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Set 'Restrict access to Azure AD administration portal' to 'Yes' (Manual)
Profile Applicability
• Level 1
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.
Rationale
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.
Impact
All administrative tasks will need to be done by Administrators, causing additional overhead in management of users and resources.
Audit
From Azure Portal
- From Azure Home select the Portal Menu
- Select
Azure Active Directory
- Then
Users
- Select
User settings
- Ensure that
Restrict access to Azure AD administration portal
is set toYes
Please note that at this point of time, there is no Azure CLI or other API commands available to programmatically conduct security assessment for this recommendation.
Remediation
From Azure Portal
- From Azure Home select the Portal Menu.
- Select
Azure Active Directory
. - Select
Users
. - Select
User settings
. - Set
Restrict access to Azure AD administration portal
toYes
.
Please note that at this point in time, there is no Azure CLI or other API commands available to programmatically conduct security configuration for this recommendation.
References
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/active-directory-assign-admin-roles-azure-portal
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security/benchmark/azure/security-controls-v3-governance-strategy#gs-2-define-enterprise-segmentation-strategy
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security/benchmark/azure/security-controls-v3-governance-strategy#gs-6-define-identity-and-privileged-access-strategy
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security/benchmark/azure/security-controls-v3-privileged-access#pa-1-protect-and-limit-highly-privileged-users
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security/benchmark/azure/security-controls-v3-privileged-access#pa-2-restrict-administrative-access-to-business-critical-systems