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We are seeing active hacker attacks every single day on our clients. According to the latest Microsoft Security Intelligence Report, phishing attack emails increased 250% between January and December of 2018 - emails which use malicious links and attachments to infect an organization. Have you been a victim? Would you know if you were? Most of the successful attacks are due to insufficient security tools, monitoring, and lack of training. None of our clients are in the IT or security monitoring business. Their internal team may be experts at IT for their organization, but likely lack the background and training in security management. A managed security services contract can help save your business time and money – and let you focus on what you do best.

All the Cloud Controls You Have Been Waiting For

When company credentials have been compromised, all corporate data is instantly at risk. Hackers only need one victim to begin to access an entire organization – do you have a plan in place to prepare, detect or stop the threat before it’s too late?

Account compromise and credential harvesting attacks are occurring at alarming rates. In the event of a successful account compromise, time is crucial and the ability to respond quickly can significantly decrease the damage to your organization. Incident response teams should have a clear understanding of the steps involved in remediating unauthorized access events.  These steps should be clear and concise to avoid confusion and delayed containment. Microsoft helps with these steps by providing one single tool that covers many of the core incident response tasks.

You may have noticed that there are currently four Microsoft products with “Advanced Threat Protection” in their name:

1. Azure Advanced Threat Protection
2. Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection
3. Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection
4. SQL Advanced Threat Protection

While each of these solutions offers value to its users, there’s been some confusion around the similar naming of these products. Let’s clear up confusion by taking a closer look at each of these products and their features, benefits, and intended use cases.

Figuring out the best way to implement Single Sign-On (SSO) in a Microsoft cloud environment can be challenging given how the options have evolved over time, but it’s a key component of any successful Office 365 or Azure deployment. There are four main options on how you can configure SSO:

• Cloud-only passwords without SSO

• Password synchronization with SSO

• Pass-through Authentication with SSO

• Federated Identity (ADFS or 3^rd party) 

Is your company compliant & secure?

In the dangerous digital world of unpredictable threats, intelligent cybersecurity and compliancy with regulations like GDPR are critical. Microsoft offers multiple cybersecurity solutions in a wide variety of bundles, some that overlap with one another. Yet, navigating which ones that are right for your business can be an overwhelming task. Interlink is here to help!

Interlink teamed up with Microsoft for a special on-demand event that explains the layered cybersecurity options Microsoft offers. After watching the webinar, you’ll have a solid understanding of how to better protect your user identities, digital assets, and data using these solutions - many of which you may already own.