Identity Security Posture
Understanding the Concept
Defender for Identity provides security posture assessments that identify risky configurations and security weaknesses in Active Directory. These assessments detect issues like unsecured Kerberos delegation, dormant sensitive accounts, weak encryption usage, and unresolved paths to sensitive accounts.
Each assessment includes risk level, affected entities, remediation guidance, and estimated impact. Assessments are continuously updated as the environment changes, providing ongoing visibility rather than point-in-time snapshots.
Identity Secure Score integration provides a numerical representation of identity security posture with improvement recommendations ranked by impact and effort required.
Key Points
- Continuous AD security posture assessment
- Detects: unsecured delegation, dormant accounts, weak encryption
- Remediation guidance with impact and effort estimates
- Integrates with Microsoft Secure Score
- Assessments update automatically as environment changes
Why This Matters in Real Organizations
Misconfigurations in Active Directory create attack opportunities. Attackers actively look for unsecured delegation, over-privileged service accounts, and dormant admin accounts as easy targets for privilege escalation.
Common Mistakes to Avoid
Interview Tips
- Discuss how you use posture assessments to proactively reduce risk
- Explain common AD misconfigurations and their security impact
Exam Tips (SC-200)
- Know the types of security posture assessments available
- Understand remediation recommendations
- Know how posture assessments integrate with Secure Score
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