MISA expands with new members and new product additions

Another RSA Conference RSAC and another big year for the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association MISA. MISA was launched at RSAC 2018 with 26 members and a year later we had doubled in size to 53 members. Today, I am excited to share that the association has again doubled in size to 102 member...

Free import of AWS CloudTrail logs through June 2020 and other exciting Azure Sentinel updates

SecOps teams are increasingly challenged to protect assets across distributed environments, analyze the growing volume of security data, and prioritize response to real threats. As a cloud-native SIEM solution security information and event management, Azure Sentinel uses artificial intelligence ...

Azure Sentinel uncovers the real threats hidden in billions of low fidelity signals

Cybercrime is as much a people problem as it is a technology problem. To respond effectively, the defender community must harness machine learning to compliment the strengths of people. This is the philosophy that undergirds Azure Sentinel. Azure Sentinel is a cloud-native SIEM that exploits...

Azure Sentinel updates: Improve your security operations with innovations from a cloud-native SIEM

Just a month ago, I communicated the details about Azure Sentinel reaching general availability. Since then, many customers have shared how Azure Sentinel has empowered their teams to be nimble and more efficient. ASOS, one of the largest online fashion retailers, is an excellent example of this...

Microsoft Intelligent Security Association grows to more than 80 members

Sometimes an idea sparks, and it feels so natural, so organic, that it takes on a life of its own and surprises you by how fast it grows. The Microsoft Intelligent Security Association MISA was one of these ideas. It was born out of a desire to be easy to do business with and be a better partner ...

Microsoft announces new innovations in security, compliance, and identity at Ignite

Today, at the Microsoft Ignite Conference, we’re announcing new innovations designed to help customers across their security, compliance, and identity needs. With so much going on at Ignite this week, I want to highlight the top 10 announcements: 1. Azure Sentinel—We’re introducing new connectors...

Microsoft’s 4 principles for an effective security operations center

The Microsoft Cyber Defense Operations Center CDOC fields trillions of security signals every day. How do we identify and respond to the right threats? One thing that won’t surprise you: we leverage artificial intelligence AI, machine learning, and automation to narrow the focus. But technology i...

Azure Sentinel—the cloud-native SIEM that empowers defenders is now generally available

Machine learning enhanced with artificial intelligence AI holds great promise in addressing many of the global cyber challenges we see today. They give our cyber defenders the ability to identify, detect, and block malware, almost instantaneously. And together they give security admins the abilit...

Ovum recommends Microsoft security to safeguard your hybrid and multi cloud environments

According to a new Ovum report, "Azure Sentinel…positions Microsoft to be a force for change in a security information and events management SIEM market that is ripe for disruption at the moment." As enterprises migrate to the cloud, they’re increasingly operating on-premises and cloud environmen...

Developing connected security solutions

Many organizations deploy dozens of security products and services from Microsoft and others to combat increasing cyberthreats. As a result, the ability to quickly extract value from these solutions has become more challenging. This creates opportunity for developers to build solutions that augme...

Building the security operations center of tomorrow—better insights with compound detection

In the physical world, humans are fantastic at connecting low quality signals into high quality analysis. Consider speaking with someone in a crowded place. You may not hear every word they say, but because you are fluent in the language and can piece together context from the words, you can hear...