Dec. 5, 2025
Why Your Intune Deployment Is A Security Risk
In this episode, we walk into the Intune habitat and zoom in on five subtle misconfigurations that quietly invite attackers into your Microsoft 365 ecosystem. Your deployment might look calm. Policies are assigned. Devices report in. Compliance dashboards show a reassuring shade of green. And yet:
- A single weak Conditional Access policy
- A missing baseline on just one device group
- A standing admin role that never sleeps
- A fleet of unmanaged BYOD devices at the edge
- Or reckless policy and update rings
- Recognize the five most damaging Intune misconfigurations in modern cloud environments
- Connect device compliance, Conditional Access, PIM, and BYOD into one coherent Zero Trust story
- Use report-only, rings, and baselines to change posture safely without breaking half your users
- Turn intuitive hunches (“this feels unsafe”) into hard evidence you can show leadership
- Run a practical Intune + Entra + PowerShell field audit that validates reality instead of assumptions
- Attackers hunt identities, not just unpatched software
- Password spraying leads to token theft and OAuth abuse
- A single over-privileged app with offline_access converts one bad sign-in into broad, quiet access
- Misconfigurations don’t just add risk — they multiply it
- Device compliance, Conditional Access, and privileged access must work together
- A compliant device signal with weak policies is a timid bird — decorative, not protective
- Privileged roles left “always on” act like apex predators, reshaping the environment with a single mistake
- Unmanaged BYOD and chaotic update rings create shadow corridors and shockwaves that attackers exploit
- How over-broad exclusions, “trusted” executive groups, and named locations become private tunnels for attackers
- Why basic/legacy authentication silently bypasses MFA and still lands tokens
- What a resilient Conditional Access design actually looks like:
- One policy enforcing MFA for all cloud apps
- A second requiring compliant devices for Exchange, SharePoint, admin portals
- A third reacting to risk (medium = step-up, high = block)
- Building policies in report-only mode
- Using Insights and reporting to see who would break, and which flows use legacy auth
- Designing two break-glass accounts and nothing else exempt
- Using Graph/PowerShell to export all CA policies, states, assignments, and old report-only rules that never got enforced
Create a pilot CA policy in report-only that requires MFA + compliant device for Exchange/SharePoint, and a second that blocks legacy auth. After 7 days of telemetry, enforce in rings. 🛡 Misconfiguration #2: Missing or Divergent Security Baselines — Posture Drift Next, we watch posture drift creep in:
- Browsers quietly drop protections
- Defender rules loosen “just for a test”
- Unsigned code runs because of one old exception no one remembers
- Why security baselines are your gravity: Windows, Defender, Edge
- How building everything from scratch without baselines guarantees inconsistency and unintended gaps
- How to use:
- Intune Security baselines for Windows/Defender/Edge
- The baseline comparison view to see where your environment drifts
- A structured exception model: reason, owner, expiry
- Aligning compliance policies to baselines so “compliant device” actually means “meets our baseline”
- Resolving conflicts with Group Policy and overlapping MDM profiles
- Reporting on per-setting success/conflict and mapping drift back to ring groups with Graph/PowerShell
Assign the Windows security baseline to a pilot ring today, clean conflicts, then tie a compliance policy + Conditional Access to those settings for your high-value apps. 👑 Misconfiguration #3: PIM Gaps and Standing Admin Access — Privileges That Never Sleep Here we meet the apex roles:
- Global Admin
- Privileged Role Admin
- Intune Service Administrator
- One stolen session = full control
- One hasty approval = tenant-wide blast radius
- Moving from standing access to just-in-time (JIT) with Privileged Identity Management (PIM)
- Making admin roles eligible, not permanent
- Requiring:
- MFA on every activation
- Justification
- Approvals for high-impact roles
- Short activation windows (2–4 hours)
- Bind PIM activations to Conditional Access so they only happen from compliant devices
- Design and monitor break-glass accounts properly
- Use PIM audit history and Graph/PowerShell to report:
- Who activates most
- When
- For how long
- Where standing access still exists
Pick one high-impact role (e.g., Intune Service Administrator), convert all active assignments to eligible, enforce MFA + justification, and add an approver. Then expand to other apex roles. 🕶 Misconfiguration #4: Unmanaged BYOD & Compliance Gaps — Shadow Creatures at the Perimeter We move to the edges of the habitat: personal devices and half-managed endpoints. You’ll see:
- How unmanaged BYOD silently carries valid tokens and corporate data off your estate
- How old mail clients and basic auth on personal laptops undo your entire MFA story
- Why attackers love the “trusted” contractor laptop and ungoverned mobile access
- Corporate devices → full Intune enrollment + compliance + Conditional Access (require compliant device)
- Personal devices → app protection (MAM) with approved apps (Outlook, Teams, OneDrive) + Conditional Access (require approved client app)
- Tenant-wide →
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Transcript
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And here we find an in-tune deployment resting quietly in its habitat.
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Yet one subtle imbalance can invite predators, look closely.
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Week conditional access, missing baselines, idle admin privileges, unmanaged BYOD,
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reckless rings, five misconfigurations that expose the whole ecosystem.
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You'll see how attackers slip through identity gaps,
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not just software floors and how to shut those paths fast.
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Today's route, what's dangerous, why it fails,
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the precise fix in in-tune admin center,
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and with graph, power shell, and a brief field audit,
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stay with it, a single adjustment can prevent a fleeting moment
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from becoming a costly breach, the threat landscape shaping,
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in-tune risk, context for the five.
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Why it matters now? Look closely here.
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The modern predator hunts identities first.
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It stalks weak sign-ins, in-attentive OAuth apps, and generous API permissions.
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Authentication alone is not shelter if the gate stands ajar, even for a moment.
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Observe the pattern seen in recent high-profile intrusions.
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A legacy account with a soft password is nudged by password spraying.
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Tokens are captured, then, with remarkable precision,
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an OAuth application is granted expensive scopes
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turning a single lapse into broad access.
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Mailbox is open. Files follow.
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A truly unsettling disturbance in the habitat.
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In this climate, misconfigurations do not merely add risk.
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They magnify it.
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They widen trails, speed the hunt and muffle alarms.
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Upset this balance and chaos spread swiftly.
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Intune is not the fortress.
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It is the field instrument that measures health, applies posture,
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and signals the identity gate when a device is trustworthy.
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Zero trust governs the weather here.
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Never trust, always verify.
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But only if the controls move together like a flock.
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The thing most people miss is the interlocking nature of cloud controls.
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Device compliance, conditional access, and privileged access
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cannot roam alone.
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A compliant device signal without strong access policy is a timid bird.
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Conditional access without baselines
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trusts a silhouette rather than the creature itself.
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Privileged roles left standing are apex animals
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that reshape the habitat with a single careless step.
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Now observe the five specimens that most often erode this balance.
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Weed conditional access leaves identity gates half closed,
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letting risky sessions and legacy flows slip by.
