8 best practices for CISOs conducting risk reviews

2026-04-30T14:52:16Zbe89638b5a6b5a6aa33dab6435d4c68b0ffcd767296aec6ac56f795764599acc
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A collection of Microsoft Security Blog posts (Apr 15–29, 2026) covering defensive guidance and recent threat research. Topics include CISO risk‑review best practices; Microsoft Sentinel UEBA for distinguishing benign vs. malicious AWS CloudTrail activity; partnerships and approaches for AI‑powered defense (including work with Anthropic); detection strategies for cloud identities and infiltrating IT workers; platform hardening of Dynamics 365 and Power Platform to reduce opportunistic attacks; a human‑operated intrusion playbook abusing Microsoft Teams helpdesk impersonation to gain remote/IT‑

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