Identity Security Solutions for AD & M365 | Detect Risks & Misconfigurations

Secure your Active Directory and Microsoft 365 identities. Detect misconfigurations, risks, and drift with InfraSOS – your hybrid identity security platform.

Identity Security

Secure, Audit & Harden your Hybrid Identity

Why Identity Security Matters

In today’s hybrid environments, identity is the new security perimeter. Attackers no longer rely on network exploits – they target your users, service accounts, and permissions to move laterally and gain full control. Once an identity is compromised, it often leads to complete environment takeover, including cloud workloads and on-prem systems.

Compromised credentials are the root cause of over 80% of data breaches. Weak passwords, misconfigured permissions, and unused accounts create silent risks that traditional endpoint or network tools can’t detect.  This is especially true for organizations using Active Directory, Microsoft 365, and Entra ID, where interconnected identities and cloud sync extend the attack surface.

Modern cyberattacks exploit:

  • Unprotected privileged accounts

  • Inactive or stale user identities

  • Weak or missing MFA policies

  • Legacy authentication still enabled

  • Excessive permissions across apps and roles

Effective identity security requires continuous visibility, configuration monitoring, and early detection of misconfigurations – before they turn into breaches. InfraSOS helps organizations take control of their identity posture across both on-prem AD and Microsoft 365, giving IT and security teams a single pane of glass to understand, detect, and reduce identity risk.

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Office 365 Security Assessment

Common Identity Security Risks in Microsoft Environments

Microsoft environments combine multiple identity systems – Active Directory, Microsoft 365, and Entra ID – each with its own policies, permissions, and dependencies.
When these layers drift out of alignment, misconfigurations can quietly weaken your organization’s entire security posture.

Below are the most common identity risks we detect across hybrid Microsoft environments:

🔑 1. Weak Authentication and Password Policies

  • Users with passwords that never expire or meet minimal complexity requirements.

  • Legacy authentication protocols (NTLM, Basic Auth) still enabled.

  • Inconsistent or missing Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) enforcement.

🧩 2. Excessive Privileges and Shadow Admins

  • Users granted administrative rights they don’t need.

  • Privileged groups such as Domain Admins or Global Admins containing inactive or external accounts.

  • Privilege creep over time from role changes and nested group inheritance.

👥 3. Inactive or Stale Accounts

  • Orphaned user or service accounts that remain enabled long after an employee leaves.

  • Dormant machine accounts still trusted within AD.

  • Forgotten shared or guest accounts with elevated privileges.

🕵️ 4. Misconfigured Access and Trust Relationships

  • Insecure domain or tenant trusts that allow lateral movement.

  • Conditional Access policies not consistently applied.

  • Guest and external user access left unrestricted in Microsoft 365.

📤 5. Unsecured Cloud Applications and App Consents

  • Third-party apps granted risky OAuth permissions.

  • Excessive consent scopes exposing mailboxes or SharePoint data.

  • Missing governance around enterprise applications and service principals.

⚙️ 6. Missing Audit and Logging Configuration

  • Audit logs disabled or retention set too low.

  • Azure AD sign-in and risk-based events not being captured.

  • No integration with SIEM or alerting systems for suspicious identity behavior.

These risks often go undetected until a compromise occurs – and by then, it’s too late.

InfraSOS continuously scans your Active Directory, Microsoft 365, and Entra ID configurations, flagging identity misconfigurations, risky permissions, and authentication gaps that put your environment at risk.

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Detect and Monitor Identity Misconfigurations

Misconfigurations across Active Directory and Microsoft 365 can silently weaken your security posture.  InfraSOS continuously audits these environments to uncover risks caused by inconsistent configurations, weak authentication settings, and privilege misuse – before attackers can exploit them.

InfraSOS runs over 250 automated identity checks across your hybrid Microsoft environment, detecting issues such as:

✅ Authentication & Policy Weaknesses

  • Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) not enforced for administrator or user accounts.

  • Weak password policies, including minimum length, history, and complexity requirements.

  • Password age and expiration not aligned with best practice.

  • Reversible encryption enabled for stored passwords.

  • NTLM and LM authentication still allowed instead of secure Kerberos-only modes.

  • Anonymous access and enumeration not restricted.

🔒 Privilege and Access Risks

  • Excessive or unused administrator accounts detected in AD and M365.

  • Privileged groups such as Domain Admins or Enterprise Admins containing inactive or external accounts.

  • Logon rights and Deny policies misconfigured (e.g. administrators denied or unprotected logon access).

  • Baseline user rights assignments not aligned with domain security policies.

🧩 Group Policy and Domain Controller Configuration

  • Unlinked, empty, or disabled GPOs identified.

  • SYSVOL and GPO consistency verified across all Domain Controllers.

  • Replication health and DFSR status monitored to ensure GPOs apply correctly.

  • Baseline enforcement policies checked for advanced auditing and credential protection.

  • Audit policies and registry-based settings confirmed against CIS and NIST control expectations.

🧱 Firewall, Services, and System Security

  • Firewall policies validated across Domain, Public, and Private profiles.

  • Core services (KDC, NTDS, NetLogon, W32Time, DFSR) verified for running state and correct startup type.

  • Print Spooler service confirmed disabled on Domain Controllers.

