If one or more risk detections suggest a sign-in might come from someone other than the real account holder, ID Protection in Microsoft Entra flags it, and it then shows up in a report of the same name.
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Terms in this definition
- Risk
As ISO 31000 puts it, how uncertainty affects objectives; that effect can be good or bad.
- Microsoft Entra ID Protection
Uses risk scores on users and sign-ins to spot, look into and fix threats to identities. Policies that respond to that risk live in Conditional Access, and a Microsoft Entra ID P2 licence is required.
- Microsoft Entra
The umbrella brand covering Microsoft's identity and network access portfolio. Internet Access, Private Access, External ID and ID Governance all belong to it, built on top of the core directory service, Entra ID.