Glasgow Azure User Group #54

**5:45pm – 6:00pm Registration**

**6:00-6:15pm Welcome**

**6:15pm – 7:00pm** **\- Privileged Access is Broken \(Even When You Think It Isn’t\)**

Most organisations believe their privileged access is secure.

Multi-Factor Authentication is enabled. Conditional Access policies are in place. Privileged Identity Management (PIM) is configured. On paper, everything looks right.

In practice, privileged access remains one of the most common paths to compromise.

This session explores why.

Rather than focusing on individual controls, this session examines how privileged access is actually used in real-world environments, and why environments that appear secure frequently fail under operational pressure. Drawing on familiar patterns from on-premises administration through to modern cloud environments, it highlights how common behaviours such as convenience, speed, and “just getting it done” introduce risk, even when the correct controls are in place.

The session then introduces a structure