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Missing or divergent security baselines allow posture to drift.
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Unsigned code, weak browser settings,
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lacks defender configuration, small deviations
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that accumulate into exposure.
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Privileged identity management gaps keep admin rights awake at night,
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turning dormant privileges into beacons for hunters.
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Unmanaged BYOD creates shadow corridors
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at the perimeter where tokens travel without healthy device posture.
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Reckless update and policy rings send shock waves through the environment,
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causing mass lockouts or brittle rollbacks that distract defenders
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and create fresh openings.
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The reason this matters now is speed.
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Exploitation windows shrink to hours,
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bot traffic prods API constantly.
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A miss scoped exclusion, an untested policy or an neglected baseline
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can be noticed and pressed before lunch.
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Therefore discipline becomes protection,
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start in report only where possible, validate signals
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and force in measured rings, keep admin privileges just in time,
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align compliance with the resources that matter most.
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Before we continue, note the practical lens.
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Each misconfiguration will end with an implementable countermeasure
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you can observe, test and repeat
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in the in tune admin center for immediate visibility
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and with power shell or graph for clear evidence.
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Handle this ecosystem with care and it will thrive,
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ignore its interdependencies and predators will find their path.
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Misconfiguration
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One, weak conditional access policies and fix.
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Identity gates left a jar
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and here we find the identity gate.
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Standing but not sealed, a policy here is permissive.
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An exclusion there is generous, the result is a gap so narrow it appears harmless
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until a determined creature slips through.
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Why this matters?
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Week conditional access invites quiet calamities,
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token theft from suspicious sign-ins,
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legacy authentication that ignores modern checks
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and risky sessions that persist long after the danger has passed.
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Do this poorly and a single legacy protocol allows basic auth to bypass MFA.
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Do this well and risk signals, device posture and app sensitivity move together
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like a well-drilled flock forcing every request to prove itself.
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What a resilient design looks like.
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Start with a streamlined, layered set rather than a thicket of overlapping rules.
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One policy enforces MFA for all cloud apps
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except the rare service account that truly cannot handle it.
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Another requires a compliant device for high-value targets.
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Exchange online, SharePoint and administrative portals.
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A third reacts to risk, elevate requirements for high sign in risk
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and block when user risk is confirmed.
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The core idea is simple, let context stack, user, device, app and risk.
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Let exclusions be surgical, not sweeping corridors.
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In Enter ID, build in report only mode first,
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assigned to a pilot group, require MFA across the board
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and add require device to be marked as compliant for sensitive apps.
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Watch the insights blade.
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Which sign-ins would fail, which flows still use legacy protocols
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after 7 to 14 days correct any false assumptions, then enforce.
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For global controls like blocking legacy authentication,
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communicate and stage via rings to reduce noise.
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The thing most people miss is exclusions, a trusted executive's group,
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a broad office location, a wildcard app,
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these car of private trails that no one revisits
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and soon the entire herd is using them.
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Keep two break-class accounts,
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cloud only, long random pass phrases, no MFA, stored offline.
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Everything else earns access,
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document every exclusion with an owner, a reason and an expiry.
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Review monthly.
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If you remember nothing else remember this.
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Exclusions expand over time unless they are pruned.
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Let me show you exactly how to validate coverage.
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In the admin center, open conditional access,
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then insights and reporting,
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filtered by failure reason and by policy.
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You'll see who would be blocked by compliant device requirements
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and who still sails through.
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Then, with remarkable precision,
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corroborated with PowerShell or Graph,
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list all policies, their states, assignments and excluded principles.
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Flag policies in report only for more than two weeks.
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Surface any tenant-wide allow rules without risk checks.
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Export to a digest your stakeholders can read.
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A brief anonymized disturbance illustrates the cost.
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A non-compliant laptop,
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unmanaged and behind on patches,
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authenticates with a legacy protocol to an exchange endpoint.
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MFA never fires because basic oath ignores it.
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The attacker harvests credentials via spraying,
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then replays them,
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obtains session tokens and begins mail discovery.
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It lasts minutes,
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but that's enough to forward sensitive mail externally.
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The door was not open, merely unlatched.
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Common mistakes are predictable,
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stacking overlapping policies that contradict each other,
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forgetting service principles and automation accounts
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that need alternative paths.
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Skipping report only observation and going straight to block,
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locking out support and forcing frantic rollbacks,
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or trusting named locations without device posture,
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assuming the office network is a sanctuary.
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It isn't.
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Treat every sign in as untrusted until proven otherwise.
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A practical build pattern helps.
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Use Microsoft's recommended baseline templates
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as your starting posture.
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Create modular policies by scenario.
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Use a risk elevation,
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device state enforcement,
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sensitive app access,
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admin portal hardening,
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and emergency break glass containment.
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Name them clearly.
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Assign them to ring groups,
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pilot, early adopter, broad,
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so enforcement steps forward in rhythm with feedback.
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Here's the quick win you can execute today.
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Create a conditional access test policy
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in report only that targets a pilot group.
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Include exchange online and sharepoint online.
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Grant access only if both MFA is satisfied
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and the device is marked compliant.
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across the tenant,
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but also set it to report only for one ring
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and monitor which clients attempt those flows.
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In seven days, enforce both,
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first on pilot, then early adopter, then production.
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Once the gates are right sized,
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the herd stays tighter,
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but posture still drifts without a baseline
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and drift invites new paths.
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Miss configuration two,
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missing or divergent security baselines and fix,
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posture drift in the wild.
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Now observe the quiet drift,
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devices that looked healthy yesterday begin to wonder,
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a browser lowers its shields.
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Defender relaxes a setting,
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unsigned code slips past the gate
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that no one remembers opening,
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posture drift is rarely loud.
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It accumulates and then at an inconvenient hour,
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it bites why this matters.
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Without security baselines, you don't have gravity.
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Each team, each image, each exception,
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nudges configuration in a different direction.
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The consequence is uneven armor.
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One device blocks script abuse while its neighbor runs anything.
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One workstation enforces smart screen
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while another treats the web as a friendly meadow.
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Attackers prize this inconsistency.
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They probe for the softest bark in the grove,
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then move laterally under its cover.
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Baselines reintroduce order.
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They set the species standard,
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Windows edge defender,
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so every creature in the habitat
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follows the same survival ritual.
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What a disciplined approach looks like.
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Start with Microsoft's security baselines,
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rather than crafting a forest of custom profiles.
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Apply Windows Microsoft Defender for endpoint
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and Microsoft Edge baselines as your foundation.
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Then layer exceptions sparingly.
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Each deviation should have a reason and owner
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and an expiry date catalog these variances.
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The thing most people miss is that temporary exceptions
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become permanent features unless they're tracked.
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If you remember nothing else, remember this.
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Defaults first, exceptions last, documentation always.
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How to implement without startling the herd.
