Tag: microsoft
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Security Copilot on the Case: What Happens When the New Hire Gets a Badge
Or: The Part Where Our Enthusiastic New Hire Actually Earns Their Keep Last time, we introduced Microsoft Copilot as the eager new hire who’s read every manual, means well, and just needs a little supervision before anything goes out the door. We talked about M365 Copilot making your inbox slightly less terrifying, and gave Security…
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The Enthusiastic New Hire: A Field Guide to Microsoft Copilot
Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the AI That cc:’s Everyone We’ve built quite a cast of characters in this world. The bouncer checking IDs at the door. The no-nonsense lady running the tool room. The guy in the chair watching the monitors. Everyone has a role. Everyone knows their lane. And…
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Bending Logs Like Neo: Splunk, Sentinel, and the Event Hub Advantage
I’m a Microsoft fanboy – guilty as charged. With an E5 license, you get a treasure chest of security capabilities, and I’ll happily admit I lean hard into Redmond’s ecosystem. But here’s the thing: no platform is perfect. Not even Microsoft’s crown jewels. The future is built on taking the platform you have and making…
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Toolboxes, Trust, and That One No-Nonsense Lady: A Look at Azure PIM
We’re really starting to build a world here, aren’t we? We’ve already got a few characters on the payroll: our bouncer, standing at the door checking the list. Our guy in the chair, glued to the monitors, watching for anything “weird.” And our grizzled private investigator, digging through the basement logs looking for clues. Today,…
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What Happens When the Bouncer Misses? Identifying Risky Behaviors in Azure
In our last blog post, we built out the walls, gave ourselves a nice lobby, and put the bouncer at the door. Everything is good to go and we’re safe now, right? HA! This is the internet we’re talking about, and try as we might, there’s always going to be a potential for Sneaky McSneakster…
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Locking Down the Wild, Wild West: Entra Conditional Access
Let’s face it—cloud security isn’t just a checkbox anymore. In today’s remote-first, hybrid, everyone’s-logging-in-from-somewhere world, keeping your Azure environment locked down is absolutely critical. On-premise environments at least had the illusion of protection via perimeter firewalls and network boundaries. But once you move into the cloud? That perimeter goes poof. Your data, your apps, and…
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Hugging the Microsoft Ecosystem – And Why it Just Works
It’s no secret—I’m a “Microsoft guy.” I’ve been called out for it more than once at work, and while there’s truth to it, the reality is simple: Microsoft has done something many others haven’t—built a cohesive, powerful ecosystem that, while not perfect, checks most of the boxes in a way that’s just nice to work…