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Continuity in Vulnerability Intelligence: How The Collective Stays Resilient
In the cybersecurity world, change is the only constant. Recent headlines about potential disruptions to a major vulnerability database briefly rattled the industry, but they also underscored the need for resilience and a forward-looking approach. At The Collective –...
𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗥𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗮 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗜𝘁𝘀 𝗖𝘆𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲
Cyber threats are constantly evolving, and organizations need 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 to stay ahead. Roularta, a leading multimedia and printing group, partnered with 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 to enhance its security posture and streamline cybersecurity...
𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲-𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 – 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵!
𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲-𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 – 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵! Exciting news for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs): Microsoft has announced that 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁 𝟯𝟲𝟱 𝗘𝟱 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗱𝗱-𝗼𝗻 is available for 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁 𝟯𝟲𝟱 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘂𝗺 subscribers...
Azure Virtual Desktop on Azure Stack HCI
On February 1st, Microsoft made Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) on Azure Stack HCI Generally Available. But what does this mean? How can you and your company leverage this to optimize your Virtual Desktop Experience? More importantly, is AVD on Azure Stack HCI something...
The Collective is ISO 27001 certified
The Collective has officially been awarded with the ISO 27001 certificate. This globally recognized award confirms our hard work, passion for and expertise in the field of information security. More and more customers demand that their IT partners have their...
Microsoft Ignite 2023 – Autoscaling for personal desktop pools in Azure Virtual Desktop
Wednesday 14 November 2023! A date many of our people were looking forward to. As Ignite is Microsoft's biggest event of the year, it usually contains juicy updates and news. Between many topics and announcements, of which most were co-pilot inspired, we saw a spark...
Seamless Container Traffic Management: Azure Application Gateway’s new ingress capability
Available in public preview as of July 24th, 2023, the Application Gateway for Containers (AGfC) aims to improve upon the already established Application Gateway Ingress Controller (AGIC) feature launched to Azure in mid-2020.In this post, we will explore the latest...
Using a Lighthouse Service Principal within Azure DevOps
To streamline the deployment of Analytics Rules, Workbooks, Playbooks… we use Azure DevOps to easily manage our customers without having to create all the rules manually. Normally, you would create a new Service Principal per customer and assign it rights to the...
The Collective Consulting is AVD (Azure Virtual Desktop) certified!
We are thrilled to share that our AVD service, which we hold dear, has undergone an audit process, and we are ecstatic to announce that we have successfully obtained our certification! What is AVD? Azure Virtual Desktop or AVD, a revolutionary cloud-based Virtual...
The must-have service-level configurations for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
When auditing Microsoft 365 Defender environments, I notice the service-level configuration for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE) is often overlooked. Each tenant has a specific set of parameters that can be configured to update the behavior and feature set of...