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In the Intune Admin Center, open endpoint security,
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then security baselines.
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Review the Windows, Edge and Defender templates.
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Use the comparison view to see differences
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between the baseline and your current policies.
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Assign the baseline to a pilot ring first.
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Watch the reports for conflicts and setting failures.
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Resolve collisions with older MDM profiles
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or group policy remnants.
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A common tangle when habitats overlap.
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Once the pilot settles, move to early adopters, then production.
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Keep the cadence predictable and the feedback loop tight.
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Then, with remarkable precision,
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align compliance policies to your baseline.
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Mark key baseline settings as compliance requirements
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were appropriate so conditional access can require device
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to be marked compliant with real meaning.
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This is the interlock most environments skip.
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A compliant device should reflect baseline truth,
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not a watered down checklist.
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Let me show you the verification ritual.
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In the Admin Center, open reports for baselines
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and examined per setting status, succeeded, error, conflict.
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Sort by conflict to find where posture diverges.
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Now corroborate with PowerShell or Graph.
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Export baseline profiles, assignments and per setting results.
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Enumerate scope tags to confirm the right handlers
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own the right regions.
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List devices with baseline conflicts
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and map them to their ring groups.
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This turns rumors into evidence.
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Evidence invites precise correction.
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Common mistakes appear again and again.
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Rebuilding controls from scratch
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instead of adopting baselines, leading to gaps
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you won't discover until an audit.
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Mixing MDM and GPO without reconciliation,
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so devices receive contradictory instructions
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and settle on the least secure outcome.
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Ignoring report status, assuming assignment,
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equals enforcement, or scattering
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dozens of small configuration profiles that overlap,
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making trouble shooting a thicket,
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a brief, anonymized disturbance, a team
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disables a defender attack surface reduction
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rule to accommodate a legacy tool, no owner, no expiry.
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Weeks later, a macro-born payload
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runs unchallenged on those workstations.
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Defender elsewhere would have contained it.
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Here, the absence of baseline discipline became the opening.
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Here's your quick win.
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Assign the window security baseline
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to your pilot ring today.
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Resolve conflicts until posture is clean.
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Then align a compliance policy to those critical settings
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and link it to conditional access for sensitive apps.
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Once posture is set, privileges must not linger.
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Otherwise, the alpha rolls reshape the habitat.
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Misconfiguration three, PM gaps and standing admin access
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and fix, privileges that never sleep.
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Now, observe the apex rolls, global admin,
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Intune service administrator, powerful creatures.
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When they roam freely, day and night,
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the entire habitat bends around them.
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Privileges that never sleep do not just increase risk.
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They broadcast it.
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Why this matters?
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Standing admin access turns a single compromise session
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into a governance event, an unattended browser
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with a valid token, a fishing prompt accepted
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during a hurried morning,
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a stale temporary assignment that became permanent
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with always on rolls, any breach in herit's authority
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moves quickly and leaves a long shadow
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with just in time activation the habitat titans.
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Access appears only when called under watch
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and fades before predators arrive.
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What a healthy posture looks like.
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Privilege identity management places roles
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in an eligible state.
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Administrators activate when needed
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prove themselves with MFA, explain their reason,
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request approval where appropriate
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and accept a time bound window.
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Every activation is logged, a clear trail
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through the undergrowth.
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Conditional access steps in too.
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Activations occur only from compliant devices.
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The ritual matters, it slows the moment and demands proof.
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Let me show you the path in the Enter Admin Center opened PM.
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For directory roles, locate global administrator,
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privileged role administrator,
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and Intune service administrator,
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convert active assignments to eligible,
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configure activation requirements, MFA and forced,
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justification mandatory, approval for the highest risk roles,
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set durations, two to four hours is often sufficient
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and require ticket references if your governance demands it.
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Then, with remarkable precision,
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create a conditional access policy scoped
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to privileged role activations requiring compliant devices
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and strong authentication.
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This binds identity, device and purpose into one motion.
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The thing most people miss is the brake glass pair,
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two cloud-only accounts.
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Long random pass phrases stored offline
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in a sealed audited location.
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Excluded carefully from conditional access
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to survive severe outages,
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but observed relentlessly.
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Sign-in logs are their heartbeat.
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If these accounts stir when there is no declared emergency,
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treat it as an ecosystem alarm.
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Now, observe the verification ritual.
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In PM's audit history review activations over the last 30 days,
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who activates most, which reasons repeat,
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any activations outside business hours without a changed ticket?
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Then corroborate with PowerShell or Graph.
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List all role assignments, separate eligible from active,
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flag any standing permissions that exceed policy
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and export a digest.
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Send it to stakeholders monthly.
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Evidence discourages casual exceptions,
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a brief anonymized disturbance.
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An admin signed in on a personal laptop
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to check a setting after hours.
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The session lingered, hours later an info stealer
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harvested the token, because PIM and Force time-bound access,
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the tokens reach expired before it could be reused
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for elevation.
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Investigations showed a narrow window of read-only drift
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and no permanent change.
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Without PIM, that same token would have commanded the herd,
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common mistakes repeat, granting permanent access
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just for the project and forgetting the sunset,
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allowing approvals to root to the same individuals
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who seek the access, nullifying oversight,
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failing to configure notifications
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so no one observes spikes in activation,
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or neglecting the conditional access tie-in,
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letting activations occur from unmanaged unhealthy devices.
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Here's the quick win you can execute today.
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Select one high-impact role.
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Intune service administrator is a fine specimen
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and convert all active assignments to eligible.
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Enforce MFA require justification
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and add approval from a security lead,
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create the conditional access control
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for privileged role activation from compliant devices.
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Demonstrate the workflow to your admins,
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gather feedback and then expand to the remaining apex roles
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once the apex is tamed the habitat studies,
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but at the perimeter elusive creatures still slip in,
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personal devices carrying tokens
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through unguarded corridors.
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Misconfiguration, four, unmanaged BYOD
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and device compliance gaps, and fix,
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shadow creatures at the perimeter,
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ah yes the shadow at the edge,
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personal phones, home laptops and transient tablets,
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useful, prolific, and if ungoverned,
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perfectly suited to ferry data without posture.
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They move quickly, sink silently
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and blur the boundary between meadow and preserve.
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Why this matters?
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Unmanaged BYOD devices often hold valid tokens.
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They authenticate through approved apps
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then drift out of view without compliance checks
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or application protection, data travels unencrypted,
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tokens persist beyond updates
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and legacy protocols exploit the gap
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where MFA never fires.
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Attackers favor these edges.
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They don't need to storm the fortress
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if a trusted courier walks the gate each morning.
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What a balanced approach looks like,
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classify access by sensitivity.
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For high value apps,
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exchange online SharePoint Power BI admin portals,
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require either a compliant device
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or where full enrollment isn't feasible
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and force app protection policies via approved client apps.
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The choice is not binary.
