You're reading from Microsoft 365 Security, Compliance, and Identity Administration Plan and implement security and compliance strategies for Microsoft 365 and hybrid environments

Product type Paperback

Published in Aug 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781804611920

Length 630 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Concepts

System Administration

Author (1):

Peter Rising

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Table of Contents (25) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Implementing and Managing Identity and Access

2. Chapter 1: Planning for Hybrid Identity FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Authentication and Security

4. Chapter 3: Implementing Conditional Access Policies

5. Chapter 4: Managing Roles and Identity Governance

6. Chapter 5: Azure AD Identity Protection

7. Part 2: Implementing and Managing Threat Protection

8. Chapter 6: Configuring a Microsoft Defender for Identity Solution

9. Chapter 7: Configuring Device Threat Protection with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Intune

10. Chapter 8: Configuring Microsoft Defender for Office 365

11. Chapter 9: Using Microsoft Sentinel to Monitor Microsoft 365 Security

12. Chapter 10: Configuring Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

13. Part 3: Implementing and Managing Information Protection

14. Chapter 11: Managing Sensitive Information

15. Chapter 12: Managing Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention

16. Chapter 13: Managing Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management

17. Part 4: Managing Compliance Features in Microsoft 365

18. Chapter 14: Monitoring and Analyzing Audit Logs and Reports in Microsoft Purview

19. Chapter 15: Planning For, Conducting, and Managing eDiscovery Cases

20. Chapter 16: Managing Regulatory and Privacy Requirements

21. Chapter 17: Managing Insider Risk Solutions in Microsoft 365

22. Answers

23. Index

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Configuring Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

When you move your organization’s apps and services to the cloud, you gain greater flexibility for your users and administrators. However, this is a double-edged sword as a traditional firewall cannot be wrapped around the Microsoft 365 platform. The need to protect your Microsoft 365 apps and services remains absolutely crucial though, and this is where Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps (MDA) comes in.

MDA is a Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB). CASBs provide you with the visibility and control to protect your organization’s cloud and third-party apps from cyber threats and shadow IT (which is where users feel they do not have the tools to do their jobs, so they look for other, unapproved applications). MDA supports functionalities such as log collection, API connectors, and reverse proxy.

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