Do you know who is currently accessing your company’s data? Can you automatically detect an intrusion risk and deny access to your data?
Recently there has been an alarming proliferation of password theft through the practice of sending fraudulent e-mails with the aim of inducing recipients to reveal their personal information (a technique called Phishing, which, according to studies, is used in 81% of attacks on companies).
To get a password, hackers send their victims an email in the name of a real person with a text and a link to ask the user to perform an action that actually directs them to a fake website (imitating login to Office 365, a bank, LinkedIn, etc).
Logically, once the user enters their credentials on these fraudulent web pages, they are compromised, immediately causing a severe security breach in the company.
But, if we also consider the growth in the use of cloud applications together with the fact that many users often reuse the same password to access them (because of the convenience of remembering them), the security threat to companies is enormous given the risk of a cybercriminal obtaining just one password from any employee of those used for personal matters in applications and portals.
The solution to this headache for IT departments is in the cloud, and it’s called Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory), as it can facilitate, through a unique and protected identity (single sign-on), secure access by validating that users trying to connect to corporate applications whether they are at home (on-premise) or in the cloud, are who they say they are, also greatly simplifying IT management.
Benefits of Microsoft Entra ID
For users:
- Protection against phishing attempts, thanks to functionalities that guarantee that the user is who he/she claims to be by adding a second verification at the time of identification (two-step authentication) and intelligent analysis systems to detect fraudulent use based on the detection of highly suspicious behavior.
- If before the user managed multiple passwords (even if he incurred the risk of setting the same one), with AAD the user no longer has a password per application and instead has 1 single identity to access in a unified way to all applications approved by the company. Therefore, once logged in (on your computer or in an Office 365 App), the user will no longer need to enter credentials in the applications that are so configured.
- Autonomy for changing and resetting passwords, without IT dependencies.
- Validation without password (using the cell phone).
IT Department:
- Greater control over access to data and applications from the outside.
- Reassurance that users’ identities are well protected against impersonation attempts and their consequences.
- Simplified management of passwords, users, groups and access to Cloud applications.
Ultimately, Microsoft Entra ID is the key to help protect the identity of users, closing the main gateway to cybercriminals and also facilitating secure access to all applications (whether at home or in the cloud) reducing management to IT departments.