Cloud Essentials' Expert Insights

Welcome to a round up of May's expert articles. This month we've been exploring Microsoft's principles of search and how to optimise your enterprise search to unlock the full potential of your organisation's data. We've also examined the double edged sword of collaboration tools and how to maximise the benefits whilst minimising risk. Plus our experts discuss how improvements to Microsoft Defender for Office 365 are giving cyber attackers a tough time.

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Thanks to Google, we all tend to take the magic of internet searches for granted. Sure, we know there are complicated algorithms working behind the scenes, filtering out the best results from the hundreds of billions of indexed web pages. But the speed and quality of response from Google makes that all seem… well… easy.?

Search is a vastly complicated beast. And, thanks to the arrival of AI tools like Microsoft 365 Copilot, a lot of organisations are going to have to start taming that beast very soon.? Read more >>

We explore the risks, security and compliance complexities organisations face from the increased adoption of collaboration tools (and how to mitigate them). Read more >>

In a joint report between the National Cyber Security Centre and National Crime Agency, NCSC's CEO, Lindy Cameron, said, “Organised crime groups have continued to evolve in recent years, with the growth of the ‘ransomware as a service’ model sadly leading to more attacks."

Most cybercriminal success is still a result of poor cyber hygiene creating an opportunity for malicious access. For organisations, this really spotlights the importance of building and maintaining strong cyber defences. Fortunately, while cybercriminals have been developing their new attack methodology, Microsoft has been developing and improving Microsoft Defender for Office 365. Read more >>

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