Explore new Microsoft Entra capabilities at Gartner® Identity & Access Management Summit 2024

Identity and network access is the foundation of modern cybersecurity, with 66% of attacks involving compromised identities.¹ Equipping identity professionals to secure access to everything has never been so critical. The annual Gartner® Identity & Access Management Summit, held December 9 to 11, 2024, in Grapevine, Texas, the  premier conference to help identity and access management (IAM) and security leaders tasked with safeguarding digital identity, business enablement and organizational security navigate implementing and operating a scalable IAM infrastructure.

Alongside our commitment to put security above all else through the Secure Future Initiative (SFI), Microsoft Security is committed to investing in secure identity and network access innovation. At Gartner IAM Summit, Microsoft Security will showcase the Microsoft Entra Suite—a complete Zero Trust employee access solution. Keep reading for how to connect with us in Grapevine.

AI for identity and access management

Ensuring that organizations of all sizes and industries can give the right individuals right-sized access to the right resources at the right time has been a top priority for Microsoft for years. Companies looking into IAM solutions often face challenges related to decentralized data, provisioning secure user access, and poor IAM interoperability. Microsoft Entra addresses each of these concerns directly and is designed to help organizations secure and manage digital identities across cloud-native and hybrid environments. It provides secure access for any identity, from anywhere, to any app, AI, or resource.

Last month at Microsoft Ignite we announced new capabilities—now in preview—for Microsoft Security Copilot, which is now embedded in Microsoft Entra. You can now access all identity skills previously made generally available for the Security Copilot standalone experience in April 2024, along with new identity capabilities for admins and security analysts, directly within the Microsoft Entra admin center.

Results of our recent Security Copilot IT Admin Efficiency Study are already showing promising impact:

• Copilot users showed a 46.11% reduction in completion times for sign-in troubleshooting tasks.
• Users were 46.8% more accurate across sign-in troubleshooting-related tasks when using Copilot.
• And, most notably, 95% of users agreed that Copilot helped improve the quality of their work, and 96.7% said they would want to use Copilot for these tasks in the future.

Read more on the new skills and how to implement them.

How to engage with Microsoft Security at Gartner IAM Summit

We’re excited to show off the new capabilities of Copilot in Microsoft Entra, as well as other Entra capabilities, throughout our presence at Gartner IAM Summit. Here are a few ways to join us:

• See live demos: We welcome you to visit booth #403, where you can see live demonstrations of Microsoft Security Copilot and the Microsoft Entra Suite. You’ll also hear from our experts on the best practices and product use cases.

• Join our session on AI and identity: On December 9, 2024, from 11:45 AM CT to 12:15 PM CT, Microsoft will be conducting the session Transforming the future of IAM: Bridging Identity, Network Security and AI, presented by Kaitlin Murphy, Senior Director of Product Marketing, Identity Innovations. This session explores how the current state of access management is rapidly evolving, uncovers the unification of IAM and network security, and asks whether traditional IAM solutions do enough to meet the exponential growth of identities and apps across today’s dynamic, AI-powered cyberthreat landscape. Join us to find out if identity remains the center of security.

• Join our session on improving your onboarding: The following day, December 10, 2024, from 12:45 PM CT to 1:15 PM CT, Manmeet Bawa, Director of Product Management, Identity and Network Access, will present the sponsored lunch session Strengthen your workforce security and streamline effortless onboarding with Microsoft Entra Suite. This session lets you experience how Microsoft Entra delivers seamless workforce access security from day one. You’ll be able to watch as a Microsoft expert demonstrates the process of setting up new access package policies with Microsoft Entra ID Governance and creates top-tier identity verification and entitlement management using Face Check with Microsoft Entra Verified ID.

• Book a meeting: One of the most hands-on opportunities to engage at this event is joining us for a one-on-one meeting with Microsoft Security leaders and experts. To book a meeting, click here or visit us at at booth #403, covering the important and emerging identity and network access topics you deem most important. So, whether you’re most interested in the ways Microsoft Security Copilot adds to a secure IAM landscape, have questions regarding advanced identity topics, want to learn more about the unification of identity and network security, or would like an expert’s perspective on what Microsoft Entra can do for you, we’ll be there to talk you through it.

Now that you’re interested in attending the Gartner Identity & Access Management Summit 2024, if you’ve yet to secure tickets for your team, Microsoft can now offer you a $375 discount on event registration. Simply use code IAM19EDC when registering. Once you are registered, make sure to schedule your one-on-one meeting with our experts.

For those unable to attend who are looking for another way to discover the latest innovations in the IAM space and see how technologies are evolving, the Microsoft page on identity and network access is a great place to start.

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¹ State of Multicloud Risk Report, Microsoft. 2024.

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