Microsoft AzureIdentity
Microsoft Entra identity for cloud workloads, apps, and access.
Microsoft Azure Identity — powered by Microsoft Entra — is the identity and access foundation of the cloud: authenticating users and workloads, enforcing conditional access, and governing who and what can access Azure resources. Faltrox architects it as the Zero-Trust control plane and governs identity across your estate.
Overview
What Identity is
In the cloud, identity is the perimeter — access decisions are made on identity, not network location. Microsoft Azure Identity, powered by Microsoft Entra, is the foundation: authenticating users and workloads, enforcing conditional access and MFA, and governing access to Azure resources and applications.
It provides workforce and workload identity, conditional access that evaluates risk and context on every request, role-based access control (RBAC) for Azure resources, and managed identities so workloads authenticate without stored secrets. Faltrox architects this as the Zero-Trust control plane — least-privilege RBAC, phishing-resistant MFA, conditional access, and identity governance — because in the cloud, compromising identity is compromising everything.
Coverage
What it protects
The platforms, threats, and surfaces this product is built to defend.
Authentication
Authenticates users and workloads accessing the cloud.
Conditional Access
Evaluates risk and context on every access request.
RBAC
Role-based access control governs access to Azure resources.
Managed Identities
Workloads authenticate without stored secrets.
Phishing-Resistant MFA
Faltrox enforces phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication.
Identity Governance
Governs who and what can access, with least privilege.
How it works
The mechanism
How the product moves from signal to protected state, step by step.
- 01
Authenticate
Entra authenticates users and workloads accessing Azure and applications.
- 02
Evaluate
Conditional access evaluates risk and context on every request.
- 03
Authorise
RBAC grants least-privilege access to Azure resources.
- 04
Secure Workloads
Managed identities let workloads authenticate without stored secrets.
- 05
Govern
Faltrox governs identity as the Zero-Trust control plane across the estate.
Capabilities
Key capabilities
Workforce & Workload Identity
Authenticates both users and workloads in the cloud.
Conditional Access
Evaluates risk and context on every access request.
Role-Based Access Control
RBAC governs least-privilege access to Azure resources.
Managed Identities
Workloads authenticate without stored secrets.
Phishing-Resistant MFA
Faltrox enforces phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication.
Zero-Trust Control Plane
Identity is architected as the Zero-Trust control plane.
Identity Governance
Governs who and what can access, with least privilege and review.
Entra Integration
Powered by Microsoft Entra, integrated across the estate.
Works with
Part of the platform
Microsoft products this pairs with, and the Faltrox services that operate it.
Delivery
You buy the outcome, not the console
Managed by Faltrox
Faltrox licenses, deploys, and tunes Microsoft Identity for your environment, then runs it as part of a managed service, so you get the protection without staffing another security console.
FAQ
Common questions
01Why is identity the cloud perimeter?
In the cloud, access decisions are made on identity, not network location — so identity is the real perimeter. Compromising a cloud identity often means compromising everything it can reach. That’s why Faltrox architects identity as the Zero-Trust control plane.
02What is a managed identity?
A managed identity lets an Azure workload (a VM, function, or app) authenticate to other services without storing secrets or credentials in code — removing a major source of leaked secrets. Faltrox uses managed identities to eliminate stored workload credentials.
03How does conditional access work?
Conditional access evaluates risk and context — user, device, location, sign-in risk — on every access request, and requires MFA, blocks, or grants accordingly. It’s the engine of Zero-Trust access, and Faltrox designs the policies.
04What is RBAC?
Role-based access control grants least-privilege access to Azure resources based on assigned roles, so users and workloads have only the permissions they need. Faltrox designs and reviews RBAC to enforce least privilege across your Azure estate.
05How does Faltrox help?
We architect Azure identity as the Zero-Trust control plane — least-privilege RBAC, phishing-resistant MFA, conditional access, managed identities, and identity governance — because in the cloud, securing identity is securing everything.
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