Top insights and best practices from the new Microsoft Data Security Index report

A whopping 74 percent of organizations recently surveyed experienced at least one data security incident with their business data exposed in the previous year. That’s just one of our interesting insights from Microsoft’s new Data Security Index: Trends, insights, and strategies to secure data...

On the Cybersecurity Jobs Shortage

In April, Cybersecurity Ventures reported on extreme cybersecurity job shortage: Global cybersecurity job vacancies grew by 350 percent, from one million openings in 2013 to 3.5 million in 2021, according to Cybersecurity Ventures. The number of unfilled jobs leveled off in 2022, and remains at 3...

Survey Provides Takeaways for Security Pros to Operationalize their Remediation Life Cycle

Ask any security professional and they'll tell you that remediating risks from various siloed security scanning tools requires a tedious and labor-intensive series of steps focused on deduplication, prioritization, and routing of issues to an appropriate "fixer" somewhere in the organization. Thi...

Few Fortune 100 Firms List Security Pros in Their Executive Ranks

Many things have changed since 2018, such as the names of the companies in the Fortune 100 list. But one aspect of that vaunted list that hasnt shifted much since is that very few of these companies list any security professionals within their top executive ranks. The next time you receive a brea...

Lfi-Space - LFI Scan Tool

Written by TMRSWRR Version 1.0.0 All in one tools for LFI VULN FINDER -LFI DORK FINDER Instagram: TMRSWRR Screenshots How to use Read Me LFI Space is a robust and efficient tool designed to detectLocal File Inclusion LFI vulnerabilities in web applications. This tool simplifies the process of...

Join us at Microsoft Secure to discover the latest security solutions

Microsoft Secure is our first flagship event designed just for security professionals. On March 28, 2023, we will bring together security professionals from around the world to explore security information and event management SIEM and extended detection and response XDR, threat intelligence, AI,...

What’s Next After Log4Shell?

How To Deal With the Next Open-Source Vulnerability Using Custom Scripts A critical vulnerability in Apache’s Log4j Java-based logging utility CVE-2021-44228 was previously referred to as the “most critical vulnerability of the last decade.” In the wake of Log4Shell exploits, many security...

Learn what an AI-driven future means for cybersecurity at Microsoft Secure

Maintaining security across today’s vast digital ecosystem is a team effort. AI and machine learning have helped to detect threats quickly and respond effectively. Yet we all know that the best defense still requires human wisdom and experience. From a frontline security operations admin to the...

BlueHat 2023: Connecting the security research community with Microsoft

We’re excited to welcome more than 400 members of the security research community from around the world to Redmond, Washington for BlueHat 2023. Hosted by the Microsoft Security Response Center MSRC, BlueHat is where the security research community, and Microsoft security professionals, come...

BlueHat 2023: Connecting the security research community with Microsoft

We’re excited to welcome more than 400 members of the security research community from around the world to Redmond, Washington for BlueHat 2023. Hosted by the Microsoft Security Response Center MSRC, BlueHat is where the security research community, and Microsoft security professionals, come...

Cybersecurity Plan: 3 Keys for CISOs

CISOs and security professionals need a cybersecurity plan to succeed. Explore three keys for a winning strategy...

Adapting existing VM programs to regain control

Stop me if you’ve heard this before. The scale, speed and complexity of cloud environments — particularly when you introduce containers and microservices — has made the lives of security professionals immensely harder. While it may seem trite, the reason we keep hearing this refrain is because,...

Cybersecurity awareness tips from Microsoft to empower your team to #BeCyberSmart

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and I’m excited about what Microsoft and our partners in the industry have planned to help everyone stay CyberSmart. 2022 may have offered some respite from the previous year’s rush to enable a remote and hybrid workforce, but the increased use of persona...

Cybersecurity awareness tips from Microsoft to empower your team to #BeCyberSmart

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and I’m excited about what Microsoft and our partners in the industry have planned to help everyone stay CyberSmart. 2022 may have offered some respite from the previous year’s rush to enable a remote and hybrid workforce, but the increased use of persona...

Cybersecurity awareness tips from Microsoft to empower your team to #BeCyberSmart

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and I’m excited about what Microsoft and our partners in the industry have planned to help everyone stay CyberSmart. 2022 may have offered some respite from the previous year’s rush to enable a remote and hybrid workforce, but the increased use of persona...

The Future of the SOC Is XDR

Extended detection and response XDR is increasingly gaining traction across the industry. In a new research ebook sponsored by Rapid7, SOC Modernization and the Role of XDR, ESG identified that 61% of security professionals claim that they are very familiar with XDR technology. While this is an...

Today’s SOC Strategies Will Soon Be Inadequate

New research sponsored by Rapid7 explores the momentum behind security operations center SOC modernization and the role extended detection and response XDR plays. ESG surveyed over 370 IT and cybersecurity professionals in the US and Canada – responsible for evaluating, purchasing, and utilizing...

Microsoft at RSA 2022: Envisioning the future of security

Like most of you, I was glad to see the 2022 RSA Conference return to its in-person roots after a two-year digital hiatus. This year’s event was a great success, drawing 26,000 attendees to three days of cutting-edge security sessions, tutorials, seminars, and special events at Moscone Center in...

Microsoft at RSA 2022: Envisioning the future of security

Like most of you, I was glad to see the 2022 RSA Conference return to its in-person roots after a two-year digital hiatus. This year’s event was a great success, drawing 26,000 attendees to three days of cutting-edge security sessions, tutorials, seminars, and special events at Moscone Center in...

How security leaders can help their teams avoid burnout

The security community is continuously changing, growing, and learning from each other to better position the world against cyberthreats. In the latest post of our Voice of the Community blog series, Microsoft Security Senior Product Marketing Manager Brooke Lynn Weenig talks with Maria...