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You can insist on full MDM for corporate devices
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and apply mobile application management for personal ones.
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The key is to bind data to healthy containers,
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manage channels and revocable tokens.
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Let me show you the practical map.
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In conditional access, build two complementary policies.
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One requires device to be marked as compliant
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for sensitive apps,
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assigned to corporate users and devices.
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The other requires approved client app
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and app protection policy for the same apps,
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assigned to BYOD users,
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block legacy authentication outright,
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then with remarkable precision,
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define in-tune compliance policies,
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minimum OS versions, encryption,
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secure boot, jailbreakless route detection
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and defender health where applicable.
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Align compliance signals so require compliant device
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means something measurable, not a polite suggestion.
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The shortcut many miss is app protection
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for unmanaged devices.
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If full enrollment is politically or technically difficult,
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enforce MAM.
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Require the outlook, one drive and team's clients,
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enable data protection, PIN and conditional launch,
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block save to personal locations
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and wipe app data upon sign out or device in activity.
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It's not as complete as MDM,
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but it creates a safe corridor rather than a dark alley.
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Observe the verification ritual.
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In the in-tune admin center, open devices, then compliance.
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Filter for non-compliant and unassigned,
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sought by platform,
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which devices access exchange online
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without passing compliance.
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In sign-in logs, add columns for conditional access,
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result and legacy authentication.
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Identify attempted connections via basic auth and clients
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that fail the approved app requirement,
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then corroborate with PowerShell or Graph.
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Enumerate devices with compliance status,
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list users accessing sensitive apps
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from non-compliant endpoints
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and summarize legacy protocol usage.
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Convert this into a weekly perimeter report,
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a brief anonymized disturbance,
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a contractors unmanaged laptop, connected,
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via an old mail client.
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Basic auth let the session proceed without MFA.
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After a minor spray, credentials were replayed
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and a token issued.
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The attacker created an inbox rule
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that quietly forwarded specific project mail externally.
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It lasted a day before anyone noticed the odd recipients.
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Require approved client app would have refused the courier.
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Block legacy auth would have silenced the route entirely.
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Common mistakes hide in plain sight,
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blanket exclusions for executives,
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meant to reduce friction, become unmonitored highways.
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Ignoring Mac OS and mobile platforms
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because the last incident came from Windows,
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inconsistent app protection scopes
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that cover outlook but miss one drive, leaving files to wonder,
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or treating compliant device as a global mandate
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without a clear compliance policy,
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producing false confidence.
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Here's the quick win you can execute today.
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Deploy a minimal compliance policy to a BYOD pilot,
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encryption required, OS version floor
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and jailbreak route detection,
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parod with app protection policies
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for outlook, one drive and teams.
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Block save to personal storage
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and require pin with biometrics.
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In conditional access, set, require approved client app
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for exchange online and share point for that pilot group.
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Monitor access denials and remediation.
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Within a week you'll see where the shadows congregate
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and how quickly they adapt when the path is lit.
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Misconfiguration, five, reckless update
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and policy rings and fix,
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changes without a safe migration path.
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Now observe the migration season,
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updates, new baselines, fresh apps
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when changes surge across the habitat all at once,
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even healthy creatures panic.
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A global push creates a habitat-wide disturbance,
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lockouts, performance dips, brittle rollbacks.
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A defenders turn inward to firefight
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and predators sense the distraction.
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Why this matters without rings every change is a bet on perfection.
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A single mis-scoped assignment can deny access to mail,
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break VPN clients or collide with older profiles.
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Confidence collapses.
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With disciplined rings, impact is contained,
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feedback is swift and rollback is graceful.
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What a stable path looks like.
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Three rings, pilot, early adopter, broad.
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The cadence is predictable.
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Days for pilot, three seven for early adopters,
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seven to 14 for production.
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Use the same ring groups for apps, policies, baselines
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and conditional access enforcement steps.
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Universal ring sets,
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reduce variance and cognitive load.
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Then with remarkable precision, stage enforcement.
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Report only first for conditional access,
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then enforce on pilot and step forward.
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Let me show you the build.
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In-entra create three security groups, ring pilot,
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ring early, ring broad.
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Populate pilot with IT and power users
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who will provide crisp feedback.
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In-intune, assign Windows update rings
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and feature updates with deferrals matching cadence.
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Assign baselines and configuration profiles to pilot first.
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Watch conflicts.
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For apps deployed to pilot with deadline, then expand.
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For conditional access, keep report only on early rings
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while enforcement lands in pilot.
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Verification prevents surprises.
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In reports, check assignment overlaps
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and policy conflicts by ring.
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Confirm deferral and deadline consistency.
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If a pilot issue appears, pause the ripple, fix, retest,
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then proceed.
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Upset this balance and chaos spreads swiftly.
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A brief anonymized disturbance.
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An organization pushed a new VPN client globally at noon.
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The client required a registry key delivered
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by a configuration profile that lagged by hours.
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Users lost network access, conditional access flagged risky sessions,
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and emergency exclusions were added in haste.
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With rings, this would have been a small ripple, not a wave.
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Quick win.
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Establish a 1% to 9% 90% structure today.
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Route this week's baseline or CA enforcement
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through ring pilot first, collect telemetry for 72 hours,
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then proceed.
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Field audit, admin center and power shell.
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Verify, don't assume.
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Observe closely now.
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The verification ritual first, the admin center pass,
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open conditional access, then insights and reporting.
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Confirm policy coverage, risky sign-ins,
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legacy authentication attempts,
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and which users would fail compliant device checks.
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Move to endpoint security baselines.
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Review, persetting status and conflicts,
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inspect devices, compliance.
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Focus on non-compliant counts and drift by platform.
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In PIM, review activation history, durations and approvals,
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finally, updates confirm ring deferrals and deployment status,
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then corroborate with graph or power shell.
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Export conditional access policies, states, assignments and exclusions.
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Flag report only older than 14 days.
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Enumerate baseline profiles and setting conflicts,
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map to scope tags and rings, list role assignments.
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Active versus eligible and highlight standing access.
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Report devices accessing exchange or share point
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while non-compliant, summarized legacy protocol usage,
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validate ring group memberships and overlapping assignments.
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The reason this works is simple, visibility turns rumors
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into evidence.
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Evidence invites precise correction, common pitfall,
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auditing without scoping by app sensitivity and role.
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Focus wear impact concentrates, exchange, share point,
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admin portals and apex roles.
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Quick win, schedule this audit weekly.
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Produce a one page risk digest with top three findings,
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owners and due dates.
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The key takeaway, balance this ecosystem
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with five disciplined controls, sealed identity gates,
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enforced baselines, just in time privileges,
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guarded BYOD corridors and careful rings that absorb shock.
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If this helped steady your habitat,
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continue to observe this ecosystem with care.
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Subscribe to catch the next migration.
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Advanced conditional access design and automated graph audits
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and watch the field checks become a calm, repeatable ritual.
