The Entra product family is designed to protect access to any app or resource by enabling security teams to discover and manage permissions in a multi-cloud environment
Microsoft announced the launch of Entra, a new product family of identity and access management solutions. The family includes existing tools like Azure AD alongside two new product categories; Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM) and Decentralised Identity.
For users, the Entra product family is designed to protect access to any app or resource by enabling security teams to discover and manage permissions in multi-cloud environments so they can secure digital identities from end to end.
Entra Permissions Management provides security teams with a solution to detect unused and excessive permissions, so they can more effectively enforce the principle of least privilege and maintain a top-down view of identities across all cloud services, including Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, and Google Cloud platform.
The organisation’s new decentralised identity offering, Verified ID, is available in early August and will enable users to decide what information they share, when, and who they share it, providing them with the ability to revoke access when necessary. Verified ID also provides teams with a method to verify the credentials of users and organisations. For instance, users can store their education and certification credentials and share them with other users on request to verify their identity.
The launch of these new solutions comes as digital identities have become a critical part of most organisations’ attack surfaces, with cybercriminals using identity-based attacks, such as credential theft and social engineering, to gain access to enterprise environments and steal sensitive information.
