Avoiding the 3 R’s: Reboot, Restore, Resign
Not long ago, I was talking to an IT pro whose Active Directory went down suddenly one day. He couldn't determine the root cause, so this was his recovery plan: Reboot, restore, and then resign. While...
Office 365 Groups Recovery – How to Restore a Deleted Group
Office 365 Groups can be a very powerful collaboration feature that lets users choose a set of people that they wish to collaborate with, and easily set up a collection of resources for those people t...
2018 Cyber Security Trends – The Rise and Risks of Insider Threats
Cyber security threats from external attackers are a constant worry for all organizations, as evidence by the many recent, headline-grabbing Ransomware data breaches such as WannaCry, Petya, Bad Rabbi...
What’s your hybrid AD and Azure AD recovery plan?
Whether you are running a hybrid Active Directory (AD) environment with Azure AD Connect, or have cloud-only objects or attributes that aren’t synchronized, it’s critical for security and compliance p...
Simplify Healthcare M&A with Automated AD and Exchange Tools
Market and regulatory changes such as the Affordable Care Act are fueling a historic period of consolidation in the healthcare market. Independent health systems are struggling to survive on their own...
Healthcare Mergers and Acquisitions: A Prescription to Improve Security Before Migration
Several forces are combining to create a historic period of consolidation in the healthcare industry. Increased competition, a shift to outcomes-based reimbursement models, and an overall need to wide...
How to Fix and Prevent Privileged Access Issues to Improve Hybrid AD and Cloud Security
Every Wednesday in May, we’re hosting a live four-part webcast series, How to Overcome Common Hybrid AD and Cloud Security Challenges. The webcast series features a fictional character, Hank the Hacke...
Hank the Hacker is Coming for Your Active Directory
Hank the Hacker is coming. Organizations like yours are sprinting to Microsoft cloud services, such as Office 365 and Azure Active Directory (AD). But as your cloud — and hybrid — footprint expands, ...
Remediating and Mitigating Privileged Access Issues in Your Hybrid AD and Azure AD
The challenges associated with securing data in Office 365, whether completely cloud based or a hybrid AD iteration, are numerous, and addressing them requires a solid plan to ensure your risk of a da...
Hybrid AD and Azure AD Security Begins with Continuous Permissions Assessment
If your organization made the jump to Office 365 and are now completely cloud based or in a hybrid AD environment, you probably spent a lot of time getting your on-premises AD ready for the move. Now ...
Office 365 Security: Is On-Premises AD Your Weakest Link?
Office 365 has more than 60 million active monthly users, and adoption of the platform is increasing—for good reason. It allows organizations to reduce infrastructure and costs related to licensing an...
We’re Up on Office 365. What’s Next?
Perhaps it wasn’t your decision for your organization to migrate to Office 365. Yet, the decision was made, and what followed was a significant amount of planning and heavy lifting to get your IT envi...