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A truly magnificent specimen handled with care,
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And here we find an in-tune deployment resting quietly in its habitat.
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Yet one subtle imbalance can invite predators, look closely.
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Week conditional access, missing baselines, idle admin privileges, unmanaged BYOD,
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reckless rings, five misconfigurations that expose the whole ecosystem.
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You'll see how attackers slip through identity gaps,
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not just software floors and how to shut those paths fast.
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Today's route, what's dangerous, why it fails,
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the precise fix in in-tune admin center,
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and with graph, power shell, and a brief field audit,
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stay with it, a single adjustment can prevent a fleeting moment
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from becoming a costly breach, the threat landscape shaping,
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in-tune risk, context for the five.
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Why it matters now? Look closely here.
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The modern predator hunts identities first.
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It stalks weak sign-ins, in-attentive OAuth apps, and generous API permissions.
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Authentication alone is not shelter if the gate stands ajar, even for a moment.
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Observe the pattern seen in recent high-profile intrusions.
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A legacy account with a soft password is nudged by password spraying.
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Tokens are captured, then, with remarkable precision,
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an OAuth application is granted expensive scopes
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turning a single lapse into broad access.
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Mailbox is open. Files follow.
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A truly unsettling disturbance in the habitat.
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In this climate, misconfigurations do not merely add risk.
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They magnify it.
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They widen trails, speed the hunt and muffle alarms.
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Upset this balance and chaos spread swiftly.
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Intune is not the fortress.
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It is the field instrument that measures health, applies posture,
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and signals the identity gate when a device is trustworthy.
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Zero trust governs the weather here.
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Never trust, always verify.
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But only if the controls move together like a flock.
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The thing most people miss is the interlocking nature of cloud controls.
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Device compliance, conditional access, and privileged access
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cannot roam alone.
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A compliant device signal without strong access policy is a timid bird.
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Conditional access without baselines
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trusts a silhouette rather than the creature itself.
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Privileged roles left standing are apex animals
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that reshape the habitat with a single careless step.
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Now observe the five specimens that most often erode this balance.
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Weed conditional access leaves identity gates half closed,
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letting risky sessions and legacy flows slip by.
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Missing or divergent security baselines allow posture to drift.
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Unsigned code, weak browser settings,
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lacks defender configuration, small deviations
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that accumulate into exposure.
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Privileged identity management gaps keep admin rights awake at night,
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turning dormant privileges into beacons for hunters.
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Unmanaged BYOD creates shadow corridors
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at the perimeter where tokens travel without healthy device posture.
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Reckless update and policy rings send shock waves through the environment,
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causing mass lockouts or brittle rollbacks that distract defenders
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and create fresh openings.
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The reason this matters now is speed.
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Exploitation windows shrink to hours,
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bot traffic prods API constantly.
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A miss scoped exclusion, an untested policy or an neglected baseline
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can be noticed and pressed before lunch.
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Therefore discipline becomes protection,
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start in report only where possible, validate signals
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and force in measured rings, keep admin privileges just in time,
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align compliance with the resources that matter most.
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Before we continue, note the practical lens.
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Each misconfiguration will end with an implementable countermeasure
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you can observe, test and repeat
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in the in tune admin center for immediate visibility
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and with power shell or graph for clear evidence.
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Handle this ecosystem with care and it will thrive,
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ignore its interdependencies and predators will find their path.
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Misconfiguration
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One, weak conditional access policies and fix.
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Identity gates left a jar
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and here we find the identity gate.
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Standing but not sealed, a policy here is permissive.
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An exclusion there is generous, the result is a gap so narrow it appears harmless
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until a determined creature slips through.
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Why this matters?
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Week conditional access invites quiet calamities,
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token theft from suspicious sign-ins,
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legacy authentication that ignores modern checks
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and risky sessions that persist long after the danger has passed.
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Do this poorly and a single legacy protocol allows basic auth to bypass MFA.
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Do this well and risk signals, device posture and app sensitivity move together
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like a well-drilled flock forcing every request to prove itself.
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What a resilient design looks like.
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Start with a streamlined, layered set rather than a thicket of overlapping rules.
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One policy enforces MFA for all cloud apps
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except the rare service account that truly cannot handle it.
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Another requires a compliant device for high-value targets.
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Exchange online, SharePoint and administrative portals.
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A third reacts to risk, elevate requirements for high sign in risk
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and block when user risk is confirmed.
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The core idea is simple, let context stack, user, device, app and risk.
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Let exclusions be surgical, not sweeping corridors.
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Now observe the method.
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In Enter ID, build in report only mode first,
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assigned to a pilot group, require MFA across the board
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and add require device to be marked as compliant for sensitive apps.
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Watch the insights blade.
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Which sign-ins would fail, which flows still use legacy protocols
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after 7 to 14 days correct any false assumptions, then enforce.
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For global controls like blocking legacy authentication,
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communicate and stage via rings to reduce noise.
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The thing most people miss is exclusions, a trusted executive's group,
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a broad office location, a wildcard app,
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these car of private trails that no one revisits
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and soon the entire herd is using them.
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Keep two break-class accounts,
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cloud only, long random pass phrases, no MFA, stored offline.
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Everything else earns access,
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document every exclusion with an owner, a reason and an expiry.
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Review monthly.
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If you remember nothing else remember this.
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Exclusions expand over time unless they are pruned.
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Let me show you exactly how to validate coverage.
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In the admin center, open conditional access,
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then insights and reporting,
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filtered by failure reason and by policy.
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You'll see who would be blocked by compliant device requirements
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and who still sails through.
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Then, with remarkable precision,
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corroborated with PowerShell or Graph,
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list all policies, their states, assignments and excluded principles.
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Flag policies in report only for more than two weeks.
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Surface any tenant-wide allow rules without risk checks.
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Export to a digest your stakeholders can read.
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A brief anonymized disturbance illustrates the cost.
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A non-compliant laptop,
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unmanaged and behind on patches,
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authenticates with a legacy protocol to an exchange endpoint.
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MFA never fires because basic oath ignores it.
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The attacker harvests credentials via spraying,
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then replays them,
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obtains session tokens and begins mail discovery.
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It lasts minutes,
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but that's enough to forward sensitive mail externally.
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The door was not open, merely unlatched.
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Common mistakes are predictable,
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stacking overlapping policies that contradict each other,
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forgetting service principles and automation accounts
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that need alternative paths.
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Skipping report only observation and going straight to block,
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locking out support and forcing frantic rollbacks,
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or trusting named locations without device posture,
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assuming the office network is a sanctuary.
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It isn't.
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Treat every sign in as untrusted until proven otherwise.
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A practical build pattern helps.
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Use Microsoft's recommended baseline templates
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as your starting posture.
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Create modular policies by scenario.
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Use a risk elevation,
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device state enforcement,
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sensitive app access,
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admin portal hardening,
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and emergency break glass containment.
