This week, Adam and Andy continue the conversation on techniques and tools to protect your organization from ransomware. They dive into the concept of least privileged access and administrative rights, email protection solutions, and phishing/cybersecurity training program concepts for your company.

Documentation:

Exchange Online Protection Overview

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/security/office-365-security/exchange-online-protection-overview?view=o365-worldwide

Office 365 ATP

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/security/office-365-security/office-365-atp?view=o365-worldwide

Andy Jaw

Twitter: @ajawzero

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andyjaw/

Adam Brewer

Twitter: @ajbrewer

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamjbrewer/

This week, Adam and Andy continue the conversation on techniques and tools to protect your organization from ransomware. They dive into EDR solutions, patching and vulnerability assessment management, and pentesting.

Documentation:

Maersk, me & notPetya:

https://gvnshtn.com/maersk-me-notpetya/

The Untold Story of NotPetya, the Most Devastating Cyberattack in History:

https://www.wired.com/story/notpetya-cyberattack-ukraine-russia-code-crashed-the-world/

Andy Jaw

Twitter: @ajawzero

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andyjaw/

Adam Brewer

Twitter: @ajbrewer

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamjbrewer/

Due to the recent ransomware attacks, Adam and Andy use this episode to kick off a series on how to protect your company from ransomware. We started with how security professionals need to have soft skills in order to be successful at any organization. We followed up with a deep dive on why we believe Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is the most cost effective solution you can deploy.

Documentation:

Microsoft Defender in a Sandbox:

https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2018/10/26/windows-defender-antivirus-can-now-run-in-a-sandbox/

Andy Jaw

Twitter: @ajawzero

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andyjaw/

Adam Brewer

Twitter: @ajbrewer

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamjbrewer/

In this episode, Adam and Andy talk about why if you have not enabled MFA for your identity provider (IDP), this should be your top priority today. They also talk about steps for implementation and their thoughts on user documentation.

Documentation:

Zerologon Vulnerability

https://www.secura.com/blog/zero-logon

Andy Jaw

Twitter: @ajawzero

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andyjaw/

Adam Brewer

Twitter: @ajbrewer

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamjbrewer/

In this first episode, Adam and Andy discuss whether geo-restricting IP addressing is considered "good" security. They also discuss Azure AD password protection as a method to protect against password spraying attacks.

Documentation: 

Overview on Azure AD password protection:

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-active-directory-identity/azure-ad-password-protection-is-now-generally-available/ba-p/377487  

How to deploy Azure AD protection:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/authentication/howto-password-ban-bad-on-premises-deploy 

Andy Jaw

Twitter: @ajawzero

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andyjaw/

Adam Brewer

Twitter: @ajbrewer

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamjbrewer/