Accounts That Increase Attack Surface Risk are user accounts with configuration settings that make the accounts more vulnerable to cyber attacks.
The Accounts That Increase Attack Surface Risk widget displays the number of accounts detected with settings that increase your
organization's attack surface risk over the past 30 days.
Types of risky accounts include:
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Synced admin accounts: Highly authorized admin accounts synced between Microsoft Entra ID and Active Directory
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Extra admin accounts: Potentially unnecessary admin accounts
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Stale accounts: Accounts that have been inactive for over 180 days
For detailed information about detected risky accounts, click View details.
The following table outlines the sections available on the details screen.
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Description
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Remediation actions
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Suggests remediation actions for each type of misconfigured account
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Threat Detections with Potential to Exploit Account Configuration
Risks
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Displays threat detections occurring in Microsoft Entra ID over
the last 30 days that have the potential to exploit account configuration risks.
Threat detections types include:
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Accounts That Increase Attack Surface Risk table
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Lists accounts in your organization with misconfigured account settings
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