Clarification on Entra ID P1/P2 Features

Question

Hello Team,

Could you clarify the following points?

1. What falls within the scope of risk-based policies? Specifically, in what scenarios do they help provide protection?
2. Similarly, how do identity protection, privileged identity management, identity governance, and advanced threat detection benefit us?

Answer 1

Hello ,

Thank you for reaching out Microsoft community.

PFB answers to your queries as needed

Risk-based policies are typically used in companies like cybersecurity, financial institutions, healthcare, and more. They assess the risk of an activity or event based on certain factors, such as data sensitivity, threat levels, and access privileges, and then apply mitigation measures.

here are few of the features that falls under risk based policies

1. Adaptive Access Control
2. Sensitive Data Handling
3. Automated Incident Response
4. Compliance Management

how do identity protection, privileged identity management, identity governance, and advanced threat detection benefit us?

Here is how PIM / Identity Governance / Advance threat detection benefit you as a customer

all of these are security mechanisms that help protect against unauthorized access, abuse of privileges, and emerging cyber threats by providing advanced monitoring, control, and mitigation strategies.

1. Privileged Identity Management (PIM):
   • Benefit: PIM manages and controls access for users who have elevated privileges, such as system administrators or root users.
2. Identity Governance:
   • Benefit: This process ensures that only the right users have access to the right resources at the right time, based on their roles and responsibilities within the organization.
3. Advanced Threat Detection:
   • Benefit: Advanced threat detection uses machine learning, behavioral analytics, and other sophisticated techniques to detect threats in real-time by identifying unusual patterns of behavior that might indicate malicious activity

Do net hesitate to request any clarification that you need in terms of implementing any of these and we can definitely guide with the best practices.

Regards

Rahul Gupta

Microsoft Customer Support