Higher education environments are uniquely exposed to identity risk.
High user turnover, decentralized administration and complex research collaborations make Active Directory (AD) and Entra ID difficult to govern at scale. Orphaned student and staff accounts, accumulated privileges and unmanaged service accounts create persistent attack paths – often without visibility or audit trails. Native tools struggle to keep up with modern complexity, increasing the likelihood of breaches and compliance gaps tied to FERPA and research grant mandates.
In this session, IAM expert Rob Kraczek will explore how Active Roles helps higher ed institutions enforce consistent identity governance, reduce risk and maintain operational autonomy across AD/Entra ID.
He’ll cover how to:
- Automate provisioning/deprovisioning to remove orphaned accounts and reduce exposure
- Apply least-privilege delegation with full auditing for departmental administrators
- Manage service accounts and hybrid AD/Entra ID environments with policy-based controls