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Webinar Recording

Building the Foundation for Zero Trust with Microsoft Entra ID

Our Speakers

Shelley Hill
Senior Global Black Belt for Advanced Identity

Benjamin Mantei
Lead Consultant

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Key Insights

Timestamped Summary

Microsoft Entra ID enables organizations to build a zero-trust foundation by providing a unified approach to identity and access management, secure connections, and adaptive policies to protect resources.

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Microsoft Entra ID enables building a zero-trust foundation by converging identity and network access controls into a unified policy engine for secure connections.
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Detection of anomalous behavior and enforcement of adaptive MFA and conditional access policies to balance security with user experience.

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Enabling passwordless authentication using passkeys, WebAuthn, and FIDO2 to reduce dependency on traditional passwords.

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Use of conditional access policies, unified access management, and self-service tools to strengthen identity verification and secure access.

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Enhancing resource protection with just-in-time access, verified identity, and robust conditional access controls.

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Leveraging risk-based access, multi-factor authentication, and secure remote access to safeguard users and applications.

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Applying adaptive policies, identity protection, and seamless integration with other Microsoft security tools for Zero Trust enforcement.

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Building a strong identity foundation with Microsoft Entra ID is critical for implementing zero trust, and AI-powered tools like Entra Co-Pilot can help optimize conditional access policies and streamline identity management.

Key Insights

Zero Trust and Unified Policy Engine

  • Microsoft Entra ID unifies identity and network access controls into a single policy engine, enabling zero-trust enforcement at both the identity and network layers.

Advanced Authentication and Risk Management

  • Entra ID’s passwordless authentication replaces traditional passwords with cryptographic key pairs and challenge-response methods, while its risk-based conditional access uses machine learning to detect user and session risk for every sign-in request.

Secure Resource Access

  • Private Access in Entra enables just-in-time access to on-premises resources through time-bound access packages, supporting broad application protocols like RDP, SSH, TCP, and UDP for secure access to printers, file shares, and other resources.