Defender for Identity PS Scripts

Microsoft Defender for Identity, previously known as Azure Advanced Threat Protection (Azure ATP), is a cloud-based service designed to enhance organizational security through identity monitoring. It integrates seamlessly with Microsoft Defender XDR, analyzing signals from both on-premises Active Directory and cloud-based identities to improve the detection, identification, and investigation of sophisticated threats targeting your organization. … More Defender for Identity PS Scripts

SAP Security with Microsoft Sentinel

You maybe undoubtedly familiar with the importance of SAP in the business world. It is the backbone of many organizations, from finance to supply chain management. As such, it is a high-value target for attackers, who will stop at nothing to compromise it. Unfortunately, SAP has traditionally been very difficult to monitor, and many organizations … More SAP Security with Microsoft Sentinel

Microsoft Sentinel Cost Management Overview

Microsoft Sentinel offers ease of use like never before. With its straightforward management, you can track and respond to security threats quickly. The system provides well-developed solutions to secure your sensitive information. Many people find Microsoft Sentinel pricing plans a bit confusing due to their key cost drivers. One important thing to know is that … More Microsoft Sentinel Cost Management Overview

Purple Teaming with Microsoft Sentinel

Image above taken from: https://www.ensigninfosecurity.com/services/ensign-offensive-cybersecurity/lists/eis-offensive-cybersecurity—service-offering/a6541259-05b8-4d42-b7e1-739e51709d50?ref=hackernoon.com Purple teaming does not constitute a devoted team. Thus you don’t need to employ extra, difficult-to-find security specialists to develop a new team. In reality, teaming is just the act of working as a group.The traditional approach to red (offensive) and blue (defensive) principles in security threat identification today has … More Purple Teaming with Microsoft Sentinel

The need for ARM Template Parameter Files…?

I was recently involved in a mid scale deployment for a customer, who unfortunately didn’t have Azure DevOps 😦 They already had their own ARM Templates and they wanted their 2nd/3rd Line Infra guys to be able to deploy their Infrastructure in 1 go, with little effort to different environments (Dev, Test, Prod etc) instead … More The need for ARM Template Parameter Files…?

Send Text & WhatsApp Messages for Azure VM Status with Azure Automation

I love to work with different technologies and products (especially being heavily involved in Cloud) which led me to today’s blog on using Twilio and Azure Automation for receiving Text Messages on Azure Virtual Machine Status. With many of my customers, they are all concerned with Costs in the cloud (and who isn’t??) and although … More Send Text & WhatsApp Messages for Azure VM Status with Azure Automation

Encrypting Azure VM’s in the ARM portal with PowerShell

The old way (ASM) of Encrypting Disks is out, the new way is here!! Below is a simple and quick guide on how to easily encrypt a VM currently running in Azure utilizing PowerShell without the need to manually create anything (who does anything manually nowadays anyway?) Here is my VM, as you can see … More Encrypting Azure VM’s in the ARM portal with PowerShell

AutoScale Up and Down VM’s with Azure Automation

Having a VM that constantly hits high CPU tends to underperform, in the Cloud world of Azure, you can easily Scale up and Down VM’s to meet these requirements, saving total Compute costs instead of having an Expensive VM consistently running. Once configured, with Azure Automation you can easily Scale up and Down Virtual Machines automatically without … More AutoScale Up and Down VM’s with Azure Automation