Demystifying Microsoft Enterprise Mobility + Security (EM+S)

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&NewLine;<p>Microsoft EM&plus;S solution provides a response to the huge challenge facing companies that need to safely and efficiently manage an increasingly mobile workforce&comma; the Bring Your Own Device &lpar;BYOD&rpar; trend and Identity Management&period; Microsoft EM&plus;S is a cloud-based offering &lpar;SaaS&rpar;&comma;&nbsp&semi; licensed on a per user base&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<div class&equals;"wp-block-image"><figure class&equals;"aligncenter is-resized"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;thecloudxperts&period;co&period;uk&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;image-6&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-411" width&equals;"511" height&equals;"443"&sol;><&sol;figure><&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><br><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">Components of Enterprise Mobility &plus; Security &lpar;EM&plus;S&rpar;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<table class&equals;"wp-block-table aligncenter is-style-stripes"><thead><tr><td>&NewLine; <strong>Component<&sol;strong>&NewLine; <&sol;td><td>&NewLine; <strong>Summary<&sol;strong><strong><&sol;strong>&NewLine; <&sol;td><&sol;tr><&sol;thead><tbody><tr><td>&NewLine; Azure Active Directory Premium&NewLine; <&sol;td><td>Identity and Access Management Solution&comma;&nbsp&semi;<br>Control identity &plus; access in the cloud and provide <g class&equals;"gr&lowbar; gr&lowbar;25 gr-alert gr&lowbar;spell gr&lowbar;inline&lowbar;cards gr&lowbar;run&lowbar;anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace" id&equals;"25" data-gr-id&equals;"25">identity driven<&sol;g> solution<br><br><&sol;td><&sol;tr><tr><td>&NewLine; Microsoft Intune&NewLine; <&sol;td><td> Mobile Application and Mobile Device Management Solution <&sol;td><&sol;tr><tr><td>&NewLine; Azure Information Protection&NewLine; <&sol;td><td>&NewLine; Data and&NewLine; Information Protection Solution&NewLine; <&sol;td><&sol;tr><tr><td> Microsoft Advanced Threat Analytics &sol; Advance Threat Protection<&sol;td><td> Cybersecurity and Risk Management Solution<br><br> <&sol;td><&sol;tr><tr><td><br>Cloud Apps Security&nbsp&semi; &nbsp&semi; &nbsp&semi; &nbsp&semi; &nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;td><td>&nbsp&semi;Keep you in control&comma; through improved visibility into activity&period;<&sol;td><&sol;tr><&sol;tbody><&sol;table>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;thecloudxperts&period;co&period;uk&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;image-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-368"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">Azure Active Directory Premium<br><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Staying in control of your identity security has never been more important and cloud identity and access management is vital&period; With industry-leading solutions such as conditional access&comma; identity protection and password protection&comma; Azure AD holds the key&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Your employees can sign into almost any service regardless of <g class&equals;"gr&lowbar; gr&lowbar;3 gr-alert gr&lowbar;gramm gr&lowbar;inline&lowbar;cards gr&lowbar;run&lowbar;anim Grammar only-ins replaceWithoutSep" id&equals;"3" data-gr-id&equals;"3">device<&sol;g> model&comma; location&comma; or user identity&period; i&period;e<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<ul class&equals;"wp-block-list"><li>File Servers<&sol;li><li>Email<&sol;li><li>Application Servers<&sol;li><li>Database Servers<&sol;li><li>Cloud-based Applications<&sol;li><li>Third Party &amp&semi; Bespoke Applications<&sol;li><li>Mobile and On-premise Devices<&sol;li><&sol;ul>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The big deal about&nbsp&semi;Azure Active Directory Premium is this&colon; it enables single-sign-on to cloud software&nbsp&semi;<strong><em>and&nbsp&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;strong>on-premise software&period; With one password you can access almost everything&comma; including&nbsp&semi;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;azure&period;microsoft&period;com&sol;en-us&sol;marketplace&sol;active-directory&sol;all&sol;">thousands of SaaS cloud apps<&sol;a>&period; &nbsp&semi;Other useful features include&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h4 class&equals;"wp-block-heading"><strong>Azure Active Directory Offers&colon;<&sol;strong><&sol;h4>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<ul class&equals;"wp-block-list"><li>Self-service password reset to reduce helpdesk calls<&sol;li><li>Multi-factor authentication options for greater security<&sol;li><li>Group-based provisioning and single sign-on for thousands of SaaS apps<&sol;li><li>Machine learning-driven security reports for visibility and threat management<&sol;li><li>Robust sync capabilities across cloud and on-premises directories<&sol;li><li>Conditional access&colon; block people from logging in based&nbsp&semi;on various factors<&sol;li><li>Reporting on logins and the meta-data associated with access requests<&sol;li><li>Identity and Access Management with advanced protection for Users and Privileged&nbsp&semi;users<br><&sol;li><&sol;ul>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;thecloudxperts&period;co&period;uk&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;Azure-AD&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-369"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading"><strong>Microsoft Intune<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Microsoft&nbsp&semi;<em>Intune<&sol;em>&nbsp&semi;is