Nov 19, 2020
Microsoft Digital Defense Report, September 2020
Microsoft Digital Defense Report, September 2020
It's a BIG read, but for security professionals it's great knowledge...
Chapter
- Introduction
Events over the past 12 months
Thousands of security experts across 77 countries
- The start of cybercrime
- Nation state threats
- Security and the remote workforce
- Actionable learnings
Key notes
- One of the top 6 targeted industry sectors was professional services
- Common techniques attack like; Reconnaissance, Credential Harvesting, Malware & VPN Exploits
- Infrastructure for a remote workface; Zero Trust security model, VPN architecture & controlling access to corporate resources.
Some steps you can take today
- Adopt MFA
- Go password less
- Adopt a Zero Trust mindset
- Monitor cross-cloud security & leverage machine learning