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In December 2019, AWS launched IAM Access Analyzer. It used automated reasoning — mathematical analysis of policies — to identify resources that were shared...
At Microsoft Ignite in November 2019, Microsoft announced Insider Risk Management in preview as part of Microsoft 365 compliance, alongside updates across...
In November 2019, four months after the Capital One breach, AWS released version 2 of the EC2 Instance Metadata Service (IMDSv2). It was designed...
In October 2019, Microsoft introduced Security Defaults for Azure Active Directory (now Entra ID). It replaced earlier "baseline policies" with a single...
In September 2019, Microsoft announced that it would turn off Basic Authentication in Exchange Online for Exchange ActiveSync, POP, IMAP, Exchange Web...
In June 2019, AWS Control Tower became generally available. It automated the creation of a secure multi-account AWS environment — a landing zone — with...
On February 28, 2019, Microsoft announced Azure Sentinel in preview — a cloud-native security information and event management (SIEM) service built on Azure...
In November 2018, AWS launched S3 Block Public Access, a set of four settings that override bucket policies and access control lists to prevent public...
At re:Invent in November 2018, AWS announced previews of two services that reshaped multi-account security: AWS Security Hub and AWS Control Tower.
At Microsoft Ignite in September 2018, Microsoft made identity and threat protection central themes. Two announcements stood out: passwordless sign-in for...
In June 2018, Microsoft announced a public preview of Azure AD Password Protection, bringing its banned-password technology to customers' cloud accounts and...
On May 25, 2018, the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) became enforceable. It applied to any organization processing personal data...
At re:Invent in November 2017, AWS launched Amazon GuardDuty, a managed threat detection service. With one click, it began analyzing an account's activity...
In August 2017, AWS launched Amazon Macie, a service that used machine learning to discover, classify and protect sensitive data stored in Amazon S3. It...
In July 2017, Microsoft announced Microsoft 365: a single subscription bundling Office 365, Windows 10 Enterprise and Enterprise Mobility + Security. For...
At AWS re:Invent in late 2016, Amazon announced AWS Shield, its managed DDoS protection service. The headline was simple: every AWS customer would get...