3 Layers of Protection in Entra Internet Access Network Identity and AI Security. Microsoft is improving the Entra Suite by expanding Entra Internet Access into a Secure Web and AI Gateway. Entra can now protect not just normal web and SaaS traffic, but also all AI traffic going in and out of your organization.
Every request, whether it’s to a website, a SaaS app, or an AI model, is checked and secured from a single, unified gateway. Microsoft uses three layers of protection to make this work. The first layer is network defense, which acts like a security shield between your organization and the internet.
The second layer is identity-based controls, which let you manage access to network traffic just like Conditional Access. The third layer is AI-aware protection, which can understand and secure AI-related traffic in real time. With this enhanced visibility, Entra Internet Access can now identify and block AI-related threats in real time, including prompt-injection attacks aimed at your AI apps and models.
It monitors traffic from both approved enterprise apps and unknown shadow AI tools, stopping any suspicious or risky activity immediately. This keeps your organization’s AI workloads secure, no matter what applications your employees use.
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3 Layers of Protection in Entra Internet Access Network Identity and AI Security
The solution connects with Microsoft Defender to detect when employees use AI tools or apps that the company has not approved. It shows which apps are being used, allowing the security team to decide which ones to allow, monitor, or block. This makes it easier to control employee app usage and helps prevent unexpected security risks.
| Microsoft Entra Suite |
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| Identity Protection |
| Identity Governance |
| Secure Web + AI Gateway |
| Zero Trust Network Access |
| Verifiable Credentials |
- Non-Human Identities and Agent Identities Gain Access Package Support with Entra Identity Governance for AI Agents
- Setup Risk-Based Conditional Access for Entra Agents to Automatically Protect against Compromised Agents
- How to Manage Agents through Microsoft Entra Agent ID Interface for Security and Zero Trust Enforcement
Microsoft Entra Suite Unveils a Secure Web + AI Gateway with Three Core Protection Layers
Microsoft Entra Suite introduces a Secure Web + AI Gateway that brings together three powerful security layers: network-layer defenses, identity-based controls, and AI-specific protections. With features like prompt injection protection, shadow AI visibility, and network file filtering, organizations get deep visibility and real-time protection across all web, SaaS, and AI traffic.
- Secure Web + AI Gateway
- Network layer defenses, identity-based controls, AI Specific protections
- Prompt injection protection
- Shadow AI and it visibility
- Network File filtering
Unify Identity and Network Access to Reduce Risk with Microsoft Entra Suite
By unifying identity and network access controls, Microsoft Entra Suite not only strengthens your overall security posture but also significantly reduces organizational risk. In fact, Forrester estimates a 30% reduction in identity risk exposure when using Microsoft Entra Suite. This unified approach improves visibility, tightens control, and helps protect identities more effectively across your environment.
| Microsoft Entra Suite |
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| 30% Reduction of risk exposure from identity based threats |
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Anoop C Nair has been Microsoft MVP from 2015 onwards for 10 consecutive years! He is a Workplace Solution Architect with more than 22+ years of experience in Workplace technologies. He is also a Blogger, Speaker, and Local User Group Community leader. His primary focus is on Device Management technologies like SCCM and Intune. He writes about technologies like Intune, SCCM, Windows, Cloud PC, Windows, Entra, Microsoft Security, Career, etc.