Data storage security has become a top priority for businesses, both large and small. Data breaches and sensitive material exposure is reason enough to take data storage security seriously. In fact, in the first quarter of 2018, there were 668 data breaches with over 22 million records exposed. Business growth, government crackdowns, and cost are […]
Microsoft Azure portal March 2019 update
This month’s updates include an improved “All services” view, Virtual Network Gateway overview updates, an improved DNS Zone and Load Balancer creation experience, Management Group integration into Activity Log, redesigned overview screens for certain services within Azure DB, an improved creation experience for Azure SQL Database, multiple changes to the Security Center, and more updates […]
The Role of Physical Security in IoT
Securing the Internet of Things (IoT) continues to become more important as the value of assets, and number of connected devices, continues to increase. The distributed and fragmented nature of IoT means a larger attack surface and physical access (proximity) to the devices. The combination of these two factors make physical security a viable and […]
How the Internet of Things improves financial investments
Can smart technology lead to smart investing? There is ample evidence that this is the case, says Marc Weisberg, managing principal for Soho Investment Partners, given the prominence and proliferation of the Internet of Things (IoT) over the past few years. While there were 15 billion connected devices in 2015, one estimate is that there could be as […]
Create a transit VNet using VNet peering
Azure Virtual Network (VNet) is the fundamental building block for any customer network. VNet lets you create your own private space in Azure, or as I call it your own network bubble. VNets are crucial to your cloud network as they offer isolation, segmentation, and other key benefits. Read more about VNet’s key benefits in […]
Why the Internet of Things needs Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) are terms that project a futuristic and science fiction image; both have been identified as causing disruption in business in 2018. In fact, says Harnil Oza, CEO of Hyperlink InfoSystem, both concepts are more real today than they have been at any time in the past. However, for companies […]
How Artificial Intelligence Puts James Bond Tracking Tools In Your Home
Artificial intelligence can help keep your family safe in many ways. Many people recognize that is has led to the development of new security systems, but there are less commonly discussed benefits. One of the biggest benefits is that it helps with location device tracking. Tracking someone’s activity on a map seems like stuff straight […]
Announcing new Azure Security Center capabilities at RSA 2019
This is an exciting week for us at Microsoft. At RSA Conference 2019, we are announcing new and exciting capabilities in Azure and Microsoft 365. With this blog post, we wanted to share with you what we have been working on for Azure Security Center. Azure Security Center now leverages machine learning to reduce the […]
Announcing new capabilities in Azure Firewall
Today we are excited to launch two new key capabilities to Azure Firewall. Threat intelligence based filtering Service tags filtering Azure Firewall is a cloud native firewall-as-a-service offering which enables customers to centrally govern all their traffic flows using a DevOps approach. The service supports both application (such as *.github.com), and network level filtering rules. […]
Presenting the new IIC Security Maturity Model for IoT
Organizations deploying IoT solutions often ask similar questions as they address security—What is the risk my organization takes on as we adopt IoT? How much security do we need for our scenario? Where should we invest for the biggest impact? To answer those questions, Microsoft co-authored and edited the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) IoT Security […]