The False Sense of Security: Defense Becoming a Vulnerability

In the evolving landscape of identity security, Microsoft Entra ID’s Privileged Identity Management (PIM) stands as a cornerstone solution promising just-in-time (JIT) access and least privilege enforcement. However, beneath this security veneer lies a troubling reality that many organizations fail to recognize, or won’t admit. This session will peel back the layers of PIM and JIT implementation to reveal how this widely-adopted control has often created a false sense of security rather than meaningful protection.

Drawing from experience analyzing diverse customer environments, I’ll demonstrate how common PIM implementations can reduce security to a mere procedural formality – transforming “”just-in-time”” into “”just-a-button”” that sophisticated adversaries easily circumvent.

I’ll reveal a couple gaps in PIM and improvements that convert checkbox security into actual protection.