Rob McFeely

Co-Founder, CEO
“Let's make security easy”

Dr Rob McFeely is a co-founder and the lead @ Octiga.

Blog Posts

Navigating M365 Secure Score Limitations for MSPs

Discover the limitations of the M365 Secure Score for MSPs. Understand the scope and potential restrictions when using this tool to assess and enhance the security posture of Microsoft 365 environments. Know how to navigate through these shortcomings.

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Octiga Vs Flying Solo with Office 365 Security for MSPs

The purpose of the Octiga Office 365 security app is not to replace M365 security but to ensure that MSPs can deliver it consistently, coherently and rapidly to all your clients. A short video explains how Octiga makes MSPs' work super efficient and super fast.

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Office365 Security Audits: Automate, Remediate, Repeat

Drill into some of the major Office365 auditing challenges that MSPs face and understand the constituents of an effective Office365 auditing solution to improve business.

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SharePoint Online Security Best Practice Guide for MSPs

Despite the tight security services provided by Microsoft, SMEs' Office 365 is breached intentionally by malicious actors or inadvertently by insiders. Follow these SharePoint Online Security Best Practices to protect your organisation & employees from common security mistakes in 2022.

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Why MSPs need to Reconsider SIEM for Office 365 Security

The advantages of SIEM make it a go-to tool for Office 365 security; however, the long list of implementation pitfalls can sometimes exceed its benefits. Here are some insights on why MSPs need to reconsider Office 365 SIEM and how they can turn them around.

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How to Confidently Bundle Office 365 Security for MSPs

Learn how bundles can enhance MSP service offerings and help grow their business & increase client retention.

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Secure and Manage Office 365 with PowerShell- The CIS Approach Part 2

Secure and manage Office 365 with PowerShell via the CIS approach. This part deals with addressing Office 365 security audit activities. Here are the basic PowerShell commands for scripting and remediating Office 365 audit log for admins, service providers, consultants and security admins.

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Why MSPs Should not Apply MFA Solutions Blindly

As MSPs scale, MFA's practical implementation can increase business operation costs. Here're some multi-factor authentication challenges, and recommendations that can control MSPs burnout.

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MSP Business Scalability Challenge for Office 365 Security

One of the biggest challenges for managed service providers today is scalability. Let us find out what challenges MSPs face while scaling Office 365 security and what are the solutions to the same.

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How to Achieve Desired State Configuration without Managing PowerShell Code

Desired State Configuration is a powerful management capability, however, it comes with its own set of challenges. Learn the obstacles in DSC and how to overcome these with Octiga's SaaS automation engine.

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Secure & Manage Office 365 with PowerShell – The CIS Approach

Wondering how to PowerShell Office 365 security through the CIS approach? Here are the best Office 365 PowerShell commands to help you secure your organisation.

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Baseline Security (Posture) Monitoring is the New Breach Monitoring

Learn how to turn security baselines configurations into a multi-dimensional cloud security asset to increase efficiency and revenue.

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NIST Cybersecurity Framework for Office 365

Strengthen your understanding of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) and what implication does it have on cloud security.

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Security Trends for Managed IT Service Providers

From multi-tenancy dashboards, cloud-native security to platform scalability, which trends will drive revenue growth and service quality for managed IT service providers in 2021? Find out about the latest managed security service trends.

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Top 4 Security Pain Points in Office 365 and their Solutions

Office 365 configurations come with a learning curve, and implementing these security features can be a tedious task, especially for non-experts. Here's an article discussing the top Office 365 security pain points with practical mitigation solutions.

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Cloud Security vs. Network Security: Which is Best for your SME?

Can you choose the right security strategy for your SME without having complete knowledge of the different concepts in cybersecurity? Here is an article to simplify and educate SMEs when we talk about cloud security vs network security.

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Effective Cybersecurity Automation Tools for SMEs Using Microsoft 365

Here are some easy-to-use security solutions for SMEs who use Microsoft Office 365 to strengthen their security without using complex configurations and technical expertise.

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Biggest Cyber Attacks of 2020 and Tips to Build Cyber Resilience in 2021

The incidents of recent cyber attacks 2020 broke records and left everyone shocked. Find out about the biggest cyber attacks from last year and learn tips for stronger security in the year 2021.

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Lessons to Learn from the Latest Business Email Compromise Scam and AZORult Stealer

Here is what we should learn from the latest business email compromise scam and how to respond to cybersecurity threats, vulnerabilities and impacts to secure yourself effectively.

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Dealing with False Positive Breaches in Universal Audit Log Search in Office 365

Modern-day cyber threats pose many challenges for security personnel. One such challenge is a false positive threat. Learn what is false positive in cybersecurity and how you can save your security team from exhausting their resources on them.

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How to Choose a Credible Cloud Security Software Vendor

When it comes to the dynamic SaaS world, making quality assurances on cloud security vendors characteristics is a bit tricky. Find out quick ways to ensure the quality rigor of IT security vendors for your organisation.

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Office 365 Incident Response

Understand everything about Office 365 incident response and how you can configure your account to stay safe from security breaches.

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Cyber Security Approach for SMEs

Cybersecurity is essential, but does it always have to be expensive? Find out these helpful cybersecurity tips for the workplace in SMEs and other organisations.

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Secure Office 365 for Remote Access

Wondering how to get Office 365 advanced security in your organisation while working remotely? Learn to configure these simple Office 365 remote access methods now.

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Find Risky Inbox Rules in Office 365

Concerned about sending secure email in Office 365? Find out how to implement some useful commands to navigate the risky forwarding state of your organisation.

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How were we Hacked? Part 2

To protect your business from a possible breach, you need to understand why do hackers hack email accounts? Here is list of top reasons.

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How were we Hacked? Part 1

Do words like password spraying, phishing, credential stuffing make you feel vulnerable? Get into the mind of your hacker and understand how hackers hack passwords.

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Practical IT Security Guide to Protecting your People

Securing your business and its people is the number one priority today. Here is an IT security guide sharing practical and basic cybersecurity tips for users to tackle online security breaches in your organisation.

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