Identity and access management - Microsoft Security

July 11, 2019

Preparing your enterprise to eliminate passwords

If you’re a CIO, a CISO, or any other exec at a company who is thinking about digital security, the user name/password paradigm is more than a hassle, it’s a true security challenge, which keeps many of us up at night. Today, I’m outlining the basic steps necessary to eliminate passwords, with the acknowledgement that we’re still on the journey. I believe we’ve mapped out the right path, but we aren’t finished yet.

June 20, 2019

Investigating identity threats in hybrid cloud environments

Announcing a new identity threat investigation experience.

May 30, 2019

Demystifying Password Hash Sync

We debunk the myths about Password Hash Sync (PHS) so you can gain security benefits by using the full capabilities of this service.

May 15, 2019

Decentralized identity and the path to digital privacy

Security is the central challenge of the digital age. Our digital lives have moved into the cloud. People now use multiple devices to connect to multiple applications through many different networks. Just about everything is connected to the internet, where threats remain constant and evolving. In this distributed, heterogeneous environment, however, there’s still only one “you.” That’s why decentralized identity is the best path to security.

May 8, 2019

3 investments Microsoft is making to improve identity management

Learn how Microsoft approaches identity management with tips you can apply to your own organization—no matter your budget.

May 6, 2019

Identity enhancements to support the more than 1 million active third-party applications on our platform

Learn about enhancements to our identity platform for developers announced at //build 2019.

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February 14, 2019

Step 5. Set up mobile device management: top 10 actions to secure your environment

The “Top 10 actions to secure your environment” series outlines fundamental steps you can take with your investment in Microsoft 365 security solutions. In “Step 5. Set up mobile device management,” you’ll learn how to plan your Microsoft Intune deployment and set up Mobile Device Management (MDM) as part of your Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) strategy.

January 30, 2019

Step 4. Set conditional access policies: top 10 actions to secure your environment

The “Top 10 actions to secure your environment” series outlines fundamental steps you can take with your investment in Microsoft 365 security solutions. In “Step 4. Set conditional access policies,” you’ll learn how to control access to your apps and corporate resources using conditional access policies, and how these policies can block legacy authentication methods and control access to SaaS apps.

January 23, 2019

Voice of the Customer: Azure AD helps lululemon enable productivity and security all at once for its employees

“Not another portal, not another password!” —Learn how lululemon implemented Azure AD for cloud Identity and Access Management, simplifying user access without reducing business flexibility.

January 16, 2019

Step 3. Protect your identities: top 10 actions to secure your environment

The “Top 10 actions to secure your environment” series outlines fundamental steps you can take with your investment in Microsoft 365 security solutions. In today’s installment, “Step 3. Protect your identities,” you’ll learn how to define security policies to protect individual user identities against account compromise and protect your administrative accounts.

December 18, 2018

The AI cybersecurity impact for IoT

Insights into how the security community is working to secure IoT devices today, and how AI will enhance those efforts over time.

December 17, 2018

Zero Trust part 1: Identity and access management

In part one of our series, I’ll define Zero Trust and then will discuss the first step to enabling a Zero Trust model—strong identity and access management.

December 17, 2018

Step 2. Manage authentication and safeguard access: top 10 actions to secure your environment

The “Top 10 actions to secure your environment” series outlines fundamental steps you can take with your investment in Microsoft 365 security solutions. We will provide advice on activities such as setting up identity management through active directory, malware protection, and more. In this post, we explain how to enable single sign-on (SSO) in Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) to manage authentication across devices, cloud apps, and on-premises apps, and then how to set up Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) to authenticate user sign-ins through a mobile app, phone call, or SMS.

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