{"id":1655,"date":"2020-02-27T23:19:18","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T04:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zitstif.no-ip.org\/?p=1655"},"modified":"2020-03-11T20:39:47","modified_gmt":"2020-03-12T01:39:47","slug":"useful-post-regarding-office-365-hardening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zitstif.no-ip.org\/?p=1655","title":{"rendered":"Useful post regarding Office 365 security hardening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s 2020. We are now progressing more and more toward the cloud and will have to take into consideration security concerns that relate to the cloud. 2 large players in the cloud for productivity suites include Google and Microsoft.<\/p>\n<p>Since Microsoft still dominates the market when it comes to workstation operating systems and office suites, Office 365 is being adopted pretty quickly. I really recommend that you to take a look at this post if you currently have Office 365:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"2UTZOHugQ8\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itpromentor.com\/email-security-checklist\/\">Introducing the Microsoft Office 365 Email Security Checklist<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Introducing the Microsoft Office 365 Email Security Checklist&#8221; &#8212; ITProMentor\" src=\"https:\/\/www.itpromentor.com\/email-security-checklist\/embed\/#?secret=JFZyG9OP4p#?secret=2UTZOHugQ8\" data-secret=\"2UTZOHugQ8\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It has some good pointers that will help you lock your Office 365 tenant down. Of course there is <a href=\"http:\/\/securescore.microsoft.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Microsoft Secure Score<\/a>, but it seems as if it&#8217;s in its infancy. It is buggy and not reliable. This is not to say it won&#8217;t help you harden your tenant, but I wouldn&#8217;t let it necessarily be the golden rule.<\/p>\n<p>One must also keep in mind that to make Office 365 &#8216;more secure&#8217; according to Microsoft, you need to essentially pay for it. Standard subscriptions won&#8217;t get you certain features. ( Please see: <a href=\"https:\/\/products.office.com\/en-us\/exchange\/advance-threat-protection#office-ProductsCompare-785zwz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/products.office.com\/en-us\/exchange\/advance-threat-protection#office-ProductsCompare-785zwz<\/a>q )<\/p>\n<p>#Update 3\/3\/20:<\/p>\n<p>Infragard presentation on Office 365 Security:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=1_n9RocH3-J0cwfj4l3RyzFCC-Qfd1g4Q\">https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=1_n9RocH3-J0cwfj4l3RyzFCC-Qfd1g4Q<\/a><\/p>\n<div>12C2049B0AB7E7F2134A2ECD3D37F4<wbr \/>02\u00a0 &#8211; MD5<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>9664CBF3C74B27770E962E8BB96C7A<wbr \/>8816BBAFDE &#8211; SHA-1<\/p>\n<p>(VirusTotal: https:\/\/www.virustotal.com\/gui\/file\/5509d67471b8d66cdfb90e147d8a31f5df8362f0a32d47f95fca0cab51e40376\/detection )<\/p>\n<p>#Update 3\/6\/20:<\/p>\n<p>Pictures of Office 365 Secure Score Suggestions (one could extrapolate some of these suggestions and apply to other cloud services):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=1R1UVKtf9d8jwbrfC0IKgjOZIcTZt_Shy\">https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=1R1UVKtf9d8jwbrfC0IKgjOZIcTZt_Shy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>550FB7C99E35AF8F7DB1DAD168410012 &#8211; MD5<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\">56A43F1DCE1B9BC16AD1AD853CD3918E23AE60BD &#8211; SHA-1<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>(VirusTotal: https:\/\/www.virustotal.com\/gui\/file\/9bd4515270eaf0941ff037368fd1badd38b9dd1dde4dbb925bf00256f5f372b1\/detection )<\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s 2020. We are now progressing more and more toward the cloud and will have to take into consideration security concerns that relate to the cloud. 2 large players in the cloud for productivity suites include Google and Microsoft. 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