turbot/azure_compliance

Control: 1.17 Ensure that 'Restrict user ability to access groups features in the Access Pane' is Set to 'Yes'

Description

Restricts group creation to administrators with permissions only.

Self-service group management enables users to create and manage security groups or Office 365 groups in Microsoft Entra ID. Unless a business requires this day-to-day delegation for some users, self-service group management should be disabled.

Remediation

From Azure Portal

  1. From Azure Home select the Portal Menu.
  2. Select Microsoft Entra ID.
  3. Select Groups.
  4. Select General under Settings.
  5. Ensure that Restrict user ability to access groups features in My Groups is set to Yes.

Default Value

By default, Restrict user ability to access groups features in the Access Pane is set to No.

Usage

Run the control in your terminal:

powerpipe control run azure_compliance.control.cis_v210_1_17

Snapshot and share results via Turbot Pipes:

powerpipe login
powerpipe control run azure_compliance.control.cis_v210_1_17 --share

SQL

This control uses a named query:

ad_manual_control

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