Identity Under Control: CODGrid’s Entra ID Governance Strategy for Enterprise Compliance and Zero Trust

1. The Identity Governance Challenge

Organizations are adopting hundreds of SaaS apps and managing hybrid identities across on-premises AD + cloud systems.

The result?

❌ Orphaned accounts and privilege creep

❌ Manual provisioning and offboarding

❌ Compliance risks from unmanaged access

❌ Lack of lifecycle visibility

Entra ID Governance centralizes and automates it all.

2. What Microsoft Entra ID Governance Delivers

✅ Lifecycle Management — automate onboarding/offboarding + group memberships

✅ Access Reviews — enforce periodic user and app access audits

✅ Entitlement Management — control who can request access and for how long

✅ Compliance + Analytics — integrate with Purview for identity audit trails and Power BI for dashboards

3. CODGrid’s Entra ID Governance Framework

🔷 1. Discovery + Assessment

• Map all identities (internal + external) across systems
• Identify high-risk roles and orphaned accounts

🔷 2. Automation + Integration

• Deploy Entra ID Governance policies for lifecycle and entitlement management
• Integrate Purview for identity-related compliance and classification

🔷 3. Monitoring + Access Reviews

• Automate access certifications across departments
• Generate real-time dashboards in Power BI

🔷 4. Compliance + Reporting

• Maintain audit-ready records for GDPR, ISO, and SOC 2
• Automate remediation workflows via Power Automate

4. Case Study: Financial Services Enterprise

Challenge: No centralized identity lifecycle, increasing audit risk, and manual provisioning.

CODGrid Delivered:

✅ Entra ID Governance for automated access lifecycle

✅ Purview integration for compliance classification

✅ Power BI dashboards for access visibility

✅ Automated access review and certification workflows

📈 Result: 85% reduction in unauthorized access, full compliance readiness, and Zero Trust identity posture.

5. Executive Outcomes

✔️ Unified access visibility + lifecycle automation

✔️ Reduced insider risk and audit overhead

✔️ Continuous compliance with Entra ID + Purview integration

✔️ Strengthened Zero Trust security model

Govern Access. Enforce Trust. Stay Compliant.

📥 CODGrid’s Identity Governance Accelerator with Microsoft Entra ID enables enterprises to achieve automated, compliant, and risk-free access management across all systems and users.

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