The results are in for the Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect (SC-100) exam!

Summer is shining here in Finland, and the vacation period is ongoing. I’m glad folks at Microsoft are still working, though. One of the achievements from Microsoft during this summer is that they got the long waited SC-100 certification out of the beta phase. This expert-level security certification builds on the previous Microsoft security certifications. […]
Insights on preparing for the Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert (SC-100) certification

Last Thursday, the 7th of April, the new Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect Expert (SC-100) certification was made available in beta. If you’re in a hurry, do yourself a favor and sign up for the exam here. Me and my colleague Antti Kujamäki did the test during the last few days to test our knowledge while the exam […]
Going passwordless with Microsoft Accounts (MSA)

I had a look at the number of passwords I have stored in my password manager software. There are over 1,000 secrets stored, and obviously, I don’t need to use all of them daily or even weekly. One of the necessary credentials are my Microsoft Accounts (MSAs). They used to be called Live ID’s when […]
Security Architect as a Service

A few weeks ago, we published our company, Not Bad Security. With the company launch, we also published our first continuous service: Security Architect as a Service. This blog post will walk you through what this is all about. Early this year, we had multiple conversations with Jussi on how we have seen that Customer […]
New Microsoft Security Architect certification

A few days ago, Microsoft announced the new Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert (SC-100) certification. So naturally, we at Not Bad Security are excited about it! However, we have seen that there haven’t been any official certification ways to represent architecture skills in the Microsoft security stack area in the past. Previous certifications have been […]
Getting secure with Microsoft Secure Score: From 50% to 90%

Just two months ago we started building our new company. As part of this journey, we setup a brand new Microsoft 365 tenant with E5 licensing. Most new tenants are fairly secure by default, but once you start enabling new features, and once users start leveraging those capabilities it’s imperative to maintain a secure stance […]
Hello, world! We are Not Bad Security

We are excited to announce our new company, Not Bad Security. As our name sort of gives it away, we provide services on the Microsoft security stack, such as Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Sentinel, and other Defender products. Another area where we’re serving our customers are the multi-cloud security capabilities, such as CloudKnox and Defender […]