Microsoft has just announced a new category of services called Microsoft Security Experts, which aims to help businesses and organizations improve their security to stop ransomware.
Companies will soon be able to hire Microsoft employees who specialize in cybersecurity to help them fend off threats from hackers. For this, a new Microsoft Security Experts service has been created. Unlike other security offerings, it would combine ” expert-trained technology with human-led services “.
While cybercrime is on the rise, such an offer should allow companies to make significant savings and improve their security. According to Microsoft, ransomware reportedly cost businesses worldwide US$6 trillion last yearand that figure is expected to reach $10.6 trillion by 2025. The US-based company reportedly blocked more than 9.6 billion malware threats and 35.7 billion malicious emails last year, but now plans to move to top speed.
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What can Microsoft Security Experts do within companies?
This new “human-led” service will aim to help customers meet security, compliance, identity, privacy and productivity goals. Once recruited, Microsoft security experts can, for example, comb through data from Microsoft Defender, Office 365, or cloud applications. Microsoft says its experts will review the results and provide customers with contextual alert information and instructions.
” It is increasingly difficult for enterprises to build and maintain a comprehensive security team, let alone a team with the ever-expanding skills needed to meet the range of security demands today. said Vasu Jakkal, Vice President of Microsoft.
The main culprits behind ransomware attacks would be Russian hackers, since they managed to pocket 74% of ransoms in 2021. France is also heavily affected by this malware, but also sees phishing attacks increasing alarmingly . Indeed, phishing cyberattacks increased by 32% in 2021 in our country.
Source : Microsoft
