Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

July 2023

Managing MFA and MFA Role Out

Hello everyone! Welcome to this video where we'll delve into the intricacies of managing MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication) and #MFA roleout. Throughout this session, we'll navigate through various challenging scenarios, including tenants with security defaults, conditional access policies, and per-user MFA. Our main focus will be on Octiga, a powerful tool that analyzes MFA from a risk perspective. We'll explore a template that allows you to easily include or exclude users from MFA policies, giving you greater control over your security measures.

A Closer Look at the Midnight Blizzard Crew

Microsoft's security team has recently made a significant discovery regarding an increase in cyber-attacks orchestrated by the Russian state-backed group known as the Midnight Blizzard crew. This group, which also operates under the aliases Nobelium, APT29, Cozy Bear, Iron Hemlock, and The Dukes, has been actively targeting personal credentials, according to Microsoft's findings. The Midnight Blizzard hackers employ residential proxy services to conceal the source IP addresses of their attacks.

Octiga's New M365 Conditional Access Policy Baselines and Migration Process| Latest Release!

Hey there! In this video, I wanted to update you on the latest release from Octiga. We have introduced new conditional access policy baselines that offer more control over user inclusions, group and role inclusions/exclusions, and the ability to set a generalized template for conditional access policies.