How Microsoft Is Securing AI Agents in Entra - Conditional Access, Zero Trust & the "Block" Debate

AI agents can make decisions and act faster than any human — which means your old identity security playbook no longer holds. In this episode of Entra Chat, [host name] sits down with Nikhil, a 10+ year Microsoft identity veteran from the Authentication Stack and Identity Protection team, to break down how Microsoft Entra, Conditional Access, Defender, and Purview are evolving to secure agentic AI.
We get into why “security = MFA” is dead, why the only recommended Conditional Access control for agents today is block (and why that’s actually good for your users), the missing “challenge” state…