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Name them clearly.
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Assign them to ring groups,
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pilot, early adopter, broad,
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so enforcement steps forward in rhythm with feedback.
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Here's the quick win you can execute today.
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Create a conditional access test policy
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in report only that targets a pilot group.
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Include exchange online and sharepoint online.
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Grant access only if both MFA is satisfied
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and the device is marked compliant.
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Add a separate policy that blocks legacy authentication
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across the tenant,
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but also set it to report only for one ring
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and monitor which clients attempt those flows.
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In seven days, enforce both,
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first on pilot, then early adopter, then production.
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Once the gates are right sized,
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the herd stays tighter,
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but posture still drifts without a baseline
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and drift invites new paths.
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Miss configuration two,
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missing or divergent security baselines and fix,
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posture drift in the wild.
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Now observe the quiet drift,
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devices that looked healthy yesterday begin to wonder,
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a browser lowers its shields.
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Defender relaxes a setting,
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unsigned code slips past the gate
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that no one remembers opening,
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posture drift is rarely loud.
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It accumulates and then at an inconvenient hour,
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it bites why this matters.
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Without security baselines, you don't have gravity.
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Each team, each image, each exception,
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nudges configuration in a different direction.
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The consequence is uneven armor.
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One device blocks script abuse while its neighbor runs anything.
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One workstation enforces smart screen
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while another treats the web as a friendly meadow.
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Attackers prize this inconsistency.
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They probe for the softest bark in the grove,
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then move laterally under its cover.
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Baselines reintroduce order.
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They set the species standard,
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Windows edge defender,
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so every creature in the habitat
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follows the same survival ritual.
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What a disciplined approach looks like.
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Start with Microsoft's security baselines,
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rather than crafting a forest of custom profiles.
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Apply Windows Microsoft Defender for endpoint
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and Microsoft Edge baselines as your foundation.
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Then layer exceptions sparingly.
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Each deviation should have a reason and owner
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and an expiry date catalog these variances.
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The thing most people miss is that temporary exceptions
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become permanent features unless they're tracked.
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If you remember nothing else, remember this.
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Defaults first, exceptions last, documentation always.
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How to implement without startling the herd.
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In the Intune Admin Center, open endpoint security,
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then security baselines.
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Review the Windows, Edge and Defender templates.
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Use the comparison view to see differences
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between the baseline and your current policies.
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Assign the baseline to a pilot ring first.
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Watch the reports for conflicts and setting failures.
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Resolve collisions with older MDM profiles
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or group policy remnants.
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A common tangle when habitats overlap.
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Once the pilot settles, move to early adopters, then production.
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Keep the cadence predictable and the feedback loop tight.
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align compliance policies to your baseline.
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Mark key baseline settings as compliance requirements
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were appropriate so conditional access can require device
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to be marked compliant with real meaning.
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This is the interlock most environments skip.
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A compliant device should reflect baseline truth,
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not a watered down checklist.
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Let me show you the verification ritual.
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In the Admin Center, open reports for baselines
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and examined per setting status, succeeded, error, conflict.
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Sort by conflict to find where posture diverges.
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Now corroborate with PowerShell or Graph.
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Export baseline profiles, assignments and per setting results.
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Enumerate scope tags to confirm the right handlers
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own the right regions.
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List devices with baseline conflicts
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and map them to their ring groups.
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This turns rumors into evidence.
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Evidence invites precise correction.
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Common mistakes appear again and again.
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Rebuilding controls from scratch
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instead of adopting baselines, leading to gaps
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you won't discover until an audit.
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Mixing MDM and GPO without reconciliation,
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so devices receive contradictory instructions
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and settle on the least secure outcome.
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Ignoring report status, assuming assignment,
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equals enforcement, or scattering
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dozens of small configuration profiles that overlap,
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making trouble shooting a thicket,
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a brief, anonymized disturbance, a team
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disables a defender attack surface reduction
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rule to accommodate a legacy tool, no owner, no expiry.
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Weeks later, a macro-born payload
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runs unchallenged on those workstations.
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Defender elsewhere would have contained it.
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Here, the absence of baseline discipline became the opening.
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Here's your quick win.
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Assign the window security baseline
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to your pilot ring today.
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Resolve conflicts until posture is clean.
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Then align a compliance policy to those critical settings
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and link it to conditional access for sensitive apps.
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Once posture is set, privileges must not linger.
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Otherwise, the alpha rolls reshape the habitat.
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Misconfiguration three, PM gaps and standing admin access
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and fix, privileges that never sleep.
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Now, observe the apex rolls, global admin,
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Intune service administrator, powerful creatures.
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When they roam freely, day and night,
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the entire habitat bends around them.
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Privileges that never sleep do not just increase risk.
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They broadcast it.
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Why this matters?
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Standing admin access turns a single compromise session
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into a governance event, an unattended browser
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with a valid token, a fishing prompt accepted
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during a hurried morning,
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a stale temporary assignment that became permanent
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with always on rolls, any breach in herit's authority
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moves quickly and leaves a long shadow
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with just in time activation the habitat titans.
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Access appears only when called under watch
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and fades before predators arrive.
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What a healthy posture looks like.
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Privilege identity management places roles
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in an eligible state.
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Administrators activate when needed
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prove themselves with MFA, explain their reason,
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request approval where appropriate
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and accept a time bound window.
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Every activation is logged, a clear trail
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through the undergrowth.
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Conditional access steps in too.
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Activations occur only from compliant devices.
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The ritual matters, it slows the moment and demands proof.
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Let me show you the path in the Enter Admin Center opened PM.
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For directory roles, locate global administrator,
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privileged role administrator,
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and Intune service administrator,
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convert active assignments to eligible,
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configure activation requirements, MFA and forced,
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justification mandatory, approval for the highest risk roles,
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set durations, two to four hours is often sufficient
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and require ticket references if your governance demands it.
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Then, with remarkable precision,
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create a conditional access policy scoped
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to privileged role activations requiring compliant devices
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and strong authentication.
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This binds identity, device and purpose into one motion.
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The thing most people miss is the brake glass pair,
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two cloud-only accounts.
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Long random pass phrases stored offline
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in a sealed audited location.
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Excluded carefully from conditional access
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to survive severe outages,
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but observed relentlessly.
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Sign-in logs are their heartbeat.
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If these accounts stir when there is no declared emergency,
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treat it as an ecosystem alarm.
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Now, observe the verification ritual.
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In PM's audit history review activations over the last 30 days,
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who activates most, which reasons repeat,
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any activations outside business hours without a changed ticket?
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Then corroborate with PowerShell or Graph.
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List all role assignments, separate eligible from active,
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flag any standing permissions that exceed policy
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and export a digest.
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Send it to stakeholders monthly.
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Evidence discourages casual exceptions,
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a brief anonymized disturbance.
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An admin signed in on a personal laptop
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to check a setting after hours.
