Navigating the Risks of Not Adopting the Latest Cybersecurity Defenses
Executive Summary Today the cyber threat landscape is constantly evolving, presenting new challenges that demand proactive and advanced defenses. Organizations reluctant to adopt the latest cybersecurity solutions face significant risks, including data breaches, financial loss, and reputational damage. This article delves into the cost of inaction for organizations not keeping pace with cybersecurity advancements, supported […]
The Strategic Advantage of Managed Services for Microsoft Defender for XDR + Sentinel SIEM and Copilot for Security
Executive Summary In today’s complex cybersecurity landscape, organizations face the challenge of defending against increasingly sophisticated threats while managing the complexities of advanced security technologies. Providers of managed Extended Detection and Response (XDR) + SIEM services such as CyberMSI, offer a compelling solution by leveraging expertise in Microsoft Defender XDR + Sentinel SIEM powered by […]
Benefits and Challenges of Incident Management Using Microsoft Copilot for Security
In the rapidly evolving landscape of cyber threats, the integration of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) into cybersecurity tools has become paramount. Microsoft’s suite of security solutions, particularly unified Microsoft Defender for Extended Detection and Response (XDR) + Sentinel SIEM with Microsoft Copilot for Security, exemplifies the forefront of leveraging GAI to automate responses to cyber […]
Threat Vector: Public Facing Infrastructure
Public infrastructure can lead to private information. Organizations that need part of their IT infrastructure to interact with the outside world use cybersecurity controls like having a DMZ (Demilitarized Zones) to manage threat exposure to the internet. Even though DMZs are useful for managing traffic from outside the organization, they are not a complete solution […]
More Essential Microsoft Sentinel Automations
Enhance incident response with new automated tools. In the previous Essential Microsoft Sentinel Automations blog we discussed the most important automations a SOC should have. Many automations have been created since then, and now we are going to share the newest automations that your Microsoft Sentinel SIEM instance should have. In this blog we will […]
What is it Like to be a Cloud Security Analyst?
See what exciting activities CyberMSI cybersecurity analysts are doing today. Analysts at CyberMSI operate in a tier-less model, which means that they get to do all the activities that tier 2 and 3 analysts would normally do. However, greater opportunities come with greater responsibilities. In this blog we will follow an analyst to see what […]
Threat Vector: Social Engineering
Help your users help you protect data. Social engineering is one of the most prevalent ways a malicious actor can gain access to your data because of how easy it is. Phishing emails are so common that they are the initial cause for 80-90% of security incidents. It only takes one user clicking on something […]
Why Am I Not Getting Alerts in Defender for Office 365?
Discover How to Monitor All Your Email Incidents. Analysts at CyberMSI had recently set up a test environment for Defender for Office 365 with roughly 10 users in it. They found that the test environment was receiving as high as 40 phishing emails a day without any of them generating an incident in the 365 […]
Addressing Solorigate and Other Zero-Day Attacks
Planning Helps You Have a Prepared Response in a Crisis. Last December the public and private sectors were both shaken by the Solorigate zero-day attack. Like other zero-day attacks, this type of attack had not been seen before, so it was stressful for everyone involved to put it mildly. Ever since then, cybersecurity analysts at […]