Microsoft to start enforcing Azure multifactor authentication in July

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resourcesppAfter first completing the rollout for the Azure portal the MFA enforcement will see a similar rollout for CLI PowerShell and TerraformppRedmond says customers will also receive additional information via email and official notifications before the MFA enforcementppService principals managed identities workload identities and similar tokenbased accounts used for automation are excluded Microsoft is still gathering customer input for certain scenarios such as breakglass accounts and other special recovery processes explained Azure product manager Naj ShahidppStudents guest users and other endusers will only be affected if they are signing into Azure portal CLI PowerShell or Terraform to administer Azure resources This enforcement policy does not extend to apps websites or services hosted on Azure The authentication policy for those will still be controlled by the app website or service ownersppMicrosoft also urged admins to enable MFA in their tenants before the rollout using the MFA wizard for Microsoft Entra They can also monitor which users have registered for MFA using the authentication methods registration report and this PowerShell script to get a report of the MFA state across the entire user baseppppAccording to a Microsoft study focused on analyzing the security performance of MFA methods across a large dataset of Azure Active Directory users exhibiting suspicious activity MFA offers a big boost of protection for user accounts against cyberattacks with over 9999 of all MFAenabled accounts resisting hacking attemptsppAs the companys analysts further found MFA also reduces the risk of compromise by 9856 even when the attackers attempted to breach accounts using stolen credentialsppThis comes after Redmond announced in November that it would soon roll out Conditional Access policies requiring MFA for all admins when signing into Microsoft admin portals eg Entra Microsoft 365 Exchange and Azure for users on all cloud apps and for highrisk signins the latter option is only available for Microsoft Entra ID Premium Plan 2 customersppOur goal is 100 percent multifactor authentication Given that formal studies show multifactor authentication reduces the risk of account takeover by over 99 percent every user who authenticates should do so with modern strong authentication Weinert said at the timeppAs part of the same move to boost MFA adoption Microsoftowned GitHub also requires all active developers to enable twofactor authentication 2FA beginning January 2024ppSave 77 on nine courses of Microsoft Azure trainingppScathing report on Medibank cyberattack highlights unenforced MFAppTrain for Microsoft Azure certifications with 350 off this course bundleppMicrosoft New Outlook security changes coming to personal accountsppHow to meet evolving MFA demands in the current threat landscapeppIf you still have to do this what kind of Administrator are youppNot a member yet Register NowppCDK Global outage caused by BlackSuit ransomware 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