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The session lingered, hours later an info stealer
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harvested the token, because PIM and Force time-bound access,
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the tokens reach expired before it could be reused
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for elevation.
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Investigations showed a narrow window of read-only drift
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and no permanent change.
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Without PIM, that same token would have commanded the herd,
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common mistakes repeat, granting permanent access
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just for the project and forgetting the sunset,
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allowing approvals to root to the same individuals
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who seek the access, nullifying oversight,
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failing to configure notifications
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so no one observes spikes in activation,
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or neglecting the conditional access tie-in,
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letting activations occur from unmanaged unhealthy devices.
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Here's the quick win you can execute today.
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Select one high-impact role.
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Intune service administrator is a fine specimen
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and convert all active assignments to eligible.
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Enforce MFA require justification
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and add approval from a security lead,
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create the conditional access control
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for privileged role activation from compliant devices.
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Demonstrate the workflow to your admins,
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gather feedback and then expand to the remaining apex roles
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once the apex is tamed the habitat studies,
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but at the perimeter elusive creatures still slip in,
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personal devices carrying tokens
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through unguarded corridors.
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Misconfiguration, four, unmanaged BYOD
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and device compliance gaps, and fix,
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shadow creatures at the perimeter,
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ah yes the shadow at the edge,
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personal phones, home laptops and transient tablets,
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useful, prolific, and if ungoverned,
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perfectly suited to ferry data without posture.
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They move quickly, sink silently
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and blur the boundary between meadow and preserve.
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Why this matters?
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Unmanaged BYOD devices often hold valid tokens.
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They authenticate through approved apps
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then drift out of view without compliance checks
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or application protection, data travels unencrypted,
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tokens persist beyond updates
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and legacy protocols exploit the gap
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where MFA never fires.
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Attackers favor these edges.
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They don't need to storm the fortress
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if a trusted courier walks the gate each morning.
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What a balanced approach looks like,
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classify access by sensitivity.
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For high value apps,
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exchange online SharePoint Power BI admin portals,
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require either a compliant device
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or where full enrollment isn't feasible
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and force app protection policies via approved client apps.
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The choice is not binary.
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You can insist on full MDM for corporate devices
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and apply mobile application management for personal ones.
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The key is to bind data to healthy containers,
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manage channels and revocable tokens.
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Let me show you the practical map.
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In conditional access, build two complementary policies.
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One requires device to be marked as compliant
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for sensitive apps,
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assigned to corporate users and devices.
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The other requires approved client app
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and app protection policy for the same apps,
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assigned to BYOD users,
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block legacy authentication outright,
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then with remarkable precision,
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define in-tune compliance policies,
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minimum OS versions, encryption,
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secure boot, jailbreakless route detection
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and defender health where applicable.
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Align compliance signals so require compliant device
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means something measurable, not a polite suggestion.
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The shortcut many miss is app protection
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for unmanaged devices.
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If full enrollment is politically or technically difficult,
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enforce MAM.
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Require the outlook, one drive and team's clients,
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enable data protection, PIN and conditional launch,
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block save to personal locations
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and wipe app data upon sign out or device in activity.
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It's not as complete as MDM,
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but it creates a safe corridor rather than a dark alley.
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Observe the verification ritual.
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In the in-tune admin center, open devices, then compliance.
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Filter for non-compliant and unassigned,
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sought by platform,
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which devices access exchange online
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without passing compliance.
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In sign-in logs, add columns for conditional access,
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result and legacy authentication.
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Identify attempted connections via basic auth and clients
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that fail the approved app requirement,
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then corroborate with PowerShell or Graph.
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Enumerate devices with compliance status,
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list users accessing sensitive apps
445
00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:38,440
from non-compliant endpoints
446
00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:41,520
and summarize legacy protocol usage.
447
00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:44,160
Convert this into a weekly perimeter report,
448
00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:46,520
a brief anonymized disturbance,
449
00:22:46,520 --> 00:22:49,280
a contractors unmanaged laptop, connected,
450
00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:51,160
via an old mail client.
451
00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:54,240
Basic auth let the session proceed without MFA.
452
00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:56,640
After a minor spray, credentials were replayed
453
00:22:56,640 --> 00:22:58,000
and a token issued.
454
00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:00,040
The attacker created an inbox rule
455
00:23:00,040 --> 00:23:04,200
that quietly forwarded specific project mail externally.
456
00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:08,040
It lasted a day before anyone noticed the odd recipients.
457
00:23:08,040 --> 00:23:11,360
Require approved client app would have refused the courier.
458
00:23:11,360 --> 00:23:14,960
Block legacy auth would have silenced the route entirely.
459
00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:17,680
Common mistakes hide in plain sight,
460
00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:20,280
blanket exclusions for executives,
461
00:23:20,280 --> 00:23:24,360
meant to reduce friction, become unmonitored highways.
462
00:23:24,360 --> 00:23:26,400
Ignoring Mac OS and mobile platforms
463
00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:28,760
because the last incident came from Windows,
464
00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:31,120
inconsistent app protection scopes
465
00:23:31,120 --> 00:23:36,240
that cover outlook but miss one drive, leaving files to wonder,
466
00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:40,000
or treating compliant device as a global mandate
467
00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:42,440
without a clear compliance policy,
468
00:23:42,440 --> 00:23:44,160
producing false confidence.
469
00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:46,760
Here's the quick win you can execute today.
470
00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:50,440
Deploy a minimal compliance policy to a BYOD pilot,
471
00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:53,600
encryption required, OS version floor
472
00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:55,760
and jailbreak route detection,
473
00:23:55,760 --> 00:23:58,080
parod with app protection policies
474
00:23:58,080 --> 00:24:00,560
for outlook, one drive and teams.
475
00:24:00,560 --> 00:24:02,560
Block save to personal storage
476
00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:05,400
and require pin with biometrics.
477
00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:08,960
In conditional access, set, require approved client app
478
00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:12,080
for exchange online and share point for that pilot group.
479
00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:14,720
Monitor access denials and remediation.
480
00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:17,840
Within a week you'll see where the shadows congregate
481
00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:20,760
and how quickly they adapt when the path is lit.
482
00:24:20,760 --> 00:24:25,760
Misconfiguration, five, reckless update
483
00:24:25,760 --> 00:24:29,000
and policy rings and fix,
484
00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:32,800
changes without a safe migration path.
485
00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:35,360
Now observe the migration season,
486
00:24:35,360 --> 00:24:38,440
updates, new baselines, fresh apps
487
00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:41,840
when changes surge across the habitat all at once,
488
00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:44,200
even healthy creatures panic.
489
00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:47,920
A global push creates a habitat-wide disturbance,
490
00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:51,360
lockouts, performance dips, brittle rollbacks.
491
00:24:51,360 --> 00:24:53,800
A defenders turn inward to firefight
492
00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:56,520
and predators sense the distraction.