  • Secure Boot and LSASS protection validated for credential theft prevention.

🗂️ Account Hygiene and System State

  • Stale or inactive accounts identified for review.

  • Guest and anonymous logons disabled across the domain.

  • Domain Controller uptime, replication, and health checks monitored to detect instability or drift.

  • DNS configuration and forwarders verified for consistency.

All results are presented in a simple compliance view, categorized by risk severity and mapped to recognized frameworks including CIS, NIST, and Microsoft Security Baselines.

InfraSOS delivers clear visibility into where your Active Directory and Microsoft 365 identity configurations stand – helping you remediate issues before they become breaches.

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Continuous Identity Monitoring and Re-Assessment

Your identity configurations evolve constantly – new users, updated GPOs, modified permissions.  Even small changes in Active Directory or Microsoft 365 can create hidden weaknesses over time.

InfraSOS helps you stay in control by performing regular identity security assessments, allowing you to track how your environment’s risk posture changes across scans.

InfraSOS automatically performs scheduled or on-demand re-assessments to identify:

🔄 Configuration Changes

  • Password or authentication policies that no longer meet baseline standards

  • Group Policy settings modified or disabled

  • Privileged accounts added to administrative groups

  • Firewall, auditing, or service settings that differ from previous secure configurations

⚠️ New or Emerging Identity Risks

  • Newly created privileged users or security groups

  • Expired accounts that remain enabled

  • Changes in administrator logon rights or policy assignments

  • Excessive failed logins

InfraSOS provides ongoing visibility – giving IT and security teams confidence that identity misconfigurations are quickly detected, measured, and corrected through continuous assessment.

No guessing, no manual audits – just clear visibility into how secure your Active Directory and Microsoft 365 identities are, every time you run a scan.

Why Choose InfraSOS for Identity Security

Identity sits at the core of every modern cyberattack, and securing it requires visibility across both on-premises Active Directory and Microsoft 365.
InfraSOS gives organizations that visibility – providing a fast, accurate, and comprehensive view of how secure your identity configurations really are.

🧠 Purpose-Built for Microsoft Identity Environments

InfraSOS focuses entirely on Active Directory and Microsoft 365, auditing the settings and configurations that attackers most often exploit.
Every check is designed around Microsoft’s own security guidance and mapped to CIS Benchmarks, NIST 800-53, and Microsoft Security Baselines.

🔍 Comprehensive Identity Assessment Coverage

InfraSOS runs over 250 in-depth security and configuration checks, covering:

  • Authentication and password policies

  • Privileged accounts and group memberships

  • Group Policy and SYSVOL consistency

  • Firewall, audit policy, and service configuration

  • Domain Controller and DNS health

  • Stale, guest, and anonymous accounts

All results are displayed in a unified dashboard, categorized by risk level for clear prioritization.

📊 Compliance-Ready Reporting

InfraSOS checks align to leading frameworks:

  • CIS Microsoft Windows Server Benchmark

  • NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF)

  • ISO 27001 and related Annex A controls

  • PCI DSS and HIPAA identity requirements

This makes it easy to demonstrate compliance posture and export audit-ready reports directly from the platform in HTML, CSV, or PDF format.

🌐 Ideal for MSPs and Multi-Tenant Enterprise Environments

InfraSOS was designed for Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and multi-tenant management for enterprise environments.  Run assessments across multiple customers, monitor results from a single dashboard, and deliver identity risk reports to clients – all from one secure portal.

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Identity Security FAQ

Identity security focuses on protecting user accounts, credentials, and access rights from unauthorized use or compromise.


In Microsoft environments, this means securing Active Directory, Microsoft 365, and Entra ID to ensure only verified, authorized users and services can access systems and data.

Over 80% of data breaches originate from stolen or misused credentials.


Both Active Directory (on-prem) and Microsoft 365 (cloud) serve as the backbone of identity and access control in most organizations.


If attackers compromise these systems, they can gain full control of your environment — regardless of how secure your network or endpoints are.

InfraSOS automatically scans and evaluates hundreds of identity-related configurations across Active Directory and Microsoft 365.

It detects weak password policies, inactive accounts, misconfigured permissions, inconsistent GPOs, and other risks that could lead to privilege escalation or credential theft.

Each finding is categorized by risk level and aligned to compliance frameworks like CIS, NIST, and ISO 27001.

Yes. InfraSOS is designed for multi-tenant management, making it ideal for MSPs, MSSPs, and enterprise IT teams.
You can assess multiple domains or Microsoft 365 tenants from a single dashboard, with exportable reports per client or environment.

No. InfraSOS performs read-only assessments and does not modify system configurations or enforce changes.
It provides detailed recommendations so your administrators can review, approve, and implement remediations manually or through your change management process.

Most organizations run InfraSOS assessments monthly or quarterly.

However, running them more frequently – especially after policy or infrastructure changes – ensures continuous visibility into new risks and configuration drift.

InfraSOS currently supports:

  • Active Directory (on-prem)

  • Microsoft 365

  • Azure AD / Entra ID (assessment coverage expanding)
    Future releases will extend coverage to additional Microsoft services and cloud configurations.

  • Windows Server / Windows Desktop – Upcoming in future release.