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Published inJul 2023

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ISBN-139781803241708

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Ru Campbell

Viktor Hedberg

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Reading through this chapter, you’ll have learned about a lot of security and compliance options for cloud apps. Acting as Microsoft’s CASB, MDA is a service that all customers who are licensed to it are encouraged to make the most of.

To recap, we started this chapter by laying a solid foundation for MDA by covering fundamental settings. We continued by discussing its shadow IT discovery and management capabilities. By taking control of your environment’s shadow IT, you reduce the risk of regulatory failures and cybersecurity threats. Then, we moved on to establishing control of connected cloud apps with policies. This is important because it means you can refine users’ abilities when accessing apps, such as different levels of permission when accessing apps on BYOD devices. Our review of cloud apps then sprawled over to OAuth apps, including add-on licensing options for enhanced capabilities, so that you can make sure permissions are appropriately...

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Published in: Jul 2023Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781803241708

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Ru Campbell

Ruairidh (Ru) Campbell is a Microsoft Security MVP and leads Microsoft consultancy at Threatscape. At Threatscape, Ru develops, delivers, and manages offerings and professional services for cybersecurity, compliance, identity, and management. In the cybersecurity community, Ru runs the Microsoft 365 Security & Compliance user group and his blog (campbell.scot), regularly speaks at other user groups and conferences, and contributes to well-known industry publications such as Practical 365. Ru holds 14 Microsoft certifications and a B.Sc. (Distinction) in computer networking from the University of the West of Scotland. Away from cybersecurity, he is a petrolhead who enjoys heavy metal and hiking around Scotland with his wife.
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Viktor Hedberg

Viktor Hedberg is a Microsoft Security MVP and senior consultant at Truesec. At Truesec, Viktor works with proactive security measures within the Microsoft sphere of technologies, by delivering workshops on best practices and by his deep technical expertise in these areas. In the cybersecurity community, Viktor runs his blogs at Truesec (Experts – viktor-hedberg). Alongside this, he is one of the hosts of the Swedish Windows Security user group, as well as a co-host of the Swedish podcast The Nerd Herd. He is a frequent speaker at both conferences and user groups around the world, focusing on matters of Microsoft Security. Viktor holds numerous Microsoft certifications, as well as being a Microsoft Certified Trainer. Away from cybersecurity, Viktor is a family man, spending most of his time with his wife and three kids, as well as enjoying football, both as a practitioner and as a fan. Heavy metal has been part of his life since his early teens.
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