Enhance security by automating role compliance checks

Enabled for	Public preview	General availability
Users, automatically	Feb 28, 2025	-

Business value

The security roles risk assessment tool enhances your business security by ensuring compliance with baseline policies. It automates risk detection, flags noncompliant roles, and gives role owners options to adjust privileges or request custom profiles. This proactive approach safeguards sensitive data, reduces vulnerabilities, and ensures regulatory compliance. It strengthens your business's security posture and operational efficiency.

Impact on your business:

• Enhanced security: Automating compliance checks and flagging noncompliant roles helps your business prevent unauthorized access and potential breaches.
• Operational efficiency: Reduces the need for manual role audits, so your IT team can focus on strategic initiatives.
• Regulatory compliance: Helps ensure your organization meets industry regulations and standards, reducing the risk of noncompliance penalties.
• Tailored security: Custom profiles provide flexible security management that meets unique business needs while maintaining robust protection.

When you implement the security roles risk assessment tool in your organization, you continuously monitor security, quickly address risks, and keep your data secure. This approach gives you peace of mind and provides a strong foundation for your business operations.

Feature details

The security roles risk assessment tool helps you improve your business security and compliance standards. This feature automatically scans all security roles in Microsoft Dataverse. It compares each role's privileges with predefined baseline access levels. The tool flags noncompliant roles so you don't miss any potential security risks.

Key features and benefits:

• Automated scanning:

  • Feature: Event-driven automated scans of all security roles.
  • Benefit: Continuous monitoring identifies noncompliance in real time. This feature reduces manual oversight and boosts efficiency.

• Noncompliance flagging:

  • Feature: Automatic flaging of roles that don't meet baseline policies.
  • Benefit: Immediate awareness of security risks lets you take prompt action. This feature quickly reduces potential threats.

• Role owner empowerment:

  • Feature: Notifications to role owners with options to adjust privileges, request exceptions, or create custom profiles.
  • Benefit: Empowers your team to proactively address compliance issues. Tailor security to meet your specific business needs while maintaining control.

• Custom risk assessment settings profiles:

  • Feature: Role owners create and submit custom profiles.
  • Benefit: Get flexibility to accommodate unique business requirements without compromising security. Admin oversight ensures policies are followed.

• Admin review and approval facilitation:

  • Feature: Environment admins review and approve or reject requests.
  • Benefit: Keep a high security standard by making sure all changes go through rigorous evaluation before implementation.

Geographic areas

We release this feature in the following Microsoft Azure geographic areas:

• Germany
• Norway
• Singapore
• South Africa
• Switzerland
• United Arab Emirates
• Sweden
• Qatar
• United States
• Europe
• Asia Pacific
• United Kingdom
• Australia
• Brazil
• Canada
• India
• Japan
• France
• Korea
• China