Azure AD Identity Protection is a cloud-based security service provided by Microsoft that helps organizations secure their identities and prevent unauthorized access to their systems and data. It provides proactive monitoring and protection against potential identity-based attacks by analyzing and detecting suspicious user activities and risky sign-ins.
Azure AD Identity Protection leverages machine learning algorithms and user behavioral analytics to identify risky user behaviors and detect anomalies in real-time. It then generates alerts and recommendations to help administrators take appropriate action to mitigate the potential risk.
Some of the key features of Azure AD Identity Protection include:
- Risk-based conditional access policies: It enables administrators to create policies that evaluate the risk level of each user attempting to access a resource, and based on that, decide whether to allow or deny access.
- Multi-factor authentication: It provides an additional layer of security by requiring users to provide multiple forms of authentication before granting access to resources.
- Sign-in risk assessment: It analyzes sign-in data to detect suspicious sign-in activity, such as sign-ins from unknown locations or devices, and prompts users for additional verification before granting access.
- User risk policies: It allows administrators to configure policies based on the risk level of individual users, such as blocking access or requiring additional verification for high-risk users.
Overall, Azure AD Identity Protection helps organizations strengthen their security posture and protect against identity-based attacks by providing advanced risk-based security features and real-time threat detection and mitigation capabilities.
