What is Bitlocker? BitLocker is a full-disk encryption feature available in Microsoft Operating Systems that helps protect data by encrypting entire drives or Volumes, addressing the threats of data theft or exposure from lost, stolen, or inappropriately decommissioned devices. It relies on Trusted Platform Module (TPM) hardware for secure key storage. For Azure Local Instances, […]
Category: Security
Azure Stack HCI Registration – Less Permissions
Azure Stack HCI is a hybrid service that is connected to Azure for cloud-based monitoring, support, billing, and optional management and security features. That connection is established by ‘registering’ your Cluster(s) to Azure, which is usually a straight forward process, and requires certain permissions granted to the user account used at registration. For the initial […]
Defender Status Reporting
In this post I am going to explain what I’ve done to report on the status of Microsoft Defender on cluster nodes. Why? The reason I spent time on this, is that I couldn’t find an easy way to see if (and check that) Defender was running and being updated regularly. I don’t use SCCM […]