AI in Continuity Forecasting
AI in IT continuity forecasting transforms reactive monitoring into proactive. How Azure Monitor, Sentinel, and Copilot for Azure help IT managers prepare before it breaks.
Built to Last – Azure as the Foundation of Continuity
Azure provides IT with a comprehensive toolkit for continuity — from Site Recovery to Azure Local and soon Finland’s own data centers. This is how you build preparedness in practice.
Microsoft 365 Tutorial Video – Part 8 – Defender for Office
In the eighth Microsoft 365 tutorial video, Lauri covers Microsoft’s Defender for Office solution and how it ensures data security.
Managed Microsoft 365 Cloud
For many organizations, Microsoft 365 forms the foundation of modern work. It offers collaboration tools, as well as information and endpoint management from the cloud, easily deployed and always up-to-date. Consequently, many may have mistakenly assumed that Microsoft 365 deployment is so effortless that Microsoft handles everything, allowing users to simply leverage the service without […]
A cloud-managed network requires a new kind of access management!
A cloud-managed network requires a new kind of access management. Cloud services bring savings in terms of IT infrastructure, but also new security challenges. Cisco Access Manager is a modern, cloud-based access management solution integrated into the Meraki ecosystem, which facilitates secure network access without complex configurations. In this blog, I will introduce Cisco Meraki networks’ new access management solution, Cisco Access Manager.
SME Cybersecurity in Practice: Less Hype, More Concrete Action
As an experienced cybersecurity consultant, I would venture to make the following claim: SME cybersecurity doesn’t collapse due to threats from hacker movies, but rather from everyday fundamentals. Machines that don’t get updates. Users who work with admin credentials ‘because it doesn’t work otherwise.’ Firewalls whose default settings no one has bothered to review. And […]
Microsoft 365 Tutorial Video – Part 7 – Microsoft Sentinel
In the seventh Microsoft 365 tutorial video, Lauri goes through the Microsoft Sentinel SIEM solution and how it ensures cybersecurity.
Modern Update Management
With the end of Windows 10 support and the continuously evolving threat landscape, managing updates for operating systems and software has become one of the critical aspects of cybersecurity. Organizations need solutions that are secure, scalable, and easy to manage—especially in today’s hybrid and remote work environments. In this blog, I will introduce you to […]
Microsoft 365 Tutorial Video – Part 6. – Patch My PC Home Updater
During autumn 2025, Above IT will continue publishing Microsoft 365 tutorial videos. In the sixth part of the video series, Above IT ‘consigliere’ Lauri Haveri reviews endpoint patching – this time on home computers. Because it is true that even at home, computer vulnerabilities should be patched. We will continue to publish similar tutorial videos […]
Acronyms in Information Security
When working in the IT field, one often encounters various acronyms. Information security is no exception; it also uses terminology that one should be familiar with. Understanding these terms becomes particularly important when acquiring such services for organizational use. Some of the more common acronyms you might encounter in the field of information security today […]