Zero Trust

Nov 16, 2023   |   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 material. Self-service sensitivity labels give Microsoft Digital (MSD), the organization that supports, protects, and empowers...

Nov 13, 2023   |   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 is driving new priorities to protect our company, our people, and our customers. We launched our...

Oct 25, 2023   |   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 Windows 11—including the major Windows 11 2022 update from late last year—are making it faster...

Aug 11, 2023   |   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 Microsoft and many other large organizations regularly bring in their own wireless devices. Using a...

Jul 27, 2023   |   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 services 24 hours a day, seven days a week? It’s all about communication, collaboration, and...

Jul 18, 2023   |   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 organization is unique, and Zero Trust isn’t a “one size fits all” approach, nearly every...

Jun 20, 2023   |   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 don’t give much thought to printing. In the best-case scenario, you select a button and...

May 23, 2023   |   Inside Track staff

Verifying device health at Microsoft with Zero Trust

Here at Microsoft, we’re using our Zero Trust security model to help us transform the way we verify device health across all devices that access company resources. Zero Trust supplies an integrated security philosophy and end-to-end strategy that informs how our company protects its customers, data, employees, and business in an increasingly complex and dynamic...

Oct 28, 2021   |   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, to opening an email. On their own, events are typically not notable, but in conjunction...

Mar 13, 2020   |   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 awareness campaigns. Bret Arsenault, corporate vice president and chief information security officer at Microsoft, and...