Last week, I got to see where Microsoft is taking Exchange Online Protection (EOP), a security layer that comes with Office 365 and is available for a fee for on-premises Exchange deployments. Although I can’t share the details, as they were provided under a nondisclosure agreement, I am confident that Microsoft is on the path to eventually becoming as good as the third-party tools IT now uses for such security.
In a discussion with Levon Esibov, the principal group program manager for EOP, I mentioned that even as Microsoft improved EOP, I would still advise admins to use a third-party tool as well, for a dual-layer “defense in depth” approach. Esibov asked me why I’d still make that recommendation, even when EOP was on par with those third-party tools. After all, I don’t make that same recommendation when Microsoft has no security layer of its own; I simply suggest you use a single security tool along with best practices and solid user training.
To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here