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The Major Microsoft Teams Challenge Stumping Legal & Compliance Teams

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Since 2019, the number of users on Microsoft Teams has risen 1500%, from a modest 20 million users in the pre-pandemic year (2019) to over 320 million users in 2024. Microsoft's collaboration platform is now the default...more

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Cybercriminals Are Moving into the Cloud and Making Your Active Directory Their New Home

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Financially motivated cybercriminals are increasingly targeting Cloud environments in their ransomware and/or extortion attacks. The attack activity of two (2) threat groups in particular – Octo Tempest (AKA Scattered Spider)...more

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The Evolution of Password Management

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In today's digital landscape, robust password management is critical to information security. With the increasing complexity of cyber threats, ensuring secure access to sensitive information has become more critical than...more

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The Top Five Questions Legal Should Ask IT During Copilot for Microsoft 365 Adoption

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It’s no longer hype. Organizations are broadly looking to adopt Gen AI to drive productivity across their workforce.   There’s also end-user demand to satisfy. People use Gen AI in their personal lives and want to use it...more

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After the Microsoft Outage: The Lingering Impact and Global Outlook on Business Continuity Planning (BCP)

In the aftermath of what could be one of the most widespread global information technology outages in history, organizations are putting a renewed focus on combating old vulnerabilities that can have cascading effects. ...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Scattered Spider Using RansomHub and Qilin Ransomware Against Victims

We previously reported on the concerning mash-up of worldwide cybercriminals, known as Scattered Spider, working together to attack victims. New reports from Microsoft and others indicate that in the second quarter of...more

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Managing the Impact of the CrowdStrike Outage

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The business world woke up Friday to yet another emergency. A CrowdStrike outage has caused computer shutdowns across the globe affecting businesses in every sector. More likely than not, your business is being affected by...more

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On-Prem Servers vs Azure Cloud: Choosing the RightAngle…

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In today's digital landscape, businesses face a choice when implementing RightAngle, do they use their existing on-prem servers and infrastructure, or do they create a new infrastructure and provision servers for the...more

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SharePoint, the Art of the Possible

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Welcome to SharePoint in Microsoft 365, a true green field for your organization's digital transformation. SharePoint is your canvas, offering endless possibilities. It is important to remember that great power requires great...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #373 – If you Use Windows Copilot —Configuration Update Issued by Microsoft This Week

On September 26, 2023, Windows released a configuration update on Windows 11 version 22H2  (all editions) that is worth reading and applying, particularly if you use Windows Copilot....more

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A Human Rights Impact Assessment of Microsoft's Enterprise Cloud and AI Technologies Licensed to U.S. Law Enforcement Agencies

Microsoft is one of the world’s leading technology companies. Its products and technologies are in offices, classrooms, and homes. Additionally, governments use them to help conduct vital public services. Microsoft is also...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

AI Leaders Commit to White House Supported Guidelines

In coordination with the White House, several leaders in the artificial intelligence (AI) space have publicly committed to a voluntary set of guidelines relating to responsible development and deployment of AI. Amazon,...more

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Did Someone from Microsoft Cause my Business Email Compromise? How to Detect Who is Really Behind the Internet Service Provider

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Ankura has seen an increase in threat actors utilizing Amazon AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure to obfuscate their malicious activities and make the traffic appear legitimate. So, what does this look like?...more

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Everything Dynamic Everywhere: Managing a More Collaborative Microsoft 365

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Collaborative technology—great for employee productivity but often challenging for legal and IT departments. Balancing the risk and reward requires a deep understanding of ever evolving updates while proactively managing...more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - October 2022

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CYBERSECURITY - CISA Recommends Following Microsoft’s Mitigation for Zero Day Exploits - Microsoft recently issued mitigation steps for vulnerabilities that are being actively exploited by threat actors. Microsoft...more

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CISA Recommends Following Microsoft’s Mitigation for Zero Day Exploits

Microsoft recently issued mitigation steps for vulnerabilities that are being actively exploited by threat actors. Microsoft stated that it is aware that two vulnerabilities are being actively exploited to access users’...more

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SolarWinds Hackers Focus on Downstream Vendors as Next Victims

In a blog post entitled “New activity from Russian actor Nobelium,” Microsoft’s V.P. of Customer Security & Trust Tom Burt discussed a recent alert issued by the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) regarding the...more

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Microsoft Warns of Tricky O365 Phishing Attack

If you are an organization that uses Microsoft Office 365 as your email platform, be on the lookout for a new tricky phishing attack recently used by cyber criminals. ...more

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Microsoft’s Power Platform: Why Your Next Great Programmers May Come From Accounting

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Find out why low-code development tools like Microsoft’s Power Platform can empower IT and non-IT business people to build solutions they need when they need them....more

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Microsoft Issues Emergency Software Update for PrintNightmare Zero Day Vulnerability

Following the release of a U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (US-CERT)  Coordination Center VulNote “for a critical remote code execution vulnerability in the Windows Print spooler services” on June 30,...more

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Microsoft Customers Warned of Targeted Scams by NOBELLIUM

Another fall-out from the SolarWinds incident has surfaced prompting Microsoft to issue a notice to affected customers that an attacker gained access to one of its customer service agents to launch hacking attacks against...more

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday Includes Six Zero Day-Related Vulnerabilities

IT professionals leave room in their schedules for Microsoft’s monthly Patch Tuesday just as I leave room in my schedule every Wednesday night for blog writing. ...more

Epiq

[Virtual Event] Executive Roundtable Series in Canada: Digital Transformation after COVID-19: Compliance, Security and the Cloud -...

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Please join Epiq and Microsoft Canada for an interactive roundtable discussion on the impact of digital transformation, compliance, data protection and Information Governance in Canada's Healthcare Sector. This 60-minute...more

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NSA Issues New Warning About Four Critical Patches to Microsoft Exchange Servers

The National Security Agency (NSA) recently issued a warning to private industry about four zero-day vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server versions 2013, 2016, and 2019 used on-premises....more

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[Virtual Event] Executive Roundtable Series in Canada: Digital Transformation after COVID-19: Compliance, Security and the Cloud -...

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Participate in thoughtful discussions with Epiq and Microsoft Canada on challenges, learnings and best practices on privacy, risk and compliance. Epiq and Microsoft Canada would like to personally invite you to join a...more

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