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Identity & Access Management in Los Angeles, CA

Stolen credentials are involved in the majority of data breaches. Pro Link Systems manages your organization's identity and access controls — multi-factor authentication, device trust, and least-privilege access — so a compromised password never becomes a compromised business.

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Your credentials are the most targeted asset you own

Identity is the new perimeter. In a world where staff work remotely, use personal devices, and access cloud applications from anywhere, the traditional network boundary no longer defines security. What defines it now is identity — whether the right person, on a trusted device, with appropriate permissions, is behind every login. Attackers know this: credential theft, phishing for passwords, and account takeover are the most common initial access vectors in enterprise breaches.

Pro Link Systems implements and manages a layered identity and access program: multi-factor authentication that blocks account takeover even when passwords are stolen, device-trust policies that verify the health of every machine before granting access, conditional access rules that adapt to risk signals in real time, and a business password manager that eliminates the weak and reused credentials attackers rely on. For high-risk accounts — executives, finance, IT — we recommend phishing-resistant hardware security keys that provide the strongest available protection against targeted credential attacks.

Identity management is not a one-time deployment. It requires ongoing policy tuning, access reviews, and response to alerts like unusual login locations or suspicious mailbox activity. Our team manages all of it.

Identity and access, fully managed

From MFA to device trust to password management, every control is deployed and maintained by our team.

Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

Requires a second proof of identity — such as a one-tap app approval or one-time code — in addition to a password. Even if a credential is stolen, phished, or guessed, the account stays locked without that second factor. MFA is the single most effective control against account takeover, and it is foundational to every security program we deploy. For high-risk accounts handling financial transactions or executive communications, we recommend phishing-resistant hardware security keys (FIDO2) — the strongest defense against the targeted credential attacks behind wire fraud.

Protects against: Stolen passwords, credential phishing, account takeover, unauthorized logins.

Cisco Duo

A leading multi-factor authentication and secure access platform that goes beyond simple two-factor codes. Cisco Duo verifies the health and compliance of a device before granting access — so even a valid credential on an unmanaged or compromised device is blocked. One-tap phone approval makes strong authentication effortless for your team. Duo integrates with Microsoft 365, VPN, remote access, and most enterprise applications, giving you a consistent authentication experience across your environment.

Protects against: Credential theft, unmanaged and non-compliant device access, unauthorized remote access.

Microsoft Intune with Conditional Access

Intune centrally manages and enforces security settings on every company device — encryption, OS updates, configuration policy. Conditional Access then sets the rules for who may connect and under what conditions: access can be restricted to compliant, company-managed devices, blocked from untrusted geographies, or elevated with step-up authentication when risk signals are detected. We also harden your Microsoft 365 tenant — disabling legacy authentication protocols and alerting on suspicious mailbox-forwarding rules, a primary indicator of business email compromise.

Protects against: Unmanaged devices, logins from unexpected locations, legacy-auth exploitation, data exposure on non-compliant devices.

Business Password Manager

A centrally managed secure vault that generates strong, unique passwords for every account and allows staff to share credentials safely — eliminating the weak, reused, and sticky-note passwords that attackers actively target. The natural complement to MFA: even if a password vault entry is somehow obtained, MFA ensures it cannot be used for unauthorized access. We deploy and manage a business-grade password manager across your organization, with admin visibility and policy enforcement.

Protects against: Weak passwords, credential reuse, insecure password sharing, credential theft.

A zero-trust approach to identity

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Verify every user

MFA and Cisco Duo ensure that every login requires proof of identity beyond a password — whether in the office, at home, or traveling.

2

Verify every device

Intune Conditional Access checks the health and compliance of every device before granting access, blocking entry from unmanaged or compromised machines.

3

Limit what each person can reach

Least-privilege access controls ensure that staff can access what they need and nothing more — limiting blast radius if an account is compromised.

4

Monitor for anomalies

Unusual login patterns, unexpected geographic access, and suspicious mailbox activity are flagged and investigated in real time by our monitoring team.

Identity & access management — answered

Yes — Microsoft's own data shows that MFA blocks over 99% of automated account-compromise attacks. The vast majority of account takeovers rely on stolen or guessed passwords; adding a second factor means the attacker needs physical access to your phone or hardware key, not just your password. It is the single highest-ROI security control for most organizations, and we include it in every security program we deploy.
A hardware security key (like a YubiKey) is a physical USB or NFC device that generates a cryptographic proof of identity — one that cannot be phished because it is bound to the specific website it was registered on. When an employee uses a hardware key, even a convincing fake login page cannot harvest a usable credential. We recommend hardware keys for executives, finance team members, IT administrators, and any account with authority to approve payments or wire transfers — the accounts most commonly targeted by sophisticated attackers.
Conditional Access is a policy engine built into Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) that evaluates every sign-in attempt against a set of rules and decides whether to allow it, require additional verification, or block it entirely. Policies can be based on user, device compliance state, application, location, sign-in risk score, and more. For example: require MFA for all logins from outside the US; block all access from devices not enrolled in Intune; require a compliant device for access to financial applications. We design and manage your Conditional Access policies as part of the identity program.
Offboarding is one of the most commonly overlooked identity risks. We include access lifecycle management in every identity program: centralized user provisioning and deprovisioning through your identity provider, so that a single action revokes access across all integrated applications simultaneously. We also audit inactive accounts and stale access regularly, and alert on anomalous behavior from accounts that should have been deprovisioned.
Yes. Single sign-on lets your staff authenticate once and access all their applications without re-entering credentials for each one. SSO reduces password fatigue (which leads to weak passwords) while giving your IT team a single point to enforce MFA and access policy. We configure and manage SSO integration for Microsoft 365 and any application that supports SAML or OIDC authentication standards.