Reclaim Control: Automate Entra ID Governance with ENow App Governance Accelerator 3.0

In today’s enterprise environments, Microsoft Entra ID is at the heart of access, identity, and application connectivity. But with hundreds or thousands of app registrations, rapid DevOps cycles, and shadow IT and citizen development lurking around every corner, most organizations are losing control of their application security posture. 

Without visibility and automation, risks compound fast: 

• Unmonitored app secrets lead to data leaks. 
• Excessive API permissions expose sensitive systems. 
• Inactive apps linger with high-privilege access.

That’s why ENow has supercharged its App Governance Accelerator with a powerful new release, arming IT and security teams with intelligent automation, user engagement workflows, and visibility tools built for scale. 

New in This Release: Entra ID App Governance, Automated 

ENow’s latest update to its Enterprise edition addresses app governance friction at its core, enabling organizations to detect, act, and secure at scale. 

🚀 Automated App Remediation Workflows 

• Detect and disable high-risk apps automatically based on inactivity, permissions, or owner status. 
• Delete expired or unowned app registrations. 
• Shrink exposure windows from weeks to minutes, before attackers can exploit them. 
• Includes over 24 built-in workflows so you can accelerate app clean-up today! 

💬 Smart User Engagement 

• Notify app owners automatically via customizable workflows. 
• Escalate when owners fail to respond, or bypass interaction entirely for known policy violations. 
• Create workflows from built-in reports, add exclusions, and tailor message tone to fit your org culture. 

Benefit: Reduce back-and-forth noise, ensure faster remediation, and drive accountability without sacrificing end-user experience. 

👥 Role-Based Administration 

• Delegate responsibilities safely with pre-defined roles: Admin, Identity Engineer, and Read-Only Analyst. 
• Separate duties between engineering, security, and collaboration teams without compromising oversight. 

Benefit: Secure collaboration across departments while maintaining compliance and audit readiness. 

📊 New Workflow Status Dashboard 

Gain full transparency into every governance action across your tenant: 

• View all workflows in real-time, from "New" to "Completed with Exception." 
• Instantly identify failed workflows (e.g., no response, invalid user) and take corrective action. 

Benefit: Real-time insight into remediation effectiveness helps you identify bottlenecks, improve processes, and prove compliance to internal auditors and regulators. 

🔎 Save & Reuse Complex Queries 

• Create once, run repeatedly: ideal for regular audits, security reviews, and executive briefings. 
• Focus on analysis, not recreation. 

Benefit: Saves hours of manual effort and ensures consistent reporting across departments. 

🔐 App Registrations with API Permissions Report: Your New Line of Defense 

This isn’t just another report, it’s your frontline defense against over-privileged access, unauthorized third-party connections, and hidden shadow IT. 

With this new report, organizations can: 

• See every app registration and its API permissions across the tenant. 
• Pinpoint apps with excessive or unnecessary access to Microsoft Graph, SharePoint, Exchange, and third-party APIs. 
• Ensure permissions align with actual business needs, a critical principle of Zero Trust. 

️ Why This Matters: Real Attacks, Real Consequences 

• Identity-Based Incidents 
  • 90% of organizations experienced at least one identity-related security incident in the past year.
  • Of those, 84% reported a direct business impact, including operational distractions, financial losses, and damage to their reputation.

• Misconfigurations & Excessive Permissions 
  • According to Gartner, misconfiguration issues cause approximately 80% of data security breaches.
  • IDC found 79% of companies suffered at least one cloud data breach in the last 18 months; 61% cited improper IAM and permission configurations as a key cause.

• Credential-Based Breaches 
  • IDSA reports 37% of organizations experienced breaches due to stolen credentials.
  • Verizon’s 2025 Data Breach Investigation Report states nearly 80% of breaches involved stolen credentials in 2024. 

• Human Error 
  • IBM found 95% of breaches are caused by human error (e.g., weak passwords, phishing).

Real-World Breach Examples 

SolarWinds (2020) 

Attackers exploited a compromised code-signed update to breach thousands of organizations, highlighting how a single weak link in an app or API can have significant downstream consequences.

CircleCI (2023)

A malicious actor accessed internal systems via compromised OAuth tokens that granted API access to customer environments.

Midnight Blizzard/‘NOBELIUM’ (Microsoft, 2023)

Russian state-sponsored hackers abused OAuth credentials of trusted applications to infiltrate Microsoft 365 environments and breach executives’ mailboxes and sensitive Client information. 

Without visibility into what apps have API access and what they can do, you’re flying blind. 

💼 Benefits of ENow App Governance Accelerator 3.0 Enterprise

The Bottom Line 

The Entra ID app ecosystem isn’t slowing down, and manual governance won’t keep up. ENow’s App Governance Accelerator, Enterprise helps you: 

• See what matters 
• Engage who matters 
• Fix what matters 

Before it becomes tomorrow’s headline. 

🔎 Start with a Free Assessment with AppGov Score

 

Before you build your governance roadmap, benchmark your current posture. Our free App Governance Assessment provides a tailored report showing:

• How many apps lack owners
• How many Client Secrets are expired or at risk
• How many apps are over-permissioned or inactive
• Plus 21 other important checks! 

Know where your blind spots are, and then automate the fix with App Governance Accelerator Enterprise.