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New Study Reveals Top Concerns for Microsoft Platform Management
Managing Microsoft environments can be complex and time-consuming, but they provide critical services to maintain business continuity and allow access to employees to keep them productive. Whether on-premises Active Directory, hybrid, or Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365), IT executives must balance efficiency while maintaining Active Directory security, such as managing
NSA Discovers New Critical Exchange Server Vulnerabilities
Microsoft released three new patches for its Exchange Server software on Tuesday after the National Security Agency (NSA) alerted the company to a fresh batch of critical vulnerabilities. All discovered flaws, four in total, lead to remote code execution on a vulnerable machine. “We urge all owners and operators of
A New Cayosoft.com
We’re excited to announce the new Cayosoft.com! This new and improved site was a true team effort by many at Cayosoft. After seven years it was time to retire our old site and build a new one with a clear goal in mind – make it easy for any visitor, from new-to-the-site to long-time Cayosoft customer, to find the information they need. You’ll notice we’ve not only given our site a clean, new
Disgruntled IT Contractor in Jail | Protect Against Insider Threats
Large-scale internal security breaches are becoming increasingly more popular, costing companies millions of dollars each year. The sum of this loss comes from the financial damages of the breach itself and, in some cases more importantly, damage to the company’s reputation, translating to big dollars off the company’s bottom line.
Cayosoft Announces Management and Protection Suite for All Microsoft Environments
Cayosoft is pleased to announce the latest release of its Management and Protection Suite, which enables organizations to manage, monitor, and protect Microsoft services, users and identities – including on-premises, Microsoft 365, and hybrid environments – in a single offering. The Suite includes Cayosoft Administrator v8 and Cayosoft Guardian v2.
Cayosoft Names Binary Tree Veteran Patrick Sack CRO Amid 130% Annual Recurring Revenue
Veteran industry executive joins leading hybrid Microsoft management and protection company to help further accelerate Cayosoft revenue growth. Cayosoft, the leading hybrid Microsoft management and protection company, today announced that Patrick Sack has joined the company as Chief Revenue Officer. A senior executive from Binary Tree (now part of Quest
2020: A Year in Review
Wow, 2020 — A year to remember, to say the least! Despite a global pandemic, so much was accomplished at Cayosoft and across the tech community. People adjusted to a “new normal” as we flocked to Microsoft Teams, which now has more than 115 million daily active users. And we know that pushed IT Teams
The #1 Way to Prevent Insider Threats
Protecting Your Critical Assets with Insider Threat Prevention Data Breaches Happen Data security is nothing new. Where there is sensitive information, there are those who seek to access, steal, and misuse it, mostly for financial gain. The unfortunate truth about malicious activities is that a third of all data breaches
Security Budgets During COVID-19 – A New Infographic
When lockdown protocols kicked in due to COVID-19’s rapid spread all around the world, teams across many industries migrated to a work-from-home normal. However, with remote work comes new security risks—like employees accessing sensitive company assets through personal devices and home wifi. How have security budgets changed as a result
Real-World Use Case: Save Time, Ensure Control in Hybrid Microsoft
At Citrus Health Network, a health center organization, the nature of the business means many accounts must be provisioned and deprovisioned every month. Yet with 1200 employees, the company has only four people on the infrastructure team, making efficiency critical. It would require a solution that offers secure delegation. Secure delegation
Active Directory and Microsoft 365 Account Provisioning And User Lifecycle Management: Hidden Costs and Recommendations
At its core, user provisioning is a process that makes sure that user accounts are created, given the most appropriate level of permissions and managed moving forward across an enterprise. Keep in mind, however, that these days most Microsoft environments, in particular, are hybrid, meaning that they have both on-premises
Retire Skype for Business Admin Center to Start on Dec 1, 2020
Microsoft will be retiring the Skype for Business admin center starting on December 1st, 2020. Instead of Skype admin center, Microsoft recommends the utilization of Teams admin center which is where they will continue to invest development resources. Key Points: Major: Retirement Timing: December 01, 2020 Action: Transition to
Cayosoft Guardian v1.4 Now Available!
Cayosoft today introduced the latest version of Cayosoft Guardian to securely recover and protect Azure Active Directory (AD) and hybrid AD identities and data. Highlights of this latest release include: Protection for Azure AD Native Admin Units Protect Azure AD Administrative Units with Cayosoft Guardian. Quickly isolate and rollback malicious or mistaken changes
What’s the difference between Microsoft user-based MFA and Azure MFA?
If your business relies on cloud computing services, it’s essential that you set security defaults that include multi–factor authentication (MFA) to protect your resources. Protecting your user accounts during a sign in event is vital for securing accounts that require privileged access to data and other resources in the cloud. MFA has
Mednax Improves Hybrid Microsoft 365 Security and Administrative Efficiency: A Cayosoft Customer Story
After moving to a hybrid Microsoft Office 365 environment, the IT team at Mednax began looking for a management solution to help the organization securely manage the environment. “We also considered how we could empower other groups within Mednax, such as the security team and the help desk, and keep