Mark Simos, Author at Microsoft Security Blog

Jun 6, 2018

6 min read

Cybersecurity Reference Architecture: Security for a Hybrid Enterprise

The Microsoft Cybersecurity Reference Architecture describes Microsoft’s cybersecurity capabilities and how they integrate with existing security architectures and capabilities.

Feb 21, 2018

5 min read

How to mitigate rapid cyberattacks such as Petya and WannaCrypt

Because of how critical security hygiene issues have become and how challenging it is for organizations to follow the guidance and the multiple recommended practices, Microsoft is taking a fresh approach to solving them.

Feb 5, 2018

4 min read

Overview of Petya, a rapid cyberattack

In the first blog post of this 3-part series, we introduced what rapid cyberattacks are and illustrated how they are different in terms of execution and outcome. Next, we will go into some more details on the Petya (aka NotPetya) attack. How Petya worked The Petya attack chain is well understood, although a few small […]

Jan 23, 2018

3 min read

Overview of rapid cyberattacks

Rapid cyberattacks like Petya and WannaCrypt have reset our expectations on the speed and scope of damage that a cyberattack can inflict. The Microsoft Enterprise Cybersecurity Group Detection and Response team worked extensively to help customers respond to and recover from these kinds of attacks. In 2017, among the global enterprise customers that we worked […]

Mark Simos Posts

Cybersecurity Reference Architecture: Security for a Hybrid Enterprise

How to mitigate rapid cyberattacks such as Petya and WannaCrypt

Overview of Petya, a rapid cyberattack

Overview of rapid cyberattacks

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