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Let's Talk Azure!

S6E9 - Monitor your OAuth Apps using Defender for Cloud Apps

Mar 28, 2025
The hosts explore the crucial role of OAuth apps in data security and the potential risks they pose to organizations. They discuss how Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps can enhance app governance and monitor permissions effectively. Key topics include best practices for managing user consent, overprivileged apps, and the importance of real-time visibility into app usage. The conversation highlights the challenges of securing personally identifiable information while leveraging cloud technology. It’s a deep dive into safeguarding cloud applications!
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Quick takeaways

  • Understanding OAuth apps is crucial as their user-consent flexibility poses risks, allowing unauthorized access to sensitive data.
  • Defender for Cloud Apps provides essential monitoring capabilities and customizable policies to enhance the security of OAuth applications.

Deep dives

Understanding OAuth Applications

OAuth applications are integral to modern authentication, allowing access to various services without requiring the user to send passwords. These applications utilize an open standard protocol to authenticate users through identity providers, enabling single sign-on capabilities for internal and external applications. However, the flexibility that OAuth offers comes with risks, particularly because users previously had the ability to consent to app access without oversight. Unauthorized apps could impersonate legitimate services, gaining inappropriate access to sensitive data, which underscores the need for enhanced monitoring and management.

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