📝 Microsoft Entra ID Users Can Create Security Groups In Azure Portals, API Or PowerShell is set to Yes 🟢

• Contextual name: 📝 Users Can Create Security Groups In Azure Portals, API Or PowerShell is set to Yes 🟢
• ID: /ce/ca/azure/microsoft-entra-id/disable-users-can-create-security-groups
• Located in: 📁 Microsoft Entra ID

Flags

• 🟢 Impossible policy
• 🟢 Policy with categories
• 🟢 Policy with type

Our Metadata

• Policy Type: COMPLIANCE_POLICY
• Policy Category:
  • SECURITY

Similar Policies

• Cloud Conformity
  • Users Can Create Security Groups

Description

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Description

Restrict security group creation to administrators only.

Rationale

When creating security groups is enabled, all users in the directory are allowed to create new security groups and add members to those groups. Unless a business requires this day-to-day delegation, security group creation should be restricted to administrators only.

Impact

Enabling this setting could create a number of requests that would need to be managed by an administrator.

Audit

From Azure Portal

1. From Azure Home select the Portal Menu.
2. Select Microsoft Entra ID.
3. Under Manage, select Groups.
4. Under Settings, select General.
5. Under Security Groups, ensure that Users can create security groups in Azure portals, API or PowerShell is set to No.

Default Value

By default, Users can create security groups in Azure portals, API or PowerShell is set to Yes.

References

1. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity/users/groups-self-service-management#making-a-group-available-for-end-user-self-service

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Remediation

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Remediation

From Azure Portal

1. From Azure Home select the Portal Menu.
2. Select Microsoft Entra ID.
3. Under Manage, select Groups.
4. Under Settings, select General.
5. Under Security Groups, set Users can create security groups in Azure portals, API or PowerShell to No.
6. Click Save.

policy.yaml

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Linked Framework Sections

Section	Sub Sections	Internal Rules	Policies	Flags
💼 CIS Azure v2.1.0 → 💼 1.18 Ensure that 'Users can create security groups in Azure portals, API or PowerShell' is set to 'No' - Level 2 (Manual)			1
💼 CIS Azure v3.0.0 → 💼 2.19 Ensure that 'Users can create security groups in Azure portals, API or PowerShell' is set to 'No' (Manual)			1
💼 Cloudaware Framework → 💼 User Account Management			14