darrenjrobinson – Bespoke Identity and Access Management Solutions
Enterprise Microsoft and SailPoint Identity & Access Management Architect
Model Context Protocol (MCP) is a powerful framework that extends AI clients like Claude and now VSCode with GitHub Copilot Agents with custom capabilities. Think of MCPs as plugins that give AI assistants new abilities – they can interact with APIs, access specific data sources, or perform specialised tasks that aren’t part of their base functionality.… keep reading
In August 2017 Troy Hunt released a sizeable list of Pwned Passwords. 320 Million in fact.
I subsequently wrote this post on Identifying Active Directory Users with Pwned Passwords using Microsoft/Forefront Identity Manager which called the API and sets a boolean attribute in the MIM Service that could be used with business logic to force users with accounts that have compromised passwords to change their password on next logon.… keep reading
Update: An element of this solution details checking passwords online (using the Have I Been Pwned API). Troy explains succinctly in his blog-post announcing the pwned passwords list why this is a bad idea. If you are looking to implement the concept I detail in this post then WE STRONGLY recommend using a local copy of the pwned password list.… keep reading