What can you do using Conditionl Access App Control access and session policies?

Experience Level: Junior
Tags: Azure Active DirectoryAzure AD Conditional AccessMicrosoft Defender

Answer

With the access and session policies, you can:
Prevent data exfiltration: You can block the download, cut, copy, and print of sensitive documents on, for example, unmanaged devices.

Require authentication context: You can reevaluate Azure AD Conditional Access policies when a sensitive action occurs in the session. For example, require multi-factor authentication on download of a highly confidential file.

Protect on download: Instead of blocking the download of sensitive documents, you can require documents to be labeled and encrypted when you integrate with Microsoft Purview Information Protection. This action ensures the document is protected and user access is restricted in a potentially risky session.

Prevent upload of unlabeled files: Before a sensitive file is uploaded, distributed, and used by others, it's important to make sure that the sensitive file has the label defined by your organization's policy. You can ensure that unlabeled files with sensitive content are blocked from being uploaded until the user classifies the content.

Block potential malware: You can protect your environment from malware by blocking the upload of potentially malicious files. Any file that is uploaded or downloaded can be scanned against Microsoft threat intelligence and blocked instantaneously.

Monitor user sessions for compliance: Risky users are monitored when they sign into apps and their actions are logged from within the session. You can investigate and analyze user behavior to understand where, and under what conditions, session policies should be applied in the future.

Block access: You can granularly block access for specific apps and users depending on several risk factors. For example, you can block them if they're using client certificates as a form of device management.

Block custom activities: Some apps have unique scenarios that carry risk, for example, sending messages with sensitive content in apps like Microsoft Teams or Slack. In these kinds of scenarios, you can scan messages for sensitive content and block them in real time.
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