🚨 Hot off the press: April 2025 MCRA is here! 🚨
The latest release of the Microsoft Cybersecurity Reference Architectures (MCRA) is now available — and it's packed with major updates you won’t want to miss.
🔍 What’s new since December 2023? Here are some of the key changes:
◾ Refreshed main capabilities diagram with: – Microsoft Security Exposure Management
– Windows LAPS
– Passkeys
– Microsoft Entra Verified ID
– Broader representation of Microsoft Security Copilot
◾ Replaced Secure Score references with Exposure Management
◾ Clarified Microsoft Security Copilot’s reach beyond Security Operations
◾ Added Microsoft Entra ID Governance to Adaptive Access
◾ New slide: “Security must be integrated everywhere”
◾ Enhanced AI section
◾ New Standards Mapping section featuring: – Draft Zero Trust Reference Model from The Open Group
– Mappings to Microsoft products
◾ Updated People section with roles list from The Open Group
◾ Added Prioritization slide to Threats section from upcoming Security Matrix standard
◾ Updated threat intel signals: now tracking 78+ Trillion daily
◾ Refined closing slides to show the full security modernization journey & Microsoft Unified engagements
📥 Download the full PowerPoint (with speaker notes) from: https://aka.ms/MCRA
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