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Identity Security Assessment Guide

A guide for reducing account takeover and privilege abuse risk across Okta, Microsoft Entra ID, SaaS, and administrative workflows.

MFA strengthPrivileged rolesLifecycle governanceRecovery controlsAudit logs
Guide method

Use this as an owner-and-evidence plan.

Identity security assessment guide for MFA, privileged access, lifecycle governance, recovery paths, and audit visibility.

StepInventory privilege

List administrators, service accounts, app owners, break-glass accounts, and help desk reset authority.

StepTest recovery risk

Review how factors, devices, passkeys, and emergency access can be reset or bypassed.

StepReview lifecycle

Compare HR data, contractor dates, groups, application assignments, and stale access.

StepConfirm audit visibility

Verify logs for sign-ins, MFA changes, role assignments, policy edits, federation changes, and OAuth grants.

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