Passwords are the most commonly used method to protect user identities in a system. This is applying to Active Directory as well. However, with growing data breaches, it is obvious that passwords are no longer strong. In Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (2017), it says, 81% of hacking-related breaches used either stolen or weak passwords. So, if passwords are not safe, what else we can do…
In an organization, we add users to roles, groups, and applications to allow them to do certain tasks. Some of these tasks may not be carried out frequently. Is there a better way to handle these types of access, how we can ensure a user only have the relevant permissions when they required?
Azure AD Access packages allow administrators to manage access permissions to groups, applications and…
OpenVPN is an open-source VPN protocol that is trusted by many cloud service providers to provide site-to-site, point-to-site, and point-to-point connectivity to cloud resources. Now Azure AD authentication also works with OpenVPN protocol. This means we can use Azure AD features such as conditional access, user-based policies, Azure MFA with VPN authentication. In this Demo, I am going to…
Multi-factor authentication is no longer a privilege. MFA is providing an additional layer of security for identities. MFA solutions are getting cheaper and cheaper. You even can enable MFA for free on certain online services. Microsoft outlook email is a good example of that. When it comes to cloud services this is more and more important.
Azure MFA is cloud-based multi-factor service which can…
