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#365 SECURITY DEFAULTS VERIFICATION#

For organizations that use the free tier of Azure active directory license, Security Defaults will be the only option. It’s a great place to start for organizations that aren’t sure how or where to improve their security posture. Security Defaults can be a great place to start.

Blocking authentication of legacy applications: Since legacy applications do not support multi-factor authentication, they are blocked when Security Defaults is enabled.

Improved protection for all users: Users will be required to use additional authentication when certain events occur, like when they authenticate using a new device, use a new application, or perform critical tasks.

In short, if you’re an admin, you will always need to use MFA.

Administrator protection: the Azure AD administrator role members will have to perform additional authentication to log in.

This period allows users to register before it becomes a requirement after 14 days.

Azure MFA offers a 14 day grace period after being initiated.

#365 SECURITY DEFAULTS VERIFICATION#

Multi-factor authentication (MFA): multi-factor authentication is a type of authentication that requires the use of two or more verification factors to gain access to a system.Security Defaults features the following: It is available at any Azure license level and turned on by default for all new tenants. Security Defaults is the preconfigured settings in Microsoft Azure. It does this by excluding all unauthorized entities, such as users, devices, and applications.Ī Q&A discussion at Microsoft Ignite 2021 with Stefan van der Wiele, Senior Program Manager at Microsoft, and Peter van Leeuwen, Senior Program Manager at Microsoft inspired this post. Zero Trust is a whitelisted network strategy that reduces the potential attack surface of your organization. Security Defaults and Conditional Access are steps along the journey to Zero Trust security.