In today's fast-paced business landscape, staying ahead of the competition requires efficient and effective solutions. According to Microsoft’s Work Trend Index, nearly 70% of employee report that they don’t have sufficient time in the day to focus on “work”, with more time being spent Communicating than Creating.
Microsoft 365 Copilot is designed, with Microsoft’s cloud trust platform at its core, to allow for employees to both be more productive, reduce the time spent searching for information, performing mundane tasks, and other low-value activities.
On Jan. 12th, Microsoft released a security advisory to address a remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Defender.
An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to gain control of an affected system remotely.
Full details can be found here: CVE-2021-1647.
How to remediate:
This exploit was patched with the January 7th Defender update. Ensure Microsoft Defender for Endpoint has been updated and configured appropriately and the issue will self-resolve. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to reach to KiZAN for assistance.
How KiZAN can help:
KiZAN can assist by providing a patching/antivirus health check to help you validate that your update cycle is configured properly, provide best practice guidance, ensure your devices are being patched, and remediate any identified issues.
Contact our Identity, Device, and Security team for assistance.
