Zero Trust

December 5, 2023

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Josh Krenz

Why Microsoft uses a playbook to guard against ransomware

When Microsoft’s Digital Security and Resilience (DSR) division set out to defend the company against human-operated ransomware, it faced several formidable challenges. In this form of ransomware, highly organized and sophisticated attacks by cybercriminals put major businesses, healthcare organizations, universities,…
November 16, 2023

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Lukas Velush

Sensitivity labeling: A new layer of security for Microsoft Teams Premium meetings

Microsoft Teams is where collaboration and connection happen. The wide array of digital artifacts that come from our employees’ day-to-day meetings—things like recordings, transcripts, and shared documents—need the same level of enterprise protection as the rest of our organization’s proprietary…
November 13, 2023

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Carmichael Patton

Sharing how Microsoft protects against ransomware

Anyone can fall victim to ransomware. As cybercriminals shift from wide-net approaches to focus on precision attacks against high-dollar targets, there is extra pressure for companies and governments to evaluate and defend themselves against ransomware attacks. This is why Microsoft…
October 25, 2023

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Lukas Velush

Unpacking Microsoft’s internal deployment of the first major update to Windows 11

[Editor’s note: This content was written to highlight a particular event or moment in time. Although that moment has passed, we’re republishing it here so you can see what our thinking and experience was like at the time.] Improvements to…
August 11, 2023

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Douglas Gantenbein

Finding and remediating rogue access points on the Microsoft corporate network

Finding rogue access points on Microsoft’s network is an important mission for our IT teams. Networked devices have come to dominate the IT world, and their prevalence has led to more complex and vulnerable gateways. As a result, employees within…
July 27, 2023

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Jason Kellington

Sharing how Microsoft now secures its network with a Zero Trust model

Editor’s note: We’ve republished this blog with a new companion video. Safeguarding corporate resources is a high priority for any business, but how does Microsoft protect a network perimeter that extends to thousands of global endpoints accessing corporate data and…
July 18, 2023

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Mark Skorupa

Microsoft’s digital security team answers your Top 10 questions on Zero Trust

Our internal digital security team at Microsoft spends a fair amount of time talking to enterprise customers who face similar challenges when it comes to managing and securing a globally complex enterprise using a Zero Trust security model. While every…
June 20, 2023

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Cody Bay

Jamming to a new tune: Transforming Microsoft’s printing infrastructure with Universal Print

[Editor’s note: This content was written to highlight a particular event or moment in time. Although that moment has passed, we’re republishing it here so you can see what our thinking and experience was like at the time.] Most people…
October 28, 2021

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Kristin Burke

How Microsoft narrows the threat funnel on over 600 billion monthly security events

At Microsoft, we typically see around 600 billion security events each month. Security events are innocuous actions that happen all the time, ranging from adding a user to a Microsoft SharePoint site, to creating a file, to deleting a folder,…
March 13, 2020

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Aleenah Ansari

How Microsoft is transforming the way it fights security threats

The Microsoft Digital Security and Resilience (DSR) team is committed to protecting customer and employee data every day. This is underpinned by a Zero Trust strategy, supported by new analysis methods for identity compromise, and reinforced by security training and…

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