Introducing Azure AD Identity Protection

As already mentioned, an important goal in terms of security is to make attack attempts as expensive as possible for an attacker. That said, it is important to raise the bar and have several complementing technologies in place that add extra value to your security posture. On the other hand, you want to make sure not to block legitimate user authentications, so you do not negatively affect your users' login experience. Microsoft has been protecting cloud identities for more than 10 years now, and with Azure AD Identity Protection, they let you protect identities using their protection systems.

Stealing the credentials of user accounts, even if they are not highly privileged, has always been a good way of gaining access to corporate resources. Over the years, attackers have learned to leverage third-party breaches or highly sophisticated phishing attacks to get hold of corporate credentials. Even if attackers gain access to low-privileged...