From Chief Product Officer Vibhuti Sinha:
We are thrilled to announce the general availability of Saviynt’s governance capabilities for Microsoft Entra ID Service Principals. These new features are designed to provide comprehensive visibility and control, ensuring your organization can meet compliance requirements while maintaining operational efficiency.
Over-provisioned and inactive service principals are a growing security concern. According to Microsoft’s 2024 State of Multicloud Security Report, only 3% of the permissions granted to service principals are used over the course of a year, leaving a vast majority of access rights unnecessarily exposed. These overly-permissioned service principals significantly expand the attack surface. If compromised, the blast radius can be substantial—potentially giving attackers access to critical systems and data.
Rajiv Kumar, Sr. Director of Product for Application Integration, has prepared this walk-through of new features designed to address the challenges of managing Microsoft Entra ID service principal access—supporting your journey toward stronger governance and control over non-human identities.
What’s New for Entra ID Service Principals
- Lifecycle Management: Manage the full lifecycle of service principals using approval workflows that prevent unnecessary creation. Leverage the Entra ID connector to gain visibility into detailed access permissions across your Azure environment.
- Fine-Grained Access Control: Implement fine-grained access controls to ensure service principals have only the permissions they need. Enable Just-in-Time access to grant temporary elevated access, reducing standing privilege risk.
- Ownership and Succession Management: Provide clear visibility into the ownership of each service principal. Assigning owners and applying succession policies ensures consistent and responsible management, even during team changes.
- Access Requests and Reviews: Use access request workflows to ensure all service principal access is properly approved. Support certification campaigns to identify orphaned accounts and right-size permissions as needed.
- Separation of Duties (SoD): Saviynt’s SoD capabilities detect potential or existing access conflicts and provide actionable paths for mitigation—helping prevent risky permission combinations across service principals.
Governance for Entra ID Service Principals
Key Benefits
- Enhanced Security: Implement new governance capabilities to significantly reduce the risk of data breaches and unauthorized access related to service principal usage.
- Ensure Compliance: Meet regulatory requirements through automated access reviews and certifications.
- Streamline Operations: Simplify access management, reduce the administrative burden on IT teams, and enable focus on more strategic initiatives.
Get Started Today
Experience the power and simplicity of Saviynt’s enhanced governance capabilities for Entra ID Service Principals. Contact us to schedule a demo and see how these features can benefit your organization.
To learn more, visit our product page.