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Office 365 - Security and Governance for SharePoint and OneDrive for Business

The importance and awareness of cyber security is increasing as threats are becoming more sophisticated. Once again, Office 365 has innovated security and governance with a global scale approach that offers exceptional reliability and compliance.

by Christian Urena May 24, 2018

Tech Talks - GDPR and the Public Cloud

In this episode of #techtalks, Nathan Lasnoski, discusses GDPR and how it relates to the public cloud.

by Nathan Lasnoski May 17, 2018

GDPR’s Personal Data Definition & Privacy Notice Guidelines

One of the defining transparency requirements under the General Data Protection Regulation is for organizations to allow individuals the right to be informed about the collection and use of their personal data. When personal data is collected, organizations must immediately provide individuals with a privacy notice including: how the data will be used, how long it will be held, and who it will be shared with.

by Concurrency Blog Apr 9, 2018

Policy Analyzer

Policy Analyzer is a tool released a couple of years ago that allows an administrator to easily compare two or more GPOs to find the differences between them. It's a little clunky to use for quick troubleshooting, but for in-depth GPO work, this is a great tool for helping review and organize GPOs. Here, we'll walk through how to get started and interpret the results.

by Mitchell Grande Apr 5, 2018

Microsoft’s “Compliance Manager” helps users meet GDPR requirements

Organizations moving data from on-premises locations to a Microsoft Cloud service such as Office 365, Azure, or Dynamics 365 now have access to Microsoft’s “Compliance Manager”. This tool was created with security, compliance and privacy in mind, and it’s designed to assist organizations in managing their compliance activity. With GDPR going into effect on May 25, Microsoft’s Compliance Manager is available with just enough time left to get ready.

by Concurrency Blog Mar 1, 2018

Embrace GDPR to Increase Trust and Transparency

There are fewer than 100 business days left until GDPR is effective. On May 25, 2018, all organizations with European clients must be GDPR compliant to avoid potentially large fines. However, the risk is not just the fine—your company’s reputation is at stake.

by Concurrency Blog Feb 12, 2018

Tech Talks - Windows Defender ATP

In this episode of Tech Talks, Concurrency CTO Nathan Lasnoski, goes over Windows Defender ATP as a way to provide preventative protection, detect attacks and zero-day exploits, and centralized management for your end-to-end security lifecycle.

by Nathan Lasnoski Jan 19, 2018

Windows Defender vs. Windows Defender ATP

Beyond turning on a firewall, the next basic steps to protecting a system are to activate anti-virus and anti-malware software. Windows now provides these functions built-in, in the form of the Windows Defender tool. (Users have the option of turning off Windows Defender and instead using third-party tools.) Windows Defender provides classic, signature-based analysis on a real-time basis. That is, if a user tries to launch a file recognized as bad, Defender intervenes. Note that while IT administrators might also benefit from a management tool to harvest reporting data from Defender, the tool itself operates effectively without any other software installed.

by Concurrency Blog Nov 20, 2017

Survey Data Indicates Big Gap in GDPR Readiness

GDPR is at the forefront of our conversations with clients, as more and more IT leaders in the U.S. are increasingly recognizing how GDPR rules will affect them.

by Concurrency Blog Nov 16, 2017

3 Steps U.S. Companies can Take to Prepare for GDPR

If it feels like the General Data Protection Regulation is right around the corner, that’s because it is! The new European privacy law will go into effect May 25, 2018, which leaves companies with just over six months to prepare.

by Concurrency Blog Oct 19, 2017

Using the Union Operator in KQL

Sometimes it is difficult to use and remember operators in KQL. Today we're going to look at using the "union" operator to combine tables into one space.

by Joseph Dutton Feb 20, 2023

A Holistic Approach to Zero Trust

Zero Trust architecture isn’t another security fad, and it’s not a technology you can implement, but rather a security model that’s foundational on every step of the journey we at Concurrency help our clients in travel along the path of modern workplace maturity.

by Chris Blackburn Feb 10, 2023

Modernizing our approach to MFA

Traditional passwords haven’t been sufficient for protecting accounts and assets for some time now. From simple brute force attacks to spear phishing and pharming threat adversaries continue to develop novel methods for credential theft to add to their toolbox of existing tried and true approaches. Microsoft’s Group Program manager for Identity Security and protection, Alex Weinert, has previously stated that MFA, when deployed properly, can end up blocking 99.9% of automated attacks.

by Adam Clifford Feb 1, 2023