Protect your organisation with Azure Security Solutions
Microsoft Azure Security Solutions offer a comprehensive suite of tools designed to safeguard your organisation across every layer of your infrastructure.
From Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)—which adds an extra layer of login security by requiring multiple forms of identification—to the Defender for X Suite, which delivers advanced threat detection for resources like virtual machines and databases, Azure ensures robust protection.
Tools like Secure Score also provide a measurable indicator of your organisation’s security posture, helping you track progress and implement recommendations to enhance your defences.
With continuous monitoring, proactive threat mitigation, and actionable insights, Azure Security Solutions helps organisations stay ahead of potential risks.
What it does:
Protects devices like computers, laptops, and mobile devices from malware, ransomware, and other attacks.
Why it’s important:
Ensures employees can work safely without fear of their devices being compromised, which can lead to data breaches or operational disruptions.
What it does:
Safeguards email and collaboration tools, like Outlook and SharePoint, from phishing attacks, malware, and other threats.
Why it’s important:
Email is a common entry point for attacks. By protecting it, you’re securing one of the most critical communication channels in your organisation.
What it does:
Monitors and protects user identities from being stolen or misused by identifying suspicious activities and potential threats in your on-premises Active Directory.
Why it’s important:
Protecting user identities is crucial because compromised credentials can lead to unauthorised access to sensitive information.
What it does:
Secures your multi-cloud and hybrid environments, ensuring your cloud-based services and infrastructure are protected against threats.
Why it’s important:
As more businesses move to the cloud, securing these environments is vital to protect data and applications from cyber threats.
What it does:
Focuses on securing Internet of Things (IoT) devices, which are increasingly used in various industries.
Why it’s important:
IoT devices can be vulnerable entry points for attackers. Securing them helps protect the entire network and prevent disruptions.
What it does:
Provides comprehensive endpoint protection for small and medium-sized businesses. Combines threat and vulnerability management, endpoint detection and response (EDR), and automated investigation and remediation.
Why it’s important:
Helps smaller organisations protect their devices and data from a wide range of cyber threats, ensuring business continuity and reducing the risk of costly breaches.
What it does:
Monitors and protects cloud-based applications from cyber threats. Provides visibility into cloud app usage, identifies and combats cyber threats across all your cloud services, and ensures compliance with security policies.
Why it’s important:
As businesses increasingly use cloud applications, securing these apps is essential. Helps organisations safeguard sensitive data in the cloud, prevent data leaks, and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
Defender for Cloud
As with any resource, whether on-premise or in the cloud, thought must be given to how that service is going to be managed and secured.
Why is this useful for you?
Defender Cloud provides service that we need:
Continuous assessment:
This feature helps you maintain a robust security posture by regularly evaluating your cloud environments against industry benchmarks. This proactive approach ensures you are always up to date with the latest security standards, reducing the risk of breaches. It provides recommendations to improve cloud security posture in Azure, AWS and Google Cloud.
Proactive vulnerability scanning:
By identifying vulnerabilities before they can be exploited, you can mitigate risks early. This reduces the potential for costly security incidents and ensures your environment remains secure.
Risk prioritisation:
With so many potential threats, it can be challenging to know where to focus your efforts. Defender for Cloud helps you prioritise risks, allowing you to address the most critical vulnerabilities first, which maximises the efficiency of your security resources.
What should you do with this information?
Implement continuous assessment:
Regularly review the assessment results and follow the recommendations to improve your security posture. Make it a part of your routine maintenance to ensure ongoing compliance and security.
Utilise vulnerability scanning:
Schedule regular scans of your environment. Use both agent-based and agentless scanning to cover all potential entry points. Address identified vulnerabilities promptly to maintain a secure infrastructure.
Prioritise risk remediation:
Use the risk prioritisation feature to focus on the most critical threats. Allocate resources effectively to mitigate these high-priority risks first, ensuring your defences are strong where it matters most.
Secure Score
Microsoft Secure Score is a measurement of an organisation’s security posture, with a higher number indicating more recommended actions taken.
Why is this useful for you?
Microsoft Secure Score provides a clear, quantifiable measure of your current security posture. By regularly reviewing and improving this score, you can ensure your organisation remains secure against evolving threats.
Best practices for using Secure Score
Set monthly reviews:
Establish a routine to review your Secure Score each month. This helps you stay on top of your security status and quickly identify areas needing improvement.
Prioritise improvements:
Use the Secure Score recommendations to prioritise the most impactful security improvements. Focus on actions that significantly enhance your security posture and set a plan for their remediation.
Assess and adjust:
Regularly review the effectiveness of implemented improvements. Assess whether the changes have positively impacted your Secure Score and adjust your security roadmap as needed to address long-term goals.
Actionable steps
Schedule regular check-ins:
Make Secure Score reviews a part of your regular security meetings. This keeps security top of mind and ensures continuous monitoring.
Implement recommendations:
Act on the high-impact recommendations provided by Secure Score. This proactive approach helps mitigate risks before they become issues.
Track progress:
Use Secure Score to track your progress over time. This visual representation of your improvements can motivate your team and demonstrate the value of your security investments to stakeholders.
Take control of your organisation’s security today. Explore Microsoft Azure Security Solutions and see how they can transform your security posture. Contact us now to learn more or schedule a free demo.
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