# Hoyland.cloud

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Guides and rants about Cybersecurity

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## Posts

- [Blog](https://hoyland.cloud/blog/)
- [Build your first WDAC policy with WDAC Wizard!](https://hoyland.cloud/building-wdac-policies-with-wdac-wizard/): In this blog we are going to build a WDAC policy using some basic settings to make an initial audit policy that can be applied so we can figure out what crashes with our basic policy! To create out Base policy we will use the fantastic "WDAC Wizard"! This application is great for building, editing
- [WDAC: Choose Multi Policy or Single Policy](https://hoyland.cloud/wdac-choose-multi-policy-or-single-policy/): When choosing your path for WDAC, it's important to be familiar with the technical limitations of the different implementation methods. So let's dive into it! OS Support WDAC starts it support in Windows 10 and Windows server 2016. Anything older does not have the WDAC engine and must use other remedies like "AppLocker". Single Policy
- [Starting my WDAC adventure](https://hoyland.cloud/starting-my-wdac-adventure/): In Norwegian there is a saying; "Kjært barn har mange navn" (A loved child has many names). WDAC is no exception: Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC) Application Control App Control for Business But don't confuse this child with the older sibling, "AppLocker". These siblings can also co-exist on the same system, making me slightly confused...
- [Defender for IoT Deployment Models: Which One Works for You?](https://hoyland.cloud/defender-for-iot-deployment-models-which-one-works-for-you/): Defender for IoT bridges the gap between the Defender suite with its insights and alerting we know and love to the vast unknowns of the OT and IOT space.
- [Do you REALLY have MFA for ALL of your users?](https://hoyland.cloud/do-you-really-have-mfa-for-all-of-your-users/): I see this very often.Many are content with having "enabled MFA" for their users.But even though the requirement (Conditional Access) is in place, it doesn't necessarily mean that everyone has been registered for MFA! ❌ 📱Why is this important, you ask?Well, if your users delay registering MFA, the bad guys will do it for them😈If
- [Defender for Servers P2 - Highlighting limitations in on-prem functionality](https://hoyland.cloud/defender-for-servers-functionality-by-deployment-type/): In Defender for Cloud you can license Defender for Servers for your on-prem servers through both "Azure Arc" and "Direct onboarding" without Arc. The functionality in Defender for Servers Plan 2 is limited when not run in a cloud native VM such as Azure, GCP or AWS. Therefore I have created the table below to
- [Entra ID: Finding your inactive users](https://hoyland.cloud/entra-id-finding-your-inactive-users/): This article will highlight the extended evaluations that I perform against users and guests in order to clean up stale accounts in Entra ID.
- [Få oversikt over den eksterne angrepsflaten med Defender EASM](https://hoyland.cloud/fa-oversikt-over-den-eksterne-angrepsflaten-med-defender-easm/): I dette webinaropptaket diskuterer eg viktigheten av å forstå og håndtere eksponerte tjenester på internett, spesielt i lys av utfordringene med å holde oversikt over alle digitale aktiva. Les gjerne også min artikkel på engelsk om Defender EASM her! Opptak fra 15.12.2024. Sjå webinaret her:
- [New functionality from Ignite 2024!](https://hoyland.cloud/new-functionality-from-ignite-2024/): We had a great time at Microsoft Ignite this year in Chicago, both at the conference and in the city. We managed to fit in both a NHL match and a NBA match! Go Blackhawks and Go Bulls, respectively. My key points from Ignite The key news from my point of view (security) are not
- [Defender EASM: Your network perimeter has a flesh-wound...](https://hoyland.cloud/defender-easm-and-risks-in-internet-exposed-services/): Contents: 1. The nature of service providers and internet exposed assets 2. It is hard to keep inventory 3. What is Defender External Attack Surface Management and how does it work? 4. Harvest practical security value The nature of service providers and internet exposed assets. Have you ever used a vulnerability assessment tool like OpenVAS
- [Security in On-prem Active Directory](https://hoyland.cloud/security-in-on-prem-active-directory/): Contents in this post: Introduction The issue with Active Directory Microsoft Digital Defense Report and ransomware Remove or fix? Find and mitigate vulnerable configurations Security monitoring of Active Directory Introduction After years of dealing with ransomware, I want to highlight a critical aspect of these attacks that has been widely discussed among IT security professionals

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## Categories

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## Tags

- [rant](https://hoyland.cloud/tag/rant/)
- [Defender](https://hoyland.cloud/tag/defender/)
- [EASM](https://hoyland.cloud/tag/easm/)
- [Shodan](https://hoyland.cloud/tag/shodan/)
- [Entra ID](https://hoyland.cloud/tag/entra-id/)
- [Lifecycle](https://hoyland.cloud/tag/lifecycle/)
- [Microsoft](https://hoyland.cloud/tag/microsoft/)
- [Stale Accounts](https://hoyland.cloud/tag/stale-accounts/)
- [OT](https://hoyland.cloud/tag/ot/)
- [IOT](https://hoyland.cloud/tag/iot/)
- [WDAC](https://hoyland.cloud/tag/wdac/)