Microsoft Azure Acts as an Agency’s Identity Provider
Identity and access management programs are today’s firewalls. They serve as the first line of defense, providing strong authentication and authorization services for end users. The zero-trust model determines the identity of individual users and the roles that they play in the organization.
With that information in hand, other systems and platforms can grant users access to the data and resources they need to do their jobs at the appropriate times and prevent unauthorized access.
Azure Active Directory functions as an agency’s identity provider, acting as a single source of truth for identification, authentication and authorization. The centralized role of Azure AD allows administrators to quickly modify government user privileges across the enterprise and immediately revoke enterprisewide access when necessary.
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Microsoft 365 Secures Government Endpoints
Cybersecurity controls are also quickly evolving to protect against increasingly sophisticated threats. This is particularly apparent in the world of endpoint protection. Yesterday’s endpoint protection software used signature detection techniques to identify, block and remediate known threats.
Now, there are simply too many new threats appearing every day for signature-based approaches to have any chance of keeping up. State and local government networks may be particularly vulnerable.
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