a cloud-based enterprise mobility management &lpar;SaaS&rpar; product that helps organizations to manage the mobile devices&comma; have the productive workforce&comma; consistent and secure access to corporate resources and data from any location on any device&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Microsoft Intune&nbsp&semi;allows you to link an unlimited number of mobile devices to an employees’ Active Directory profile&period; &nbsp&semi;Microsoft Intune is your secure link between an employee’s mobile device &lpar;iOS&comma; Android&comma; Windows&rpar; and corporate data&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h4 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">Microsoft Intune offers&colon;<&sol;h4>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<ul class&equals;"wp-block-list"><li>Mobile application management across devices<&sol;li><li>Broad device support for iOS&comma; Android&comma; Windows and Windows Phone devices<&sol;li><li>Selective wipe of apps and data for greater security<&sol;li><li>Use of System Center Configuration Manager and Endpoint Protection<&sol;li><li>Secure Access to Emails&comma; On-premise and cloud applications&nbsp&semi;<&sol;li><li>Secure access to company data using Microsoft Apps<&sol;li><&sol;ul>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<div class&equals;"wp-block-image"><figure class&equals;"aligncenter is-resized"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;thecloudxperts&period;co&period;uk&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;image-2&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-372" width&equals;"436" height&equals;"399"&sol;><&sol;figure><&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">Azure Information Protection &lpar;AIP&rpar;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><em>Azure Information Protection<&sol;em>&nbsp&semi;&lpar;sometimes referred to as&nbsp&semi;<em>AIP<&sol;em>&rpar; is a cloud-based solution that provides document-level security&period; The organisation can&nbsp&semi;<br>add persistent classification&comma; labelling and&nbsp&semi;<em>protection<&sol;em>&nbsp&semi;of the sensitive&nbsp&semi;<em>information<&sol;em>&nbsp&semi;they share both internally and externally with Microsoft&nbsp&semi;Azure Information&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<div class&equals;"wp-block-image"><figure class&equals;"aligncenter"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;thecloudxperts&period;co&period;uk&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;image-3&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-375"&sol;><&sol;figure><&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h4 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">Azure Rights Management offers&colon;<&sol;h4>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<ul class&equals;"wp-block-list"><li><strong>Classification and labelling&colon;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;strong>&nbsp&semi;Configure policies to classify&comma; label and protect data based on its sensitivity&period; Classification with Azure Information Protection is fully automatic&comma; driven by users or based on a recommendation&period;<&sol;li><li><strong>Intelligent classification<&sol;strong> and encryption for files and emails shared inside and outside your organization with P2 Licence<&sol;li><li><strong>Encryption and rights management&colon;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;strong>Encrypt your sensitive data and define usage rights when needed&period;<&sol;li><li><strong>One-click process&colon;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;strong>Apply protection easily without interrupting your employee&&num;8217&semi;s normal course of work&period;&nbsp&semi;Data classification and protection controls are integrated into Microsoft Office and common applications to secure the data you’re working on with one click<&sol;li><li><strong>Tracking and reporting&colon;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;strong>See what’s happening with your shared data to gain more control over it&period;&nbsp&semi;Track activities on shared data and revoke access if necessary&period;<&sol;li><li><strong>Deployment and management flexibility&colon;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;strong>Help protect your data whether it’s stored in the cloud or in on-premises infrastructures&period; You have the flexibility to choose how your encryption keys are managed&comma; including Bring Your Own Key &lpar;BYOK&rpar; options&period;<&sol;li><&sol;ul>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">Microsoft Advanced Threat Analytics &lpar;ATA&sol;ATP&rpar;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>Advanced Threat Analytics<&sol;strong>&nbsp&semi;<strong>ATA&nbsp&semi;<&sol;strong>is an on-premises platform that helps protect your enterprise from multiple types of advanced targeted cyber attacks and insider threats by using information from multiple data-sources in your network to learn the <g class&equals;"gr&lowbar; gr&lowbar;7 gr-alert gr&lowbar;spell gr&lowbar;inline&lowbar;cards gr&lowbar;run&lowbar;anim ContextualSpelling multiReplace" id&equals;"7" data-gr-id&equals;"7">behavior<&sol;g> of users and other entities in the organization and build a behavioural&nbsp&semi;profile about them&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>ATP is available with E5&comma;&nbsp&semi; In contrast&comma; Azure ATP exists as a hybrid solution rather than solely on-premise&period; Azure ATP parses network traffic via on-premise ATP sensors&comma; which function very similarly to ATA gateways&comma; but all parsed data is sent to the Azure cloud for analysis and reporting&period; Instead of a local ATA console&comma; all