There has been tremendous growth in Microsoft 365 usage with the current remote work trend, leading to an explosion of Microsoft 365 data. Microsoft infrastructure and platforms support the availability, reliability, and security of this infrastructure by providing world-class perimeter defense, controlling access to keep attackers out, and detecting risky behavior. However, customers are responsible for protecting the data itself - emails, chats, files, etc.
Vulnerability assessments define, identify, classify, and prioritize flaws and vulnerabilities in applications, devices, and networks that can expose organizations, their products, services, code, and applications, to attack. Security vulnerabilities allow malicious actors to exploit an organization’s applications and systems, so it is essential to identify and respond to them before attackers can exploit them.
The advance of the 21st century brought with it a significant shift in the work scene. Every industry and field relies heavily on computers and the digital world to function seamlessly. However, with it came the ever-mounting fear of cyber attack. Among the many forms of cyber attack is a watering hole attack, also known as a supply chain attack. In a watering hole attack, attackers mainly try to compromise a user by infecting the user’s computer and gaining access to the network.
In the recent MITRE Engenuity ATT&CK Enterprise Evaluation — which emulated today’s two most sophisticated Russian-based adversaries, WIZARD SPIDER and VOODOO BEAR (Sandworm Team) — CrowdStrike Falcon achieved 100% automated prevention across all of the evaluation steps.