Video: 10 Minute IT Jams - Vectra AI exec discusses cybersecurity for Office 365
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Vectra AI is a cybersecurity company specialising in network detection and response (NDR) solutions for cloud, SaaS, data centre and enterprise infrastructures. Its work focuses heavily on conclusive incident investigations and AI-assisted threat hunting.
In Techday's second IT Jam with Vectra AI, we speak again with its head of security engineering Chris Fisher, who discusses the organisational impact of security breaches within Microsoft O365, why these attacks are on the rise, and what steps organisations should take to protect employees from attacks.
Watch the video below.
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