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Typically, organizations of all sizes have limited visibility into whether or not their on-premises apps and services could introduce a security vulnerability to their organization. The problem of limited visibility is especially true regarding use of unsupported or outdated components.
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While your company may invest significant time and effort on hardening identities and identity infrastructure (such as Active Directory, Active Directory Connect) as an on-going project, it's easy to remain unaware of common misconfigurations and use of legacy components that represent one of the greatest threat risks to your organization.
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While your company may invest significant time and effort on hardening identities and identity infrastructure (such as Active Directory, Active Directory Connect) as an ongoing project, it's easy to remain unaware of common misconfigurations and use of legacy components that represent one of the greatest threat risks to your organization.
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Microsoft security research reveals that most identity attacks utilize common misconfigurations in Active Directory and continued use of legacy components (such as NTLMv1 protocol) to compromise identities and successfully breach your organization. To combat this effectively, Microsoft Defender for Identity now offers proactive identity security posture assessments to detect and recommend actions across your on-premises Active Directory configurations.
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## What do Defender for Identity security assessments provide?
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Defender for Identity's security posture assessments are available in [Microsoft Secure Score](/microsoft-365/security/defender/microsoft-secure-score), and provide:
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Defender for Identity security posture assessments are available in [Microsoft Secure Score](/microsoft-365/security/defender/microsoft-secure-score), and provide:
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- **Detections and contextual data** on known exploitable components and misconfigurations, along with relevant paths for remediation.
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### Categorization of MDI security posture assessments
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For a deeper understanding of identity security risks and how to address them, Defender for Identity security posture assessments are categorized into five key areas:
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- **Hybrid security**: Addresses the unique challenges and security considerations of integrating on-premises and cloud-based identity systems in hybrid environments including those associated with Entra Connect.
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- **Hybrid security**: Addresses the unique challenges and security considerations of integrating on-premises and cloud-based identity systems in hybrid environments including Entra Connect.
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- **Identity infrastructure**: Focuses on resolving misconfigurations and vulnerabilities in core identity components, such as domain controllers.
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- **Certificates**: Identifies security gaps in Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) that could enable unauthorized access due to improper certificate management.
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- **Group policy**: Identifies risky Group Policy configurations that could lead to privilege escalation or lateral movement within the network, ensuring that Group Policy settings are secure and do not introduce additional risks.
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- **Group policy**: Identifies risky Group Policy configurations that could lead to privilege escalation or lateral movement within the network, ensuring that Group Policy settings are secure and don't introduce other risks.
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- **Accounts**: Covers security issues related to Active Directory (AD) users, devices, and groups such as old passwords, dormant accounts, and other related vulnerabilities.
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## Access Defender for Identity security posture assessments
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You must have a Defender for Identity license to view Defender for Identity security posture assessments in Microsoft Secure Score.
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While *certificate template* assessments are available to all customers that have AD CS installed on their environment, *certificate authority* assessments are available only to customers who've installed a sensor on an AD CS server. For more information, see [Configuring sensors for AD FS and AD CS](deploy/active-directory-federation-services.md).
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While *certificate template* assessments are available to all customers that have AD CS installed on their environment, *certificate authority* assessments are available only to customers who have installed a sensor on an AD CS server. For more information, see [Configuring sensors for AD FS and AD CS](deploy/active-directory-federation-services.md).
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**To access identity security posture assessments**:
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