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The Year in Review for 2022

In this post, I want to share with you a review of accomplishments for 2022 and a preview of what to expect in 2023.

This will include what took place professionally, personally, and within the community in 2022. In a follow-up post, I will close out the year with some things to come in 2023 in these same areas.

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Common Challenges to MFA Adoption and Enforcing Protection With Conditional Access

Modern authentication utilizing Identity Providers within the cloud creates a unique set of challenges. The most apparent of these is that users are utilizing their personal or work email addresses across multiple websites and applications on the public Internet. This is generally done without a complete understanding of where these identities are stored and who has access to them.

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How to Achieve Zero Trust Identity Protection with Microsoft Entra

Apply Zero Trust to Identity When you apply Zero Trust to your identity and access management strategy, you should have a plan in place. This planning includes the deployment objectives, federation with multi-cloud and on-premises identity providers and systems, applying policies for conditional access, and security operations that will remediate issues and review analytics for gaps in controls.

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How to Protect Multi-Cloud Identities with Zero Trust in Microsoft 365

The traditional way of securing identities does not provide the business agility, user experiences, and protections needed for a rapidly-evolving digital estate. Many organizations are implementing Zero Trust to alleviate these challenges and enable the new normal of working anywhere, with anyone, at any time.

However, the expanded ecosystem of remote users with multiple devices creates more attack surfaces to...

5 Common Pitfalls of Migrating to a Cloud-Only Environment

From the moment that a company makes a business decision to no longer contribute to leases on large and expensive data centers, the plan to migrate and modernize begins. The process of exiting a data center is not one without challenges, however. Most companies require outside assistance from a service provider that specializes in cloud adoption.

Whether the company is...