Control: 1.17 Ensure That 'Restrict access to Azure AD administration portal' is Set to 'Yes'

Description

Restrict access to the Azure AD administration portal to administrators only.

NOTE: This only affects access to the Azure AD administrator's web portal. This setting does not prohibit privileged users from using other methods such as Rest API or Powershell to obtain sensitive information from Azure AD.

The Azure AD administrative portal has sensitive data and permission settings. All non- administrators should be prohibited from accessing any Azure AD data in the administration portal to avoid exposure.

Remediation

From Azure Portal

From Azure Home select the Portal Menu.
Select Azure Active Directory.
Then Users.
Select User settings.
Set Restrict access to Azure AD administration portal to Yes.

Default Value

By default, Restrict access to Azure AD administration portal is set to No.

Usage

Run the control in your terminal:

powerpipe control run azure_compliance.control.cis_v200_1_17

Snapshot and share results via Turbot Pipes:

powerpipe login
powerpipe control run azure_compliance.control.cis_v200_1_17 --share

SQL

This control uses a named query:

ad_manual_control