Lesson 4: Phish-Proof User Identities with Intune

While Intune is primarily focused on device management and security, it plays a role in preventing phishing attacks by enforcing device compliance policies. Here’s how:

• Conditional Access Policies: Intune allows administrators to set up conditional access policies. These policies can require devices to meet certain compliance criteria before granting access to corporate resources such as email or company apps. Phishing attacks often target email and apps, so by ensuring that only compliant devices can access these resources, you reduce the attack surface for phishing attempts. See our blog post: MFA is (Unconditionally) Not Enough.
• Device Health Attestation: Intune can assess the health of devices by checking for compliance with various security policies, including the presence of up-to-date antivirus software, encryption settings, and operating system updates. If a device doesn’t meet these criteria, access to corporate resources can be restricted. This helps protect against phishing attacks that might originate from compromised or vulnerable devices.
• App Protection Policies: Intune enables administrators to configure app protection policies that can prevent data leakage from corporate apps. For example, you can restrict the ability to copy and paste sensitive data from a corporate email app into a personal, unsecured email app. This helps prevent users from inadvertently sharing sensitive information in response to phishing emails.