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Bret Arsenault
Bret Arsenault
Corporate Vice President and Chief Cybersecurity Advisor
Security practitioners at work in a security operations center.
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Microsoft publishes new report on holistic insider risk management 

The risk landscape for organizations has changed significantly in the past few years. Traditional ways of identifying and mitigating risks simply don’t work. Historically, organizations have focused on external threats; however, risks from within the organization can be just as prevalent and harmful. This new Microsoft-commissioned report lays out several new insights about how organizations go from a fragmented approach to insider risk management to a holistic one.

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Preparing your enterprise to eliminate passwords 

If you’re a CIO, a CISO, or any other exec at a company who is thinking about digital security, the user name/password paradigm is more than a hassle, it’s a true security challenge, which keeps many of us up at night. Today, I’m outlining the basic steps necessary to eliminate passwords, with the acknowledgement that we’re still on the journey. I believe we’ve mapped out the right path, but we aren’t finished yet.

The CISO Perspective: Putting lessons from WannaCrypt into practice to avoid future threats 

Last month, customers and companies around the world were impacted by the WannaCrypt ransomware attack. Even those not impacted are assessing their risk and taking steps to help prevent such attacks. For everyone, including Microsoft, the attack is a stark reminder of the need for continued focus on security and proven operational techniques. So, after […]