Microsoft on Wednesday announced previews of two new Office document security protections for Office 365 E5 subscribers that aim to block malicious payloads.
All told, Microsoft is addressing 99 common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) in this February security bundle.
Coming changes to the Microsoft Secure Score security assessment service for organizations will make it a "killer productivity app for security administrators," Microsoft promised in a Monday announcement.
Google is planning to issue warnings to Chrome browser users about potentially insecure content that can get downloaded when visiting Web sites.
Microsoft described progress on its coming PowerShell Secrets Management Module in a Thursday announcement.
The biggest cloud security issue plaguing organizations is misconfigurations, according to the National Security Agency (NSA), which recently published a security report titled "Mitigating Cloud Vulnerabilities."
Microsoft on Tuesday announced a preview of Azure Active Directory conditional access policies for Office 365 applications.
A recent endpoint security survey of 671 IT pros suggested that most organizations have been attacked and their confidence in the effectiveness of anti-virus protections continues to be low.
IT pros could face Web application issues as early as next month with the implementation of a coming SameSite Web change, which will affect how cookies are used across sites.
Microsoft on Wednesday disclosed that some of its customer support case information was exposed last month due to misconfigured security settings in an Azure-hosted database.
Security solutions provider Trend Micro has published results (PDF) from running an industrial control system (ICS) "honeypot."
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- 01/21/2020
One of the biggest security risks in any organization happens when a user walks away from their PC without logging out. Microsoft has the solution (and it's not a password-protected screensaver).
Microsoft released its January security updates with a partial assist from the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA).
Even the most innocuous PC user might not want this Windows 10 feature tracking everything they do across PCs and Microsoft accounts. Here's how to keep your Windows 10 history locked down.
Google announced on Friday that it will continue to support its Chrome browser on Windows 7 until "at least July 15, 2021."
Nobody likes to be lectured about security. When it comes to enforcing e-mail security practices among end users, some benevolent trickery is sometimes needed.
Microsoft is said to be planning a new "Life" edition of Office 365 for spring 2020, but Brien is most intrigued by the password manager that's reportedly coming with the bundle.
A new feature in Microsoft's Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection service promises to fill in the gaps of traditional anti-phishing defenses.
IDC's latest guide on full-time employment for the information and communications technology (ICT) sector has its sights set on IT organizational transformation.