Government

Azure Virtual Desktop is now generally available in Azure Government Secret

July 19, 2022 Jul 19, 2022 07/19/22

Steve Downs

Today we’re announcing that Azure Virtual Desktop received Department of Defense (DoD) Impact Level 6 (IL6) accreditation and is now available to all customers in Azure Government Secret. Azure Virtual Desktop enables government agencies to host secure, compliant, mission-critical workloads in Azure. Whether a government agency requires a...

Defending Federal Systems with the Microsoft Sentinel Threat Analysis & Response Solution

June 2, 2022 Jun 2, 2022 06/2/22

TJ Banasik

This blog is jointly authored by Lili Davoudian, Senior Product Manager, Cloud & AI Security; Ashwin Patil, Senior Security Researcher, Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center; and Ron Marsiano, Senior Product Manager, Microsoft Sentinel. With the growing need for federal agencies to evaluate coverage of respective threat detection ...

Jumpstart threat intelligence programs with the Microsoft Sentinel Threat Intelligence Workbook

May 9, 2022 May 9, 2022 05/9/22

Lili Davoudian, TJ Banasik

We’re releasing the next evolution of the Microsoft Sentinel Threat Intelligence Workbook. This solution provides enhanced capabilities in indicator ingestion and indicator search, empowering organizations to centralize and correlate threat data across their workloads and operationalize these insights for investigation and response. As a ...

What’s new: Microsoft Sentinel Zero Trust (TIC 3.0) Solution update

April 5, 2022 Apr 5, 2022 04/5/22

Lili Davoudian

This blog is co-authored by TJ Banasik, CISSP-ISSEP, ISSAP, ISSMP, Principal Product Manager, Microsoft Cloud & AI Security. With demand continuing to grow for federal agencies to build Zero Trust security principles seamlessly into their existing architectures, we’re announcing the Microsoft Sentinel Zero Trust (Trusted Internet ...

Join us: Art of the possible: AI in government – March 30, 2022

March 18, 2022 Mar 18, 2022 03/18/22

Karina Homme

We invite you this month to RSVP and join the Azure Government user community as we explore the “Art of the possible: AI in government” Wednesday, March 30 from 6 – 7 p.m. ET during a virtual meetup where we’ll discuss strategies, best practices and the latest tech driving exciting AI for good projects in government.

What’s new: Azure Security Benchmark Workbook update

March 14, 2022 Mar 14, 2022 03/14/22

Lili Davoudian

Today we’re announcing the next iteration of the Azure Security Benchmark (ASB) Workbook, which provides a single pane of glass for gathering and managing data to address ASB control requirements.

Microsoft Sentinel: Maturity Model for Event Log Management Solution now in public preview

January 26, 2022 Jan 26, 2022 01/26/22

Lili Davoudian

See how agencies ease the task of aligning with federal cybersecurity directives with the Microsoft Sentinel: Maturity Model for Event Log Management Solution now available in public preview in Azure and Azure Government.

Solution accelerator for knowledge mining available for Azure Government

January 26, 2022 Jan 26, 2022 01/26/22

Sreedhar Mallangi

US government agencies can jumpstart their development projects to help meet mission demands with Azure Cognitive Search using our Knowledge Mining Solution Accelerator for Azure Government. Knowledge mining is an emerging category in artificial intelligence (AI) using a combination of AI services to drive content understanding over vast ...

Protecting federal information systems and critical infrastructure with the Microsoft Sentinel: IT/OT Threat Monitoring Solution

January 13, 2022 Jan 13, 2022 01/13/22

Lili Davoudian

Also contributing to this blog are TJ Banasik, CISSP-ISSEP, ISSAP, ISSMP, Senior Program Manager, and Katie Thomas, Program Manager, of Microsoft Cloud & AI Security. Security teams traditionally have not had tooling nor the expertise to provide them with visibility to monitor Internet of Things (IoT) / Operational Technology (OT) ...