Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management – Common Microsoft 365 Security Mistakes Series
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Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management – Common Microsoft 365 Security Mistakes Series

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management (MDVM) is an often overlooked service that can be licensed standalone or is included in other Microsoft Defender licenses. In my experience, I've never seen it licensed standalone, but customers with Defender for Endpoint (MDE) P2, Defender for Servers  (MDS) P1, and Defender for Business (MDB) benefit from it's core capabilities.  In addition to the core capabilities, add-on capabilities are available in the standalone license, Defender for Servers P2, or as…
Security Hygiene, Azure Security Center, and Secure Score
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Security Hygiene, Azure Security Center, and Secure Score

The basics Let's start this article with some basic cybersecurity terminology.  Security hygiene, or cyber hygiene, is a general term used to describe the ongoing practice of keeping your technology and IT estate in a healthy and protected state.  The metaphor with physical hygiene is valid because we know with our bodies that there's no such thing as "set it and forget it": if we don't maintain regular hygiene practices and exercise, we atrophy. …