Describing the different ways to protect identity in Azure AD
As more companies move to cloud technologies and have identities within the cloud, the ability to protect those identities becomes paramount to avoid security breaches. Microsoft and Azure AD provide many ways in which to protect these identities and mitigate risks. Some of these solutions can be listed as follows:
- Password complexity rules are used to protect against users utilizing common terms and easy-to-guess passwords. Enforcing certain lengths and complexities, such as the use of alphanumeric and special characters, along with a minimum length, can deter attackers from their ability to utilize password dictionary attacks or identify dates and information from social media accounts that could be used as a password.
- Password expiration rules are utilized to avoid a password from remaining the same for an extended period of time. The longer a password is used by a user, the more likely it is to eventually...
