📝 Microsoft Entra ID User Notify Users On Password Resets is set to No 🟢

• Contextual name: 📝 Notify Users On Password Resets is set to No 🟢
• ID: /ce/ca/azure/microsoft-entra-id/notify-users-on-password-resets
• 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
  • Notify Users On Password Resets

Description

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Description

Ensure that users are notified on their primary and secondary emails on password resets.

Rationale

User notification on password reset is a proactive way of confirming password reset activity. It helps the user to recognize unauthorized password reset activities.

Impact

Users will receive emails alerting them to password changes to both their primary and secondary emails.

Audit

From Azure Portal

1. From Azure Home select the Portal Menu.
2. Select Microsoft Entra ID.
3. Under Manage, select Users.
4. Under Manage, select Password reset.
5. Under Manage, select Notifications.
6. Ensure that Notify users on password resets? is set to Yes.

Default Value

By default, Notify users on password resets? is set to Yes.

References

1. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/authentication/tutorial-enable-sspr#set-up-notifications-and-customizations
2. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/active-directory-passwords-how-it-works#notifications
3. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/authentication/howto-sspr-deployment

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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 Users.
4. Under Manage, select Password reset.
5. Under Manage, select Notifications.
6. Set Notify users on password resets? to Yes.
7. Click Save.

policy.yaml

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Linked Framework Sections

Section	Sub Sections	Internal Rules	Policies	Flags
💼 CIS Azure v2.1.0 → 💼 1.8 Ensure that 'Notify users on password resets?' is set to 'Yes' - Level 1 (Manual)			1
💼 CIS Azure v3.0.0 → 💼 2.10 Ensure that 'Notify users on password resets?' is set to 'Yes' (Manual)			1
💼 Cloudaware Framework → 💼 Credential Lifecycle Management			17