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18 publicationsRoll out Entra token protection without breaking unsupported clients
Token protection makes Entra ID refuse token requests that a device-bound session does not back. Scope it to supported apps and platforms, triage report-only data by code and platform, and cover what stays unbound.
Identity & access · Microsoft Entra / Microsoft Intune / Microsoft Graph · By Cloud Security DeskTier Entra administrator roles by the control they can take
Microsoft's own password reset and sensitive action tables show which Entra roles can take over which accounts. Use them, plus the non-role paths, to set three tiers, assignment rules and the controls that keep lower tiers out.
Identity & access · Microsoft Entra / Microsoft Graph · By Cloud Security DeskFind the Entra changes that Backup and Recovery cannot roll back
Microsoft Entra Backup and Recovery rolls listed properties back to a daily backup kept for seven days. Credentials, role assignments, owners and user consent stay in place, and an unscoped recovery can undo your own containment.
Resilience · Microsoft Entra / Microsoft Graph · By Cloud Security DeskCompare just-in-time privileged access in AWS, Azure and Google Cloud
Entra PIM and Google Cloud PAM make roles temporary natively, while AWS relies on TEAM or partner tools. All three end elevation by removing an assignment, and sessions, caches and minted tokens can keep running.
Identity & access · Amazon Web Services / Microsoft Azure / Microsoft Entra / Google Cloud · By Cloud Security DeskPrepare Azure automation for mandatory MFA on resource management
Azure now requires MFA for user accounts that write through Resource Manager. Find the scripts and pipelines that still sign in as people and move each one to a managed identity or federated credential.
Identity & access · Microsoft Azure / Microsoft Entra / GitHub / Azure DevOps / HashiCorp Terraform · By Cloud Security DeskDefend cloud admin accounts against help desk social engineering
Attackers who talk a help desk into resetting MFA inherit every cloud console behind single sign-on. Verify callers properly, shrink what a reset hands over, and alert on the events it leaves.
Detection & response · Microsoft Entra / Okta / Amazon Web Services / CISA / Mandiant · By Cloud Security DeskRemove public SSH access from an EC2 security group
Remove internet-wide EC2 SSH rules after testing Session Manager or restricted SSH. Check all groups, IPv6, fresh sessions, and recovery access.
Workload security · AWS · By Cloud Security DeskGive Google Cloud teams access through IAM groups
Give Google Cloud teams IAM access through owned groups, choose a sensible resource scope, and verify migration and removal with practical checks.
Identity & access · Google Cloud · By Cloud Security DeskRestrict SSH and RDP access with an Azure network security group
Inspect effective rules, preserve the approved management path and test a fresh connection.
Workload security · Azure · By Cloud Security DeskSeparate stopping a fault experiment from recovering the service
Plan AWS FIS around separate evidence for stopping execution, removing fault effects and accepting the recovered application.
Resilience · AWS · By Cloud Security DeskProve Identity Center permission changes reached every account
A permission-set change is complete only when the intended accounts, account-local policies, provisioning results and assignments have converged.
Identity & access · AWS · By Cloud Security DeskRestrict device code sign-in without breaking approved clients
Restrict device-code authentication through an explicit client and resource policy, and test the tracked sessions that can outlive the initial browser approval.
Identity & access · Microsoft / IETF · By Cloud Security DeskPasskey deployment needs a recovery design
A workforce passkey rollout needs a recovery contract before broad enforcement. Separate credential custody, enrollment evidence and application sessions.
Identity & access · NIST / FIDO Alliance / Microsoft Entra · By Cloud Security DeskRecovery objectives that match the cloud service
Define the business function, outage clock, recoverable data and dependency assumptions before choosing a cloud disaster-recovery architecture.
Resilience · AWS / Azure / Google Cloud / NIST · By Cloud Security DeskEntra emergency access that survives normal sign-in failure
A second administrator account does not prove an independent recovery path. Test the credential, workstation, policy and alert dependencies together.
Identity & access · Microsoft Entra · By Cloud Security DeskWhat cloud snapshots cannot preserve
Separate live execution, persisted disk and provider records before an authorized containment decision destroys evidence that a snapshot cannot recover.
Detection & response · AWS / NIST · By Cloud Security DeskShort SSH certificates still need explicit access boundaries
An SSH certificate supplies bounded identity claims. The issuer, server, client and incident operator still make separate access decisions.
Identity & access · OpenSSH · By Cloud Security DeskDefine the expiry boundary for Entra privileged access
PIM records activation and expiry, but the protected application still determines when changed authority takes effect. Review both sides of that boundary.
Identity & access · Microsoft Entra · By Cloud Security Desk