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View the archiveCloud Adoption Framework Series - Part 2: Plan
Welcome back! In Part 1 we explored the Strategy pillar, where we clarified why your organisation is adopting the cloud. Today we switch gears from aspiration to action and...
Cloud Adoption Framework Series - Part 1: Strategy
Welcome to the first installment of our multi-part series on the Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF). In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, moving to the cloud is no longer...
Lessons Learned from an Evilginx Phishing Attack
Introduction + What Happened A common message I hear from our customers is that I am too small to be targeted... Well, let me tell you that hackers, attackers, whatever you...
My Journey with DMARC: A Lesson Learned in Email Authentication
When it comes to email security, understanding how different email authentication protocols work together can be confusing. Recently, I found myself deep in the weeds of a...
Azure Service Retirement Workbook
I was inspired to look at this when Gregor Suttie mentioned the Azure Service Retirement Workbook on Twitter: The Azure retirement workbook is under rated imo — Gregor Suttie |...
So Microsoft are ditching Azure egress fees... Or are they?!
So if you work in the Azure space, you may or may not have heard that Microsoft is ditching Azure egress fees: Microsoft decides it’s done with Azure egress ransomsCloud exit...
CISA SCuBAGear
Introduction So what is CISA ScubaGear? Well, it isn't something to help you scuba dive! But it is another excellent opensource tool that you can add to your belt if you are...
Validating Azure Resources; PSRule
I have recently been looking at tools to audit and, more importantly, validate Azure environments that we onboard as part of a support process. We already use a fantastic tool...
Azure Paired Regions
Intro Have you ever wondered how Azure protects your data and applications from disasters? Azure has a smart strategy that involves using different groups of datacentres within...
Azure Arc - Deploy MDE Extension via Script
In this post, if you had to take a shot for every time you read the word "Defender", I think you would need to visit a hospital...! The other day, I was faced with a challenge...