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Microsoft MVP and MCT - Passionate IT Professional from the Netherlands. During the day a consultant and speaker. At night a fervent blogger and Microsoft Forums fanatic. Winner of the 2007 Microsoft Netherlands Speaker Talent contest and valued speaker by Microsoft Netherlands for the past fifteen years.

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Microsoft Entra ID App Registration and Enterprise App Security Explained

Last Update: Apr 17, 2024

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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Security

How to Properly Secure and Govern Microsoft Entra ID Apps

Last Update: Apr 17, 2024

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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Cloud Computing

Zero Trust: How Azure Active Directory and Identity Management Enable Cloud Security 

Last Update: Aug 29, 2023

After the successful SolarWinds attack in 2020 where attackers gained access to Microsoft’s systems, Microsoft changed its approach and aligned with the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) zero trust architecture. In this article, we’re going to detail how Microsoft’s zero trust approach leverages Azure Active Directory and Identity and Access Management to enable cloud…

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Security

Mitigating Identity-Related Risks With Windows Hello for Business and Seamless Single Sign-On (SSO)

These days, document theft and data siphoning are common for most ransomware gangs. Because digital theft is different from analog theft, digital security should be different from analog security. In this article, we’ll explore how Windows Hello for Business and seamless single sign-on (SSO) can help organizations to mitigate many identity-related risks. We’re holding on…

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