Microsoft Secure Score dashboard used as GRC engine for ISO 27001:2022 and NIS2 Article 21 compliance, Gold Award winner

Microsoft Secure Score as a GRC Tool for ISO 27001 & NIS2

Series introduction: the mid-market GRC problem, how Microsoft Secure Score covers 60–70% of ISO 27001:2022 Annex A and NIS2 Article 21 controls automatically, the four building blocks of the Gold-Award programme, and the recommended reading path for the full series.

April 22, 2026 · 9 min · Dimosthenis Atteia
Microsoft Secure Score recommendation details pane in the Microsoft Defender portal — fields explained for junior administrators

Microsoft Secure Score Part 1: How to Read a Recommendation

Part 1 of the Secure Score series. A beginner-friendly walk through a single Microsoft Secure Score recommendation. Every field on the screen, what each one means, and the small observations that help new professionals start extracting value in under an hour.

April 27, 2026 · 10 min · Dimosthenis Atteia
Microsoft Secure Score in the Microsoft Defender XDR ecosystem — how Entra ID, Defender for Endpoint, Office 365, and Purview feed the score

Microsoft Secure Score Part 2: Inside the Defender Ecosystem

Part 2 of the Secure Score series. Where Microsoft Secure Score physically lives, how it feeds off the Microsoft Defender family, what each source product contributes, and a practical exercise to trace one score point back to the product that generated it.

May 4, 2026 · 9 min · Dimosthenis Atteia
Microsoft Secure Score operational workflow — prioritization, change management, and compliance mapping for ISO 27001 and NIS2

Microsoft Secure Score Part 3: Daily Operations & ISO 27001

Part 3 of the Secure Score series. How to actually run Microsoft Secure Score day-to-day: prioritizing 260+ recommendations, building a change management process that doesn’t break production, mapping controls to ISO 27001 and NIS2, collecting audit evidence, and reporting to the board.

May 22, 2026 · 20 min · Dimosthenis Atteia
Microsoft Defender for Cloud — protecting Azure and multicloud workloads

Microsoft Defender Part 3: Microsoft Defender for Cloud (The One That's Actually Different)

Part 3 of the Microsoft Defender Demystified series. Microsoft Defender for Cloud explained in plain language, the CSPM foundation, the paid Defender CSPM tier, the workload protection plans, the multicloud story, and why the unified Microsoft Defender portal is quietly making all this one experience.

July 10, 2026 · 10 min · Dimosthenis Atteia
Which Microsoft Defender products come with Business Premium, E3, E5, and E7

Microsoft Defender Part 4: The Licensing Decoder

Part 4 of the Microsoft Defender Demystified series. A licensing decoder across the 2026 Microsoft 365 lineup, including the new Defender Suite add-ons, the July 2026 pricing update, and three real-world scenarios (small business, mid-market, enterprise) for sizing the right purchase.

July 25, 2026 · 10 min · Dimosthenis Atteia
Microsoft is killing SMS authentication - Passkeys are taking over

Τέλος στα SMS/Voice MFA: Η Microsoft κάνει τα Passkeys default στο Entra ID

Η Microsoft κάνει τα passkeys προεπιλεγμένη μέθοδο σύνδεσης στο Microsoft Entra ID από 01/9/2026, ενώ η SMS/Voice αυθεντικοποίηση που παρέχει η ίδια αποσύρεται πλήρως από 01/2/2027, χωρίς δυνατότητα opt-out. Δες το πλήρες χρονοδιάγραμμα, τι σημαίνει για tenants με ρυθμιστικές απαιτήσεις SMS, και ένα πρακτικό πλάνο δράσης για administrators και security teams.

July 16, 2026 · 5 min · Dimosthenis Atteia
Η καρτέλα Overview της σελίδας Active Directory Domain στο Microsoft Defender

Generally Available: Η νέα σελίδα Investigate Domain στο Microsoft Defender for Identity

Η σελίδα Active Directory Domain στο Microsoft Defender συγκεντρώνει σε ένα ενιαίο σημείο ό,τι χρειάζεται ένας αναλυτής για να αξιολογήσει την υγεία και την έκθεση ενός domain.

July 14, 2026 · 4 min · Dimosthenis Atteia

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