In the wake of last week's Iranian-based cyberattack against U.S.-based medical manufacturer Stryker, the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency is urging organizations to harden endpoint management system configurations using the recommendations and resources provided in a new alert.
CISA also announced that it is conducting enhanced coordination with federal partners, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, to identify additional threats. In the alert, CISA urges organizations to implement Microsoft’s newly released best practices for securing Microsoft Intune ; the principles of these recommendations can be applied to Intune and more broadly to other endpoint management software, such as:
Additionally, CISA recommends reviewing the following resources to strengthen defenses against similar malicious cyber activity:
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