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Microsoft announces new products and guidance for enhanced security in hybrid work environments
June, 9, 2021
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New products developed to secure remote working for customers
New guidance released for Microsoft’s transition of more than 160,000 employees to hybrid work
Multifactor authentication, Zero Trust, cloud migration and security talent key pillars to the new work reality
Microsoft Corp. has announced new products, employee plans, and guidance to tackle the global fight against increasingly large-scale and complex cyberattacks. These include additional support on multifactor authentication (MFA) and security protection for customers, along with Microsoft’s own transition of having employees adopt a Zero Trust approach.
Proofpoint offices in Toronto, Canada. (Raysonho @ Open Grid Scheduler / Scalable Grid Engine, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons)
Researchers issued a warning on Wednesday to any company running cloud apps, reporting that in 2020 they detected more than 180 different malicious open authorization (OAuth) applications attacking 55% of their customers with a success rate of 22%.
In a blog post, the Proofpoint researchers said that while OAuth apps add business features and user interface enhancements to major cloud platforms such as Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace, theyâre also a threat because bad actors now use malicious OAuth 2.0 applications â or cloud malware â to siphon data and access sensitive information.