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#customer intent: As a security administrator, I want to improve security posture in my organization by removing inactive service accounts
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# Security Assessment: Remove Inactive Service Accounts (Preview)
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# Security Assessment: Remove Stale Service Accounts (Preview)
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This recommendation lists Active Directory service accounts detected as inactive (stale) within the past 90 days.
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This recommendation lists Active Directory service accounts detected as stale within the past 90 days.
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## Why do inactive service accounts pose a risk?
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## Why do stale service accounts pose a risk?
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Unused service accounts create significant security risks, as some of them can carry elevated privileges. If attackers gain access, the result can be substantial damage. Dormant service accounts might retain high or legacy permissions. When compromised, they provide attackers with discreet entry points into critical systems, granting far more access than a standard user account.
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Unused service accounts create significant security risks, as some of them can carry elevated privileges. If attackers gain access, the result can be substantial damage. Stale service accounts might retain high or legacy permissions. When compromised, they provide attackers with discreet entry points into critical systems, granting far more access than a standard user account.
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This exposure creates several risks:
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To use this security assessment effectively, follow these steps:
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1. Review the recommended action at [https://security.microsoft.com/securescore?viewid=actions ](https://security.microsoft.com/securescore?viewid=actions ) for Remove inactive service account.
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1. Review the list of exposed entities to discover which of your service account is inactive.
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1. Review the recommended action at [https://security.microsoft.com/securescore?viewid=actions ](https://security.microsoft.com/securescore?viewid=actions) for Remove stale service account.
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:::image type="content" source="media/okta-integration/remove-inactive-service-accounts.png" alt-text="Screenshot that shows the recommendation action to remove inactive service accounts." lightbox="media/okta-integration/remove-inactive-service-accounts.png":::
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1. Review the list of exposed entities to discover which of your serviceaccounts are stale and have not performed any login activity in the last 90 days.
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1. Take appropriate actions on those entities by removing the service account. For example:
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For UEBA tenants without a Microsoft Defender for Identity license, synchronization of Entra ID risk level to the IdentityInfo table remains unchanged.
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### New security assessment: Remove inactive service accounts (Preview)
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### New security assessment: Remove stale service accounts (Preview)
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Microsoft Defender for Identity now includes a new security assessment that helps you identify and remove inactive service accounts in your organization. This assessment lists Active Directory service accounts that have been inactive (stale) for the past 90 days, to help you mitigate security risks associated with unused accounts.
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Microsoft Defender for Identity now includes a new security assessment that helps you identify and remove inactive service accounts in your organization. This assessment lists Active Directory service accounts that have been stale for the past 90 days, to help you mitigate security risks associated with unused accounts.
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For more information, see: [Security Assessment: Remove Inactive Service Accounts (Preview)](remove-inactive-service-account.md)
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For more information, see: Security Assessment: [Remove Stale Service Accounts (Preview)](/defender-for-identity/remove-inactive-service-account)
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### New Graph based API for response actions (preview)
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title: Get started with app governance policies | Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
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ms.date: 05/28/2023
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# Get started with app policies
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:::image type="content" source="media/app-governance-app-policies-get-started/app-governance-app-policies.png" alt-text="Screenshot that shows the app governance app polcies." lightbox="media/app-governance-app-policies-get-started/app-governance-app-policies.png":::
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> [!NOTE]
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## What’s available on the app policies dashboard
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The **App governance** > **Policies** tab shows the number of activeand disabled policies, and the following information for each policy:
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-**Severity**: Severity level set on any alerts triggered because of this policy being evaluated as true, which is part of the configuration of the policy.
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While you can't change the name of the policy once created, you can change the description and policy severity as needed. When you're done, select **Next**.
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1. Choose whether you want to continue with the existing policy settings or customize them. Select **No, I'll customize the policy** to make changes, and then select **Next**.
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# In-browser protection with Microsoft Edge for Business (Preview)
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Defender for Cloud Apps users who use Microsoft Edge for Business or Purview Data Loss Prevention policies for Cloud Apps in Edge and are subject to session policies are protected directly from within the browser. In-browser protection reduces the need for proxies, improving both security and productivity.
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