Securing Office 365: Masterminding MDM and Compliance in the Cloud

Understand common security pitfalls and discover weak points in your organization’s data security, and what you can do to combat them. This book includes the best approaches to managing mobile devices both on your local network and outside the office.

Data breaches, compliance fines, and distribution of personally identifiable information (PII) without encryption or safeguards place businesses of all types at risk. In today’s electronic world, you must have a secure digital footprint that is based on business processes that are designed to protect information. This book is written for business owners, chief information security officers (CISO), and IT managers who want to securely configure Office 365. You will follow the Microsoft cybersecurity road map through a progressive tutorial on how to configure the security services in Office 365 to protect and manage your business.

What You’ll Learn

• Manage security with the Azure Security Center and the Office 365 Compliance Center
• Configure information protection for document and electronic communications
• Monitor security for your business in the cloud
• Understand Mobile Application Management (MAM) and Mobile Device Management (MDM)
• Prevent data loss in Office 365
• Configure and manage the compliance manager tools for NIST and GDPR

Who This Book Is For

IT managers and compliance and cybersecurity officers who have responsibility for compliance and data security in their business

About the Author

Matthew Katzer is the president of KAMIND IT, a Tier 1 Microsoft Gold Partner, and author of the best-selling cloud book Office 365: Managing and Migrating Your Business in the Cloud (Apress) and Moving to Office 365 (Apress). He is an active member of a number of community organizations and local business communities. Matt’s focus on cloud solutions started in 2008, as he was looking at ways that businesses could grow quickly and with reduced operating costs. His interest in security was developed while working in Intel’s security division. Matt holds a BSEE from the University of Michigan and an Executive MBA from the University of Oregon. His greatest satisfaction comes from helping his customers become competitive and scale their businesses in an increasingly technology-driven world.