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1.17 Ensure That 'Restrict access to Azure AD administration portal' is Set 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​

  1. From Azure Home select the Portal Menu
  2. Select Azure Active Directory
  3. Then Users
  4. Select User settings
  5. Ensure that Restrict access to Azure AD administration portal is set to Yes

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​

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

Please note that at this point of 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