Some policies I use in Conditional Access
Lewis Barry This site is called Conditional Access, and yet surprisingly, it has very little advice on what you should do for CA policies. I’ve stayed away from this subject on purpose;…
How to prevent ransomware attacks using M365 Business Premium
To the average person who isn’t in the IT space, the world seems like a scary place when news coverage keeps talking about the number of “sophisticated” attacks which are…
The Cyber Essentials Guide for Windows OS and Driver Patching: Intune Edition
I’ve previously written about Windows Autopatch, and now that it’s included in Business Premium and EDU licenses, it made sense to write an updated post for MSPs to use to…
Is a SOC service really what you need?
Security Operations Centre Their primary focus isn’t preventative protection. They are actually Monitoring, Detecting and Responding to threats. A SOC’s core expertise is not in security hardening practices; this element…
Securing access to Windows 365 from a BYOD/Personal Device
Scenario: You have employees or contractors you’ve given a Windows 365 license to, Intune is managing those cloud devices just fine, but you want to ensure access to them is…
How to deploy Defender for Endpoint: Windows
With Microsoft making a bigger name for itself in the security space in recent years, more and more are looking to utilise what they already pay for in their bundle…
Allowing the Sonos app via an Intune Firewall configuration
Your office just got some new speakers, but you can’t get the Windows app to talk to it? This serves as a dual guide, firstly on how to create and…
How to become CIS compliant
To most, the Center for Internet Security (CIS) are a provider of benchmarks and standards that one might wish to follow to increase the security of their IT environment. It’s…
Defender for Office 365: Custom Anti-malware Rules for Archive File Types
With over 90% of business email compromise attacks originating from email, it makes sense to focus efforts on trying to reduce that line of entry… although first, you should lock…
Zero Trust Workshop: Your Security Roadmap
It’s really hard to know where to start when you or your team are assigned the task of securing the company from cyber threats. If you’ve been in the game…