🛡️ Microsoft Entra ID User Self-Service Password Reset does not require 2 authentication methods🟢⚪

• Contextual name: 🛡️ Self-Service Password Reset does not require 2 authentication methods🟢⚪
• ID: /ce/ca/azure/microsoft-entra-id/self-service-password-reset
• Tags:
  • ⚪ Impossible policy
  • 🟢 Policy with categories
  • 🟢 Policy with type
• Policy Type: COMPLIANCE_POLICY
• Policy Categories: SECURITY

Similar Policies

• Cloud Conformity: Number Of Methods Required To Reset Password

Description

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Description

Ensures that two alternate forms of identification are provided before allowing a password reset.

Rationale

A Self-service Password Reset (SSPR) through Azure Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) ensures the user's identity is confirmed using two separate methods of identification. With multiple methods set, an attacker would have to compromise both methods before they could maliciously reset a user's password.

Impact

There may be administrative overhead, as users who lose access to their secondary authentication methods will need an administrator with permissions to remove it. There will also need to be organization-wide security policies and training to teach administrators to verify the identity of the requesting user so that social engineering can not render this setting useless.

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. Select Authentication methods.
6. Ensure that Number of methods required to reset is set to 2.

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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. Select Authentication methods.
6. Set the Number of methods required to reset to 2.

policy.yaml

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Linked Framework Sections

Section	Sub Sections	Internal Rules	Policies	Flags	Compliance
💼 CIS Azure v2.1.0 → 💼 1.5 Ensure That 'Number of methods required to reset' is set to '2' - Level 1 (Manual)			1		no data
💼 CIS Azure v3.0.0 → 💼 2.5 Ensure That 'Number of methods required to reset' is set to '2' (Manual)			1		no data
💼 CIS Azure v4.0.0 → 💼 6.5 Ensure that 'Number of methods required to reset' is set to '2' (Manual)			1		no data
💼 Cloudaware Framework → 💼 Credential Lifecycle Management			18		no data