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Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2022

Filed:

Jun. 11, 2020
Applicant:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Michael Eugene Stephens, Granite Fall, WA (US);

Mark David Morowczynski, Seattle, WA (US);

Oana Elena Enache, Bellevue, WA (US);

Steven Jay Lieberman, Sammamish, WA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/40 (2022.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/104 (2013.01); G06F 21/604 (2013.01); H04L 63/08 (2013.01); H04L 63/105 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2141 (2013.01);
Abstract

A secure cloud-based privileged access management (CBPAM) service manages on-premise resources. While enrolling an on-premise authentication domain admin group, a secured cloud-based shadow administrating group (SCBSAG) is created; a SCBSAG security identification includes at least part of the enrollee's security identification. The SCBSAG belongs to a clean CBPAM authentication domain which may be secured by defense in depth controls such as time limits on authentication or authorization, password avoidance, least privilege, one-way syncing, and one-way trust. Management via the configured SCBSAG may be fostered by emptying the on-premise admin group, although a break glass account may be kept. CBPAM services direct administrative actions toward on-premise resources through SCBSAGs for cloud tenants, providing secure management control as a service, with broader geographic scope and lower maintenance burdens and costs than privileged access management approaches that are not cloud-based.


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