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Azure Active Directory Flavors

Sjoukje Zaal gives an overview of the different flavors of Azure Active Directory.

Last Update: Feb 07, 2024

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Five Tactics Towards Achieving Zero Trust with Azure Active Directory

Last Update: Feb 01, 2024

For any modern enterprise that uses Azure Active Directory (now Microsoft Entra ID) to manage user and service access to cloud resources, it’s hard to escape the term Zero Trust (ZT), which implies that your organization must have a layered approach to security. In this article, you’ll learn about five Microsoft Zero Trust tactics for…

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Active Directory Security – 5 Steps to Secure AD

Last Update: Jan 30, 2024

In this guide about Active Directory security, we’re going to detail five steps that IT admins need to follow to secure Active Directory environments in an organization. There are many best practices you’ll need to be familiar with to ensure Active Directory security, including restricting the use of privileged accounts, monitoring Windows Event Log for…

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How to Set Up Azure AD Domain Services

Last Update: Jan 24, 2024

How to set up Azure Active Directory Domain Services

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What Is IAM? A Guide to Identity and Access Management

Identity and Access Management (IAM), is a crucial cybersecurity framework that governs and secures digital access to resources. It plays a pivotal role in helping organizations control and secure their digital resources such as apps, files, user identities, permissions, and all other organizational data. IAM also helps ensure the confidentiality and integrity of sensitive information….

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Microsoft Entra ID App Registration and Enterprise App Security Explained

Last Update: Nov 10, 2023

One of the main reasons that application governance is often overlooked, as it relates to an organization’s cloud security posture, is because the topic is not fully understood. . However, it is vitally important to understand the fundamentals of Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory)  – tenants, app registrations, enterprise apps, and consent –…

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How to Properly Secure and Govern Microsoft Entra ID Apps

Last Update: Nov 09, 2023

Microsoft Entra ID, formerly Azure Active Directory (AD), is Microsoft’s cloud-native identity management platform. It only takes one compromised Entra ID user account to consent to a rogue app that siphons all the user’s Microsoft 365 data or to take over their mailbox. Business Email Compromise (BEC) amounts to $8 million in losses on a…

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Microsoft Entra ID to Get Automatic Conditional Access Policies This Month

Microsoft has announced plans to introduce new Conditional Access policies that will automatically protect customers against potential cyberattacks. Starting next week, the company will begin rolling out the new policies to all eligible commercial customers. “We’ve designed these policies based on our deep knowledge of the current cyberthreat landscape to help our customers strengthen their…

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Windows LAPS Introduces Microsoft Entra ID and Intune Support to Boost Protection

Microsoft has introduced support for Microsoft Entra ID and Microsoft Intune in its Windows LAPS solution. This update enables organizations to easily configure local administrator password policies to protect Windows devices against cyberattacks. Microsoft started rolling out Windows Local Administrator Password Solution (Windows LAPS) in April 2023. The solution replaces the legacy LAPS implementation (Microsoft…

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Mitigate Security Threats: Monitor HTTP Requests with M365 Graph Activity Logs

Microsoft has announced the public preview of Microsoft Graph Activity Logs. This new offering is designed to provide organizations with granular insights into HTTP requests processed within the Microsoft Graph service for a particular tenant. Microsoft Graph Activity Logs offers detailed monitoring of all API requests from various Microsoft 365 apps, SDKs, API clients, and…

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