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Cybersecurity Awareness Month Marketing (2022)
It's Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the on month a year where people other than us are paying attention to the details in cybersecurity. Joking aside, public and executive awareness isn't where it should be, but I like to believe it's getting better. In this post, I'm...
Windows 11 22H2 – Noteworthy Features
Windows 11 22H2 is here, and I think there are some features you should be aware of. These would also be some great noteworthy features to share with your prospects and customers. Key Feature Updates File Explorer Explorer got a full-face life with a new start page...
Windows 11 Gets Enhanced Phishing Protection
With the release of Windows 11 22H2, Microsoft has added Enhanced Phishing Protection to its operating system. This feature proactively warns users if they're putting their Windows password into an insecure application (such as Notepad or Word) or on websites. Windows...
NordLayer Review: Setup and First Thoughts
In July, Pax8 announced a new partnership with Nord Security. I was particularly excited about this launch due to their NordLayer product and the promise of a simple to use SASE service with capabilities like single sign on, private gateways/servers and site to site...
There’s Always Another Attack Vector
Microsoft recently made a big jump in the security of the Office suite by finally blocking macros by default! However, when we plug one hole, threat actors will simply find a new hole, and thus the cycle shall continue.
Have You Considered Adding SASE?
Now that the new normal is work from anywhere, we've got a major limitation on our hands: network protection. We can solve some of this with DNS filtering, which does indeed do an excellent job at web reputation protection. After all, the majority of the world's...
Dear Security Vendors: We Need to Talk
It's not us, it's you. We need to talk about marketing and how we should be presenting our products and services to newer practitioners in our space. For too long now, there's been this marketing trend of "100% protection." It's got to stop. The Truth About...
Handling NCE – Part 2
Back in January, I shared some ideas around how I'd personally approach NCE. To this day, it's one of my most popular posts. To that end, I thought I should elaborate on some of the contract ideas I'd shared previously. Before we get Started Keep in mind that my model...
Conditional Access Templates are Coming in Hot
One of the bigger challenges with Conditional Access is baselining your security templates. As Microsoft so eloquently put it, Identity is the New Battleground, so we must set baselines everywhere. After much waiting, Microsoft is rolling out templatized, best...
