Microsoft 365 Defender
Guard against threats with Microsoft 365 Defender
[INTRODUCTION]
What is Microsoft 365 Defender?
Microsoft 365 Defender is a cloud-based security solution with a suite of tools that allow you to protect and manage threats to your organization with increased control, visibility, and alerts. With Defender, we can help you oversee your organization’s threat landscape, and utilize advanced safeguards to give you an added layer of protection for cloud apps, endpoints, email, and identities.
[OVERVIEW]
What does Microsoft Defender help you do?
Manage your organization’s threat landscape
Oversee suspected threats across your organization's devices and quickly respond to breaches in security with Defender’s cloud-connected alerts.
Mitigate vulnerability
Run continuous security assessments to identify and mitigate potential threats.
Prevent phishing and business email compromise
Protect your users from phishing attacks and stop malicious email attachments before they reach your organization.
Protect devices
Reinforce your security infrastructure to protect against malware, spyware, and other advanced threats on your endpoints.
Gain User and Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA)
Detect and prevent on-premises identity attacks with UEBA and machine-learning based detection of common Active Directory compromises.
[YOUR CHALLENGES]

Client challenges we resolve with Microsoft 365 Defender
Our consultants have extensive experience implementing the Microsoft Defender suite, and we are eager to help you develop an advanced security strategy for your business and users’ peace of mind. We can help you protect your organization’s IT assets and mitigate ongoing cybersecurity threats.
The main challenges Microsoft 365 Defender helps our clients resolve include:
Data and device protection
Strengthen your organization’s endpoints against malware and other advanced threats with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE). MDE protects PCs, Macs, and Windows and Linux Servers on-premises and in the cloud.
Protection for on-premises identities
Deploy Microsoft Defender for Identity (MDI) to domain controllers to gain insights into user behaviors, monitor for common Active Directory attack patterns, and automatically respond to compromises.
Advanced security for email and Office 365
Protect email and Office 365 from phishing attacks and malware with Defender for Office (MDO). Conduct attack simulation campaigns to train end users to respond to potential phishing emails and gain insights on the email security readiness of your organization.
Threat detection and response
Integrate Defender’s real-time threat detection and response capabilities with Microsoft Sentinel and third-party SIEMs to provide insight and alerting.
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Partner with Microsoft experts you can trust
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Microsoft 365 Defender
Guard against threats with Microsoft 365 Defender
[INTRODUCTION]
What is Microsoft 365 Defender?
Microsoft 365 Defender is a cloud-based security solution with a suite of tools that allow you to protect and manage threats to your organization with increased control, visibility, and alerts. With Defender, we can help you oversee your organization’s threat landscape, and utilize advanced safeguards to give you an added layer of protection for cloud apps, endpoints, email, and identities.
[OVERVIEW]
What does Microsoft Defender help you do?
Manage your organization’s threat landscape
Oversee suspected threats across your organization's devices and quickly respond to breaches in security with Defender’s cloud-connected alerts.
Mitigate vulnerability
Run continuous security assessments to identify and mitigate potential threats.
Prevent phishing and business email compromise
Protect your users from phishing attacks and stop malicious email attachments before they reach your organization.
Protect devices
Reinforce your security infrastructure to protect against malware, spyware, and other advanced threats on your endpoints.
Gain User and Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA)
Detect and prevent on-premises identity attacks with UEBA and machine-learning based detection of common Active Directory compromises.

[YOUR CHALLENGES]
Client challenges we resolve with Microsoft Defender
Our consultants have extensive experience implementing the Microsoft Defender suite, and we are eager to help you develop an advanced security strategy for your business and users’ peace of mind. We can help you protect your organization’s IT assets and mitigate ongoing cybersecurity threats.
The main challenges Microsoft 365 Defender helps our clients resolve include:
Data and device protection
Strengthen your organization’s endpoints against malware and other advanced threats with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE). MDE protects PCs, Macs, and Windows and Linux Servers on-premises and in the cloud.
Protection for on-premises identities
Deploy Microsoft Defender for Identity (MDI) to domain controllers to gain insights into user behaviors, monitor for common Active Directory attack patterns, and automatically respond to compromises.
Advanced security for email and Office 365
Protect email and Office 365 from phishing attacks and malware with Defender for Office (MDO). Conduct attack simulation campaigns to train end users to respond to potential phishing emails and gain insights on the email security readiness of your organization.
Threat detection and response
Integrate Defender’s real-time threat detection and response capabilities with Microsoft Sentinel and third-party SIEMs to provide insight and alerting.
[CONTACT US]
Partner with Microsoft experts you can trust
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