Separate administrative identities
Distinguish everyday, privileged and high-value personas so normal compromise does not automatically inherit administrative reach.
Privileged identity & access
Remove standing privilege.
Keep administration possible.
MAITS designs privileged identity architecture that connects separate administrative personas, strong authentication, eligible roles, activation, approval, evidence and emergency access.
PIM is not the whole PAM story
Microsoft Entra PIM governs eligible and time-bound role activation. Password vaults, endpoint privilege and broader privileged access management remain distinct controls.
Privilege decision
High-value access needs stronger context and clearer evidence.
Privileged identity architecture
Design every route to administrative power.
Eligible instead of permanently active
Use Microsoft Entra PIM where appropriate to make role access time-bound, visible and activated only when needed.
Strength, approval and justification
Set proportionate activation controls including authentication strength, approval, reason, duration and notification.
Break-glass access
Maintain monitored emergency access that is excluded only where necessary, protected carefully and tested before an incident.
Roles, groups and assignments
Identify standing privilege, indirect role paths, excessive scope, stale eligibility and ownership gaps across the tenant.
Reviews and evidence
Review privileged eligibility and activation, monitor changes, and keep the evidence required to explain administrative access.
Precise boundaries
Privilege is an identity, authentication and access problem.
Privileged Identity Management governs eligible and active assignments for supported Microsoft Entra and Azure roles and privileged groups.
Privileged authentication establishes stronger proof before sensitive access. Privileged access management is broader and can include vaulting, session control, endpoint privilege and operational controls outside PIM.
MAITS keeps those boundaries explicit so a PIM configuration is not mistaken for a complete privileged access programme.
Engagement path
Reduce privilege without breaking critical operations.
Discover
Map roles, groups, accounts, workloads, indirect paths, emergency access and operational dependencies.
Classify
Identify Tier 0 and other high-value administration, acceptable standing access and control strength.
Implement
Configure personas, eligibility, activation, Conditional Access, reviews and monitoring in controlled stages.
Assure
Test emergency paths, operational ownership, evidence, exceptions and continuing privilege hygiene.
Start a conversation
Make privileged access temporary, deliberate and explainable.
Start with the identities and roles that can materially change your environment.