AAD’s new feature brings multiple security benefits to your organization:
Prevent Security Vulnerabilities
Employees and contractors are the No. 1 cause of data breaches, and 56 percent of security professionals say insider threats are becoming more common. When a worker leaves your organization, for whatever reason, there’s always a risk that person will continue to access your business information, share it with a competitor, sell it to hackers, or do something else nefarious.
AAD’s new feature prevents former employees and contractors from logging into AAD and viewing your information, providing you with ongoing peace of mind. Getting rid of unused accounts will prevent security vulnerabilities in the future.
Cleanse Data
Finding and removing inactive accounts enables admins to set security parameters for accounts, flag those accounts for review, and remove them through automation. Cleansing the data of inactive users prevents security risks and ensures that only authorized persons can access your resources on AAD. You can also assign reviewers for redundancy before deleting user accounts.
Review Access to Applications That Integrate With AAD
Microsoft doesn’t just enable you to remove inactive users from AAD but review user access to any applications that integrate with the service via connectors. That helps you manage identity and access across the Microsoft ecosystem and, again, prevent unauthorized persons from getting their hands on your data.
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