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Using user agent string to block USA based attacks

Recently, we've noticed more USA based attacks. Using MCAS we can block those attempts

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Myth: Small clients aren’t profitable

Somehow, in our industry, the idea that small clients are bad for business has become a standard thought. It's wrong

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Identifying home security needs

When the word IT is used, business comes immediately to mind but these days IT is needed in […]

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Amy’s sayings #3

Adopt, Do I really need to know that, and you'll find that the clarity you have on everything in your business will improve.

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Reducing the number of false positive in MCAS

Getting MCAS setup should have been your first task but if you missed it, enriching the data will help you train MCAS and reduce the number of false positives and purely information alerts.

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If they are attacking this website, then they are attacking …

If you're mhklassen@aol.com, your account has been compromised and is being used by criminals to attack my website. I do hold you responsible because you've ignored that message to change your password to something more complex and use two-factor authentication.

Split an MCAS Alert to get the notification you need

What if we want both low and high severity alerts from a policy? Technically MCAS can't do this.

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Amy’s sayings #2

Of all of the phrases I use to run my business, this one probably translates most directly to the bottom line.

Offer these power automate projects

In our previous sessions we've been introducing your clients to new applications that they find useful. Now we're going to introduce them to automation of their everyday tasks

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Hafnium Mitigation: Surgical Restore

do I dare ignore what I see in the logs if my AV is giving me a clean bill of health? Can I really afford to rebuild this server when things seem mostly ok?

M365 Admin: Make Money! with Power Automate

"The cost of attending Amy’s Make Money classes has the highest ROI among all my R&D expenditure. Amy did all the research and road map for me. I just setup the demo following the step-by-step guide from the class and start marketing the feature to my clients the week after."

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Edit MCAS default policies to reduce alert volume

By make a few simple changes we can greatly reduce the amount of noise generated by MCAS and begin to use it powers for good and provide our tech staff with real actionable material to work with.

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