Identity Service

Microsoft has started rolling out a new system-preferred authentication policy in preview for Azure AD customers. The feature enables the system to evaluate which authentication method should be used when a user signs in to Azure AD. With system-preferred authentication, Azure AD will check all authentication methods registered for an account and only show the…

Microsoft has announced the general availability of its Entra Workload Identities service. The new solution is designed to manage identity and access for software workloads and Certificate-based Authentication. A workload identity is an identity that allows an application or service principles to access other services and resources. However, it’s a bit challenging to secure workload…

Microsoft has announced that its Entra Permissions Management solution is now generally available for enterprise customers. It’s a cloud-based infrastructure entitlement management (CIEM) service that provides insights into permissions for all user and workload identities in multi-cloud environments. Microsoft Entra Permissions Management (formerly known as Cloud Knox Security) launched in public preview back in February….

Microsoft Defender for Identity is getting a new update that enables IT admins to identify insecure domain configurations in their environments. These security capabilities aim to protect businesses from Kerberos resource-based constrained delegation relay attacks. Specifically, Microsoft Defender for Identity provides real-time monitoring to detect two default configurations that are vulnerable to security breaches. These…