Imagine locking your front door and leaving the key under the mat. In cybersecurity, that is what storing credentials in plain text fields within identity systems like Active Directory looks like. Microsoft Defender is now using AI-powered detections to spot exposed credentials in free text fields. This is especially important for non-human identities, which often have elevated privileges and are frequently overlooked in traditional security models. With AI, we are not just identifying vulnerabilities. We are reducing the time to exploit from hours to seconds and proactively protecting more than 2,500 tenants from over 40,000 exposed credentials. This marks a major shift for hybrid identity environments and a wake-up call for organizations still relying on outdated practices. https://lnkd.in/eh98dHVW #MicrosoftDefender #DefenderForIdentity #AI #IdentityProtection #NHI #ActiveDirectory #MicrosoftSecurity #CyberSecurity
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Great analogy with the key under the mat, Martin! This AI-powered detection sounds like a game-changer for protecting hybrid identity environments.
This is nice and huge Martin Schvartzman - it’s so nice to be a part of, to help protecting a lot of customers from this “common “ issue in On-Prem! 🫣 Nice work of the team behind I worked with! 😍🥳🤘