information is presented in the cloud by the Azure ATP workspace portal&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>ATA leverages a proprietary network parsing engine to capture and parse network traffic of multiple protocols &lpar;such as Kerberos&comma; DNS&comma; RPC&comma; NTLM<g class&equals;"gr&lowbar; gr&lowbar;9 gr-alert gr&lowbar;gramm gr&lowbar;inline&lowbar;cards gr&lowbar;run&lowbar;anim Punctuation multiReplace" id&equals;"9" data-gr-id&equals;"9">&nbsp&semi;&period;<&sol;g> This information is collected by ATA via&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<ul class&equals;"wp-block-list"><li>Port mirroring from Domain Controllers and DNS servers to the ATA Gateway and&sol;or<&sol;li><li>Deploying an ATA Lightweight Gateway &lpar;LGW&rpar; directly on Domain Controllers<&sol;li><&sol;ul>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h4 class&equals;"wp-block-heading"><strong>Advanced Threat Analytics Features&colon;<&sol;strong><&sol;h4>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<ul class&equals;"wp-block-list"><li>Behavioural analytics for advanced threat detection<&sol;li><li>Detection for known malicious attacks and security issues &amp&semi; surfaces the information in the ATA Console&period;<&sol;li><li>Simple&comma; actionable feed for the suspicious activity alerts and the recommendations&nbsp&semi;including a clear view of Who&comma; What&comma; When and How&period;<&sol;li><li>Integration with your existing Security Information and Event Management &lpar;SIEM&rpar; systems<&sol;li><li>Alert for known risks<&sol;li><&sol;ul>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h4 class&equals;"wp-block-heading" id&equals;"what-does-ata-do">What does ATA do&quest;<&sol;h4>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;thecloudxperts&period;co&period;uk&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;image-4&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-377"&sol;><figcaption><br><br><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading"><br>Microsoft Cloud App Security&nbsp&semi;<br><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>It&&num;8217&semi;s a comprehensive solution that can help <g class&equals;"gr&lowbar; gr&lowbar;6 gr-alert gr&lowbar;gramm gr&lowbar;inline&lowbar;cards gr&lowbar;run&lowbar;anim Grammar only-ins replaceWithoutSep" id&equals;"6" data-gr-id&equals;"6">organization<&sol;g> as you move to take full advantage of the cloud applications&comma; but keep you in control&comma; through improved visibility into activity&period; Can provide you with the same level of on the premise security to your cloud applications&period; This feature is only <g class&equals;"gr&lowbar; gr&lowbar;5 gr-alert gr&lowbar;spell gr&lowbar;inline&lowbar;cards gr&lowbar;run&lowbar;anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace" id&equals;"5" data-gr-id&equals;"5">availble<&sol;g> with E5&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h4 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">Cloud Apps Security Features&nbsp&semi;<&sol;h4>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<ul class&equals;"wp-block-list"><li><strong class&equals;"">Cloud Discovery<&sol;strong>&colon; Discover all cloud use in your organization&comma; including Shadow IT reporting and control and risk assessment&comma;&nbsp&semi;<br>sanction or unsanction apps in your organization by using the&nbsp&semi;<em>Cloud app catalog&period;<&sol;em><&sol;li><li><strong>Data Protection<&sol;strong>&colon; Monitor and control your data in the cloud by gaining visibility&comma; enforcing DLP policies&comma; alerting and investigation&period;<&sol;li><li><strong>Threat Protection<&sol;strong>&colon; Detect anomalous use and security incidents&period; Use <g class&equals;"gr&lowbar; gr&lowbar;9 gr-alert gr&lowbar;spell gr&lowbar;inline&lowbar;cards gr&lowbar;run&lowbar;anim ContextualSpelling multiReplace" id&equals;"9" data-gr-id&equals;"9">behavioral<&sol;g> analytics and advanced investigation tools to mitigate risk and set policies and alerts to achieve maximum control over network cloud traffic&period;<&sol;li><li><strong>Conditional Access App Control protection&nbsp&semi;<&sol;strong>Microsoft Cloud App Security Conditional Access App Control utilizes reverse proxy architecture to give you the tools you need to have real-time visibility and control over access to and activities performed within your cloud environment&period;<&sol;li><li><strong>Policy Controls<&sol;strong>You can use policies to define your users&&num;8217&semi; <g class&equals;"gr&lowbar; gr&lowbar;126 gr-alert gr&lowbar;spell gr&lowbar;inline&lowbar;cards gr&lowbar;run&lowbar;anim ContextualSpelling multiReplace" id&equals;"126" data-gr-id&equals;"126">behavior<&sol;g> in the cloud&period; Use policies to detect risky <g class&equals;"gr&lowbar; gr&lowbar;127 gr-alert gr&lowbar;spell gr&lowbar;inline&lowbar;cards gr&lowbar;run&lowbar;anim ContextualSpelling multiReplace" id&equals;"127" data-gr-id&equals;"127">behavior<&sol;g>&comma; violations&comma; or suspicious data points and activities in your cloud environment&period; If needed&comma; you can use policies to integrate remediation processes to achieve complete risk mitigation&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;li><&sol;ul>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<div class&equals;"wp-block-image"><figure class&equals;"aligncenter is-resized"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;thecloudxperts&period;co&period;uk&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;proxy-architecture&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-378" width&equals;"415" height&equals;"375"&sol;><&sol;figure><&sol;div>&NewLine;

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