in Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management, a new feature designed to give organizations full visibility into device manufacturer, processor and BIOS information. According to the Redmon, Wash. IT giant, firmware and hardware attacks are on the rise as hackers target hardware components to gain high […]

Microsoft Defender For Business Is Now Generally Available

Microsoft Defender for Business brings enterprise-grade endpoint security, detection and response to smaller organizations.

May 2, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft is launching the general availability of the stand-alone version of Microsoft Defender for Business, a new offering designed for small-to-mid-sized businesses that brings enterprise-grade endpoint security, detection and response to smaller organizations. According to Microsoft, this is designed to provide protection against ransomware and other sophisticated cyberattacks for SMBs, who say cyberthreats are becoming […]

New Microsoft Defender for IoT Capabilities Helps Create Secure-By-Design Devices

New Microsoft Defender for IoT capabilities help protect IoT devices and detect ransomware, malware, brute force and other attacks.

March 14, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft has released the public preview for a new capability in Microsoft Defender for IoT that gives device builders and solution operators the ability to create secure-by-design, managed IoT devices. This capability comes after Microsoft recently announced Defender for IoT sensor, version 22.1, that features Azure portal to scale large environments and control the security […]

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Can Now Protect Google Cloud Environments

Microsoft expands Defender for Cloud capabilities and now offers multi-cloud protection across Azure, AWS and Google Cloud resources.

February 23, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft now offers multi-cloud protection for the cloud industry’s top three platforms by extending the native capabilities for Microsoft Defender for Cloud to the Google Cloud Platform. This follows cloud security support for AWS in Defender for Cloud, which Microsoft released last November during its Ignite conference. According to Microsoft, Defender for Cloud support for […]

Microsoft Defender For Endpoint Can Now Manage Bugs in Android, iOS Devices

The new cross-platform coverage, threat and vulnerability management capabilities now support all major device platforms.

February 3, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft is rolling out the general availability of a feature that allows administrators to manage the security and vulnerability management of Android and iOS devices with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. The new cross-platform coverage, threat and vulnerability management capabilities now support all major device platforms across the organization, spanning workstations, servers and now mobile devices, […]

Microsoft Introduces Defender for APIs

Microsoft is rolling out a public preview of Defender for APIs, a new offering as part of the Defender for Cloud platform.

April 24, 2023 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

In response to the increasing usage of APIs by threat actors to breach data from cloud applications, Microsoft is rolling out a public preview of Defender for APIs, a new offering part of Microsoft’s Defender for Cloud platform. Through an integration of Defender for APIs with Azure API management, security teams can use the Defender […]

Microsoft Brings Generative AI to Defenders with Security Copilot

Microsoft Security Copilot is designed to help defenders be more efficient by combining GPT-4 with a security-specific model from Microsoft.

March 28, 2023 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft has infused the powers of generative AI, ChatGPT and OpenAI’s language models throughout its product portfolio, and the company is now bringing the technology to its security tools with the launch of Microsoft Security Copilot. According to Microsoft, Security Copilot will help enable defenders to leverage AI to be more efficient by combining an […]

Microsoft Launches Defender for IoT Cloud-Managed Platform

Microsoft Defender for IoT helps organizations unify the security operations center (SOC) for both IT and OT assets.

March 20, 2023 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft is launching the general availability of Microsoft Defender for IoT cloud-managed platform designed to let businesses connect their operational technology (OT) environment without compromising their security. According to the Redmond, Wash. tech giant, Defender for IoT helps organizations manage assets, track emerging threats and control risks across enterprise and mission-critical networks in both connected […]

Microsoft Extends Defender for Cloud Apps SSPM to More Critical Apps

Microsoft is extending the cloud security posture management capabilities of Defender for Cloud Apps to Microsoft 365, Salesforce, ServiceNow, Okta, GitHub and more.

February 16, 2023 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft is aiming to deliver full protection of cloud-based software applications by extending the cloud app security posture management capabilities of Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps to more critical apps in use today. Some of those apps included in Microsoft’s announcement are Microsoft 365, Salesforce, ServiceNow, Okta, GitHub and more. In a preview starting today, […]

Microsoft Enhances Control for Configuring Firewall Rules with Defender

Microsoft is releasing Windows Defender Firewall security capabilities that allow for reusing group settings and support using FQDN rules.

November 2, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft is releasing enhanced Windows Defender Firewall security capabilities that allow for reusing group settings to target devices and users and support the use of Fully Qualified Domain Name rules. According to Microsoft, these new capabilities in Intune are designed to simplify management and provide more advanced controls to configure Firewall rules, giving IT admins […]