Microsoft 365

Phishing Defense: Why Awareness Training Is Not Enough (And What to Do Instead)

Phishing defense, MFA bypass, FIDO2 passkeys, Conditional Access, session hijacking

Security awareness training is valuable. Recognizing suspicious emails, questioning unexpected login requests, and knowing what phishing looks like: all of that makes attacks harder.

But here’s the honest truth: with enough effort, anyone can be phished. I run simulated phishing campaigns for clients regularly as part of Cyber Attack Simulation engagements, and I have never failed to catch at least a few users, no matter how good their training is.

Microsoft 365 Audit

Microsoft 365 Audit, M365 security review, Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint, Defender

A Microsoft 365 Audit is a read-only, white-box review of your M365 tenant (Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint, Defender, and admin roles) that finds misconfigurations enabling phishing, data theft, or account takeover.

Microsoft 365 is the productivity backbone of most modern organizations: Exchange Online handles email, Teams drives collaboration, SharePoint stores documents, and Entra ID manages identities. A misconfiguration in any of these components can expose sensitive data, enable phishing attacks, or allow unauthorized access to company resources.