Mentor Led Mastermind in person event
It’s been a long time since Third Tier did an in-person event. We did Brain Explosions years ago. […]
Attack Surface Reduction = Zero Day Protection
Attack Surface Reduction (ASR) rules have expanded to include a full range of zero-day protections. If you aren't using them today or haven't tried to use them recently, then it's time to look again. If you aren't locking down Windows natively then you're missing out on critical security features.
What is Defender Anti-Virus Troubleshooting mode?
The real purpose of Troubleshooting Mode, then is for you to document changes that you need to make to the organizational policy for Defender for the affect machines.
Don’t change the threat actions in anti-virus policy
Students in the Defender XDR course were advised not to alter threat actions in their anti-virus policy, leaving them as Not configured. This allows Defender to use its default behaviors, local device settings, signature-defined actions, and automatic remediation. Relying on Microsoft's security expertise ensures optimal threat management.
Why can’t AI image generators spell?
AI imaging tools like DALL-E, Midjourney, and Stable Diffusion often struggle with spelling correctly in generated images for several key reasons
Understanding Standard and Strict Preset policies in Defender for Office
Defender for Office has a new way of making it easy for you to deploy policies. Instead of […]
Receive an alert when a message is released from quarantine
Even though quarantine management has been assigned outside of IT you should still monitor when an email has been released from quarantine because phishing is the #1 method that criminals use to gain a foothold in your network.
Assign email quarantine management responsibility
It is determined that a user outside of normal IT operations should be given the ability to manage the email quarantine for the company.
The Crowdstrike situation was your MSPs opportunity to exhibit leadership
An MSP may consider themselves to be doing a good job when calls for help are answer quickly and there are few of them. But your client probably doesn't view it that way.
My Prime Day favorite things (not Oprah)
Prime Day is coming soon. I hesitated to do this because I’m not a product hawker and I’m […]
Blocking and monitoring generative AI in your network
Oh, my AI, what can be done? There’s lot of FUD (fear, uncertainty, and doubt) being spewed from […]
MSP question of the week: Strategies for Determining Employee Compensation
from the SMB Community Podcast Determining the right amount of compensation for employees is a complex issue that many […]