My Thoughts on Microsoft's Enterprise Security

Now we know that Microsoft and any other large tech giant needs to have new enterprise security to prevent hackers from penetrating their networks and control grids. But it's seems to me that the tech giant Microsoft is not sparing no expense in their enterprise security approach and strategy. For example they have hired a lot of cyber security specialists in building their attack protections, detections, and response features into their windows 10 and Microsoft office 365 programs like word, excel, PowerPoint, and etc. If you are going to invest in a $1 Billion dollars into your R and D programs you better make it count because you don't get another opportunity like this again in the corporate world. Normally that upper and executive management are not interested in investing any money in cyber security and enterprise security especially a billion dollars, but as cyber security are being front and center and it seems like in the news there is always a data breach happening almost everyday companies and government agencies are taking a new approach in this new frontier.

I am cautious, but if Microsoft sometime put their security detention protocols in their enterprise security programs into motion and be successful with it then other companies will follow suit. After all this can at least slow down the hackers in their tracks and with their security features this can alert the white hats in advance that a black hat is attempting to hacked into the enterprise security software. The names of the new security features on Window's 10 is called Microsoft Passport, Windows Hello, and Credential Guard this will integrate with the Azure Active Directory in merging with the Advanced Threat Analytics can detect suspicious login patterns, brute force, and pass-the-hash-attacks. Google search these security features on Windows 10 above and check out this article above and tune in next time on cyber brotha peace.

Microsoft's Enterprise Security Apporach:

http://www.computerworld.com/article/3005724/security/microsoft-touts-new-holistic-approach-to-enterprise-security.html?utm_content=buffer6b8dc&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Can Elections be Hacked?

The way everyone has been talking about data and privacy in Information Technology Security in protecting our sensitive information from cyber criminals and hackers the election comes to mind.  Nothing is safe and secure any more in the cyber security realm and people and politicians needs to realize that their data is not secure. Speaking of which that voter information has been affected in the voting process. We know that most counties in the US has their voter information on private sensitive information like addresses, social security numbers, political party information, phone numbers, and etc. Now what if that information got into the wrong hands by hackers in stealing their identities for criminal purporses.

We have to understand that nothing is secure in cyber space and that including state, federal, county, and city elections. We are not talking about hacking the votes here, but we are talking about campaign information websites, memos, strategies, talking points from candidates on their opponents, and etc. Think about it for a moment what if a hacker creates a fake website of a candidate that the voter wants information on before he or she votes and they click on the website and it redirects them to another site the hackers has make and in order for them to log out of the site they must give their password to get out. Thus leading the hacker to hacked into the victims personal and sensitive accounts like banking, emails, social security numbers, and the list goes on. Check two these two articles on this topic there are more but you have to Google search them tune in next time on Cyber Brotha peace.

Hackers and US elections:
http://www.computerworld.com/article/3016287/security/hackers-likely-to-target-a-us-election-next-year.html


DNC Data Breach:

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/fallout-continues-democratic-data-breach-n484556