117 - Make sure you have a break-glass admin account

You should have a break-glass admin account in your Azure tenant. In this episode, we talk about the importance of having one, how to configure it, and what things to consider regarding the security and monitoring of such an account. This episode is sponsored by ScriptRunner.

Show Notes

(00:00) Intro to the show, and catching up.
(04:54) Episode content starts.

Show links

- Manage emergency access accounts in Azure AD (Microsoft Docs)
- Jussi's blog on break-glass admin accounts (Jussi)

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Creators and Guests

Host

Jussi Roine

Bridging the gap between business and security 🛡 Senior Security Architect at Not Bad Security | Microsoft MVP/MCM

Host

Tobias Zimmergren

CTO, co-founder at pons.io | Co-host ctrlaltazure.com | Ex-Microsoft, ex-MVP.

What is Ctrl+Alt+Azure?

Weekly conversations for cloud architects, developers, CIOs, and CISOs navigating Microsoft Azure, cloud adoption strategy, security governance, identity, and agentic AI. Hosted by industry experts Tobias Zimmergren and Jussi Roine.