493
00:24:56,520 --> 00:25:00,640
Why this matters without rings every change is a bet on perfection.
494
00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:04,080
A single mis-scoped assignment can deny access to mail,
495
00:25:04,080 --> 00:25:07,960
break VPN clients or collide with older profiles.
496
00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:09,760
Confidence collapses.
497
00:25:09,760 --> 00:25:12,680
With disciplined rings, impact is contained,
498
00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:15,400
feedback is swift and rollback is graceful.
499
00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:17,040
What a stable path looks like.
500
00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:20,560
Three rings, pilot, early adopter, broad.
501
00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:22,640
The cadence is predictable.
502
00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:26,120
Days for pilot, three seven for early adopters,
503
00:25:26,120 --> 00:25:28,680
seven to 14 for production.
504
00:25:28,680 --> 00:25:33,200
Use the same ring groups for apps, policies, baselines
505
00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:36,160
and conditional access enforcement steps.
506
00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:37,840
Universal ring sets,
507
00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:40,840
reduce variance and cognitive load.
508
00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:45,800
Then with remarkable precision, stage enforcement.
509
00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:48,840
Report only first for conditional access,
510
00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:50,880
then enforce on pilot and step forward.
511
00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:52,520
Let me show you the build.
512
00:25:52,520 --> 00:25:56,160
In-entra create three security groups, ring pilot,
513
00:25:56,160 --> 00:25:58,400
ring early, ring broad.
514
00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:00,840
Populate pilot with IT and power users
515
00:26:00,840 --> 00:26:02,960
who will provide crisp feedback.
516
00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:06,160
In-intune, assign Windows update rings
517
00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:10,080
and feature updates with deferrals matching cadence.
518
00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:14,400
Assign baselines and configuration profiles to pilot first.
519
00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:16,240
Watch conflicts.
520
00:26:16,240 --> 00:26:19,360
For apps deployed to pilot with deadline, then expand.
521
00:26:19,360 --> 00:26:23,440
For conditional access, keep report only on early rings
522
00:26:23,440 --> 00:26:26,040
while enforcement lands in pilot.
523
00:26:26,040 --> 00:26:29,040
Verification prevents surprises.
524
00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:31,560
In reports, check assignment overlaps
525
00:26:31,560 --> 00:26:33,960
and policy conflicts by ring.
526
00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:37,000
Confirm deferral and deadline consistency.
527
00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:41,960
If a pilot issue appears, pause the ripple, fix, retest,
528
00:26:41,960 --> 00:26:43,520
then proceed.
529
00:26:43,520 --> 00:26:47,280
Upset this balance and chaos spreads swiftly.
530
00:26:47,280 --> 00:26:49,920
A brief anonymized disturbance.
531
00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:54,600
An organization pushed a new VPN client globally at noon.
532
00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:56,920
The client required a registry key delivered
533
00:26:56,920 --> 00:27:00,440
by a configuration profile that lagged by hours.
534
00:27:00,440 --> 00:27:05,240
Users lost network access, conditional access flagged risky sessions,
535
00:27:05,240 --> 00:27:08,280
and emergency exclusions were added in haste.
536
00:27:08,280 --> 00:27:11,120
With rings, this would have been a small ripple, not a wave.
537
00:27:11,120 --> 00:27:11,960
Quick win.
538
00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:16,120
Establish a 1% to 9% 90% structure today.
539
00:27:16,120 --> 00:27:19,000
Route this week's baseline or CA enforcement
540
00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:23,640
through ring pilot first, collect telemetry for 72 hours,
541
00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:25,040
then proceed.
542
00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:28,000
Field audit, admin center and power shell.
543
00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:30,000
Verify, don't assume.
544
00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:31,680
Observe closely now.
545
00:27:31,680 --> 00:27:34,560
The verification ritual first, the admin center pass,
546
00:27:34,560 --> 00:27:37,800
open conditional access, then insights and reporting.
547
00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:40,720
Confirm policy coverage, risky sign-ins,
548
00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:42,920
legacy authentication attempts,
549
00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:46,240
and which users would fail compliant device checks.
550
00:27:46,240 --> 00:27:48,360
Move to endpoint security baselines.
551
00:27:48,360 --> 00:27:51,040
Review, persetting status and conflicts,
552
00:27:51,040 --> 00:27:53,720
inspect devices, compliance.
553
00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:58,520
Focus on non-compliant counts and drift by platform.
554
00:27:58,520 --> 00:28:02,400
In PIM, review activation history, durations and approvals,
555
00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:06,680
finally, updates confirm ring deferrals and deployment status,
556
00:28:06,680 --> 00:28:09,440
then corroborate with graph or power shell.
557
00:28:09,440 --> 00:28:14,720
Export conditional access policies, states, assignments and exclusions.
558
00:28:14,720 --> 00:28:18,480
Flag report only older than 14 days.
559
00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:22,040
Enumerate baseline profiles and setting conflicts,
560
00:28:22,040 --> 00:28:26,760
map to scope tags and rings, list role assignments.
561
00:28:26,760 --> 00:28:31,760
Active versus eligible and highlight standing access.
562
00:28:31,760 --> 00:28:35,360
Report devices accessing exchange or share point
563
00:28:35,360 --> 00:28:39,640
while non-compliant, summarized legacy protocol usage,
564
00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:43,280
validate ring group memberships and overlapping assignments.
565
00:28:43,280 --> 00:28:46,080
The reason this works is simple, visibility turns rumors
566
00:28:46,080 --> 00:28:47,280
into evidence.
567
00:28:47,280 --> 00:28:51,760
Evidence invites precise correction, common pitfall,
568
00:28:51,760 --> 00:28:55,320
auditing without scoping by app sensitivity and role.
569
00:28:55,320 --> 00:28:59,720
Focus wear impact concentrates, exchange, share point,
570
00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:02,560
admin portals and apex roles.
571
00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:04,880
Quick win, schedule this audit weekly.
572
00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:08,600
Produce a one page risk digest with top three findings,
573
00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:10,840
owners and due dates.
574
00:29:10,840 --> 00:29:13,840
The key takeaway, balance this ecosystem
575
00:29:13,840 --> 00:29:18,400
with five disciplined controls, sealed identity gates,
576
00:29:18,400 --> 00:29:22,160
enforced baselines, just in time privileges,
577
00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:27,240
guarded BYOD corridors and careful rings that absorb shock.
578
00:29:27,240 --> 00:29:29,840
If this helped steady your habitat,
579
00:29:29,840 --> 00:29:33,400
continue to observe this ecosystem with care.
580
00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:36,800
Subscribe to catch the next migration.
581
00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:41,600
Advanced conditional access design and automated graph audits
582
00:29:41,600 --> 00:29:45,880
and watch the field checks become a calm, repeatable ritual.
583
00:29:45,880 --> 00:29:48,880
A truly magnificent specimen handled with care,