July 28, 2020 Update: Due to the complexities documented in this blog post, Microsoft is rolling out changes to e-mail forwarding configuration in Office 365. SecureSky is testing the changes that...
Microsoft Security Defaults – A Step in the Right Direction, but Customers Should Do More
We understand that managing security for Office 365 can be difficult and complex. As we continue to see common identity-related attacks against authentication like password spray, replay, phishing...
Top 10 Audio/Video Conferencing Security Best Practices
With the recent shift of much of the global workforce to home office work environments, it’s a good time to revisit Audio/Video conferencing security best practices. In this blog we will highlight...
SecureSky Cyber Threat Center Sees Greater Than 6 Times Increase In Attacks
But There’s Still a Lot of Good Things Happening In These Trying Times! One of the most staggering statistics reported recently from the SecureSky Cyber Threat Center is seeing a 6x-7x increase in...
Top 10 Ways To Reduce WFH Bandwidth Consumption
In the new work-from-home (and school-from-home) era, between adding your family “full-time” to your home wifi and the cloud providers and ISPs scrambling to increase capacity, many of you have...
Will Coronavirus Affect Security Operations?
You cannot open a news site or turn on the television today without rightfully hearing about the coronavirus. While governments and medical systems scramble to respond and contain the virus, it is...
The Cloud Balancing Act: Improving Business Outcomes without Degrading Your Security Posture
Who knew that way back in 1964 Bob Dylan would predict the challenges we’re facing with the cloud in 2020. Times they are a-changin’. We’re in the midst of an evolution in IT, led by the rapid...
Dudear or Not Dudear – Analyzing A Recent Phishing Attempt
Following the Tweet from the Microsoft Security Intelligence account January 30, 2020 (https://twitter.com/MsftSecIntel/status/1222995250911703041?s=20), we at SecureSky were a little curious whether...
CIS Microsoft 365 Benchmark v1.1 Released
I am pleased to have participated in and been named a co-editor of the most recent release (version 1.1) of the Center for Internet Security Microsoft 365 Foundations Benchmark. Sharing SecureSky’s...
SecureSky’s Top 5 2020 Cloud Security Predictions
Cloud Computing Adoption Will Accelerate We’re not going out on a limb in predicting cloud services will continue to grow. The information technology world is experiencing a tectonic shift, led by...