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🛡️ Azure Tenant Creator Role Assignments are not periodically reviewed🟢⚪

  • Contextual name: 🛡️ Tenant Creator Role Assignments are not periodically reviewed🟢⚪
  • ID: /ce/ca/azure/subscription/tenant-creator-role-assignments
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  • Policy Type: COMPLIANCE_POLICY
  • Policy Categories: SECURITY

Description

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Description

Perform a periodic review of the Tenant Creator role assignment to ensure that the assignments are accurate and appropriate.

Rationale

Unnecessary assignments increase the risk of privilege escalation and unauthorized access.

Impact

Verify that the Tenant Creator role is no longer required by any assignments before removal to avoid disruption of critical functions.

Audit

From Azure Portal
  1. Go to Microsoft Entra ID.
  2. Under Manage, click Roles and administrators.
  3. In the search bar, type Tenant Creator.
  4. Click the role.
  5. Review the assignments and ensure that they are appropriate.

Default Value

The Tenant Creator role is not assigned by default.

References

  1. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory-b2c/tenant-management-check-tenant-creation-permission
  2. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity/role-based-access-control/permissions-reference#tenant-creator

Remediation

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Remediation

From Azure Portal

  1. Go to Microsoft Entra ID.
  2. Under Manage, click Roles and administrators.
  3. In the search bar, type Tenant Creator.
  4. Click the role.
  5. Click the name of an assignment.
  6. Check the box next to the Tenant Creator role.
  7. Click X Remove assignments.
  8. Click Yes.
  9. Repeat steps 1-8 for each assignment requiring remediation.

policy.yaml

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Linked Framework Sections

SectionSub SectionsInternal RulesPoliciesFlagsCompliance
💼 CIS Azure v5.0.0 → 💼 5.3.6 Ensure 'Tenant Creator' role assignments are periodically reviewed (Manual)1no data
💼 Cloudaware Framework → 💼 Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) Management18no data