Druva: Ransomware Risk to Power BI and Identity Data

Name: Druva: Ransomware Risk to Power BI and Identity Data
Uploaded: 2026-08-25T09:55:39-04:00
Duration: 1 min 26 s
Description: 80% of ransomware attacks start with a compromised identity. Once they're in, attackers go straight for your Power BI workspaces — deleting reports, models, and users. If you have no backup, you have no idea what's gone. Watch the complete webinar on...

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08/25/2026

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TL;DR

Microsoft data shows 80% of ransomware attacks originate from compromised identities — credentials, accounts, or tokens — making identity the primary attack surface.
Attackers use Entra ID to map your environment and target high-value assets like Power BI dashboards and sensitive data models before executing ransomware.
Without a prior point-in-time backup, organizations recovering from an identity attack have no way to determine what changed across Entra ID, Active Directory, or SharePoint.

Summary

This short-form clip, excerpted from a longer Druva webinar, illustrates how ransomware attackers exploit compromised identities to infiltrate Microsoft environments and ultimately target Power BI workspaces. According to Microsoft's own Digital Defense Report, 80 percent of ransomware attacks originate at the identity layer — through stolen credentials, compromised accounts, or hijacked tokens. Once inside, attackers use Entra ID to map the environment, identifying sensitive dashboards, reports, and data models before executing their ransom strategy. The clip emphasizes a critical recovery blind spot: even after Microsoft restores tenant access following a systemic identity attack, organizations have no baseline to compare against if they lack a prior point-in-time backup. Without that reference, IT teams cannot determine what configurations, permissions, or data were altered across Entra ID, Active Directory, SharePoint, or the Power Platform. Druva positions backup and recovery as the essential missing layer that closes this visibility gap, enabling organizations to understand exactly what changed and restore to a known-good state after an identity-based attack.

Chapters

0:00 - Identity as the Primary Attack Vector
0:15 - Entra ID Discovery and Targeting
0:38 - The Recovery Blind Spot
1:07 - Risk Exposure Across Power Platform

Key Quotes

0:00 "Microsoft reported in last year's digital defense report that of all the ransomware attacks, 80 percent of those were attributed to the identity layer."
0:29 "They know exactly what, who, what, when, why and where. And if you have these sensitive dashboard files in here, that's what they're going to go after."
0:54 "If you have no physical prior point of time, you have no idea what it was set to before."

FAQ

Why are Power BI workspaces specifically targeted in ransomware attacks?

Attackers use Entra ID to build a discovery model of the environment, identifying where sensitive data lives. Power BI dashboards and reports often contain high-value business intelligence, making them prime targets for exfiltration or destruction during a ransom event.

Why isn't Microsoft restoring tenant access enough to recover from an identity attack?

Tenant restoration only returns access — it doesn't tell you what changed. Without a point-in-time backup, there is no baseline to compare against, so organizations cannot determine what configurations, permissions, or data were modified across Entra ID, Active Directory, SharePoint, or Power Platform.

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» Webinar Library » Druva
» Data Protection » Backup & Recovery
» Cybersecurity » Identity & Access Management (IAM)
» Cybersecurity » Cloud Security
» Data Protection

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