The Four Pillars of CASB: Threat Protection

Threat protection, one of the four pillars that makes up Bitglass’s four quadrants, is integral for defense against malware. Bitglass’ CASB (cloud access security broker) can proactively defend against any threat, while other security tool… Continue reading The Four Pillars of CASB: Threat Protection

What Are Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs), and How Do You Find Them?

Reading Time: 4 minutes Companies are constrained by insufficient time and resources to detect and respond to advanced persistent threats (APTs). How can SOCs fill the gaps and keep advanced attackers out of their networks?

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Phishing Report Highlights Need for Sophisticated Anti-Malware Software


A recent report by a security vendor says that 25% of phishing messages get by Exchange Online Protection (EOP) and arrive into Office 365 user mailboxes. This highlights the need to configure EOP properly and run multiple lines of defense. Microsoft would like you to use Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) alongside EOP. Offerings from other security vendors are also available. For better protection against phishing, you should consider something like ATP.

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Microsoft’s Extending its Security Graph to MacOS, Adding More Services to ATP


Microsoft is continuing to build out its security services with a new offering for MacOS and new features for ATP as well.

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Unsanctioned Apps in the Enterprise

Today, organizations leverage a plethora of software applications to enhance productivity, increase collaboration, and evolve their businesses. Some of these applications are IT approved and are purchased with a license by the organization at large; f… Continue reading Unsanctioned Apps in the Enterprise

Finance: A Cloud Security Investigation (CSI)

In a recent Bitglass Security Spotlight, we enumerated the risks associated with failing to implement proper data and threat protection in financial services. Financial organizations are often targeted by hackers who are looking to seize personally id… Continue reading Finance: A Cloud Security Investigation (CSI)

Embrace the Intelligence Cycle to Secure Your Business

Whether you’re protecting data, financial assets or even people, the intelligence cycle can help you gather data and contextualize it in terms of what you already know and what you hope to learn.

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Hackers Using Zero-Width Spaces to Bypass MS Office 365 Protection

Security researchers have been warning about a simple technique that cybercriminals and email scammers are already being using in the wild to bypass security features of Microsoft Office 365, including Safe Links, which are originally designed to prote… Continue reading Hackers Using Zero-Width Spaces to Bypass MS Office 365 Protection

Office 365 Takes Aim at Spoofers but Users See Warnings About Fraudulent Messages

Microsoft upgraded their EOP anti-spoofing capabilities inside Office 365, which is good, but they didn’t tell anyone. The first users knew was when they started to receive messages stamped with “the sender failed our fraud detection checks” – something that is never assuring. This only applies to ATP customers, but it’s not the first time Microsoft has failed to communicate important news.

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Microsoft Brings Advanced Threat Protection to SharePoint Online

Microsoft launched Advanced Threat Protection for SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, and Teams on December 5. It’s good to have extra anti-malware capabilities, but ATP requires Office 365 E5 or an extra add-on, so it might be out of the reach of some tenants. And it’s all about SharePoint – Teams is just there because Teams can store documents.

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