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Following the recent high profile cyber-attack on Stryker Medical by the Iran-based Cyber Group Handala, I think it’s fitting to discuss threat prevention methods even for a Global Admin (GA) Account which appears to have been compromised in this case. Yes, the GA account can circumvent some or part of these measures, but security isn’t…
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At Microsoft Ignite 2025 in November, Microsoft announced Baseline Security Mode (BSM) is generally available and will begin rolling it out to Microsoft 365 Tenants globally. What is BSM? BSM is Microsoft’s recommended security hardening protections found under the org settings in the admin center. BSM is divided into two sections ‘Default Policies’, which can be applied automatically (by selecting a checkbox) and usually have little impact, and ‘Measured Policies’ which as the name suggests, requires…
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Microsoft has released Synced Passkeys for public-preview, and I’m going to show you how to configure it, but first we need to understand what a passkey is? A passkey is a password-less identification token provided by an Identify provider (IdP), generally in the form of biometrics and a backup pin. In Microsoft Entra, the passkey is device bound, meaning a new passkey is required for accessing Microsoft services on different devices. A Synced Passkey solves this problem by storing the key in the cloud with your Microsoft account, essentially…
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Hi everyone and welcome to my website and my first blog post. I’m starting a blog to share my knowledge with like-minded IT professionals in the Microsoft community and further afield. What content to expect? I intend to write about modern workplace technologies, Intune, Copilot, Azure, Power Automate and all-encompassing technologies in the Microsoft 365…
