Cis Azure Foundations 5.20

Ensure 'Owners can manage group membership requests in My Groups' is set to 'No'

Description

Restrict security group management to administrators only.

Rationale

Restricting security group management to administrators only prohibits users from making changes to security groups. This ensures that security groups are appropriately managed and their management is not delegated to non-administrators.

Impact

Group Membership for user accounts will need to be handled by Admins and cause administrative overhead.

Audit Procedure

Using 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 Self Service Group Management, ensure that Owners can manage group membership requests in My Groups is set to No

Expected Result

Owners can manage group membership requests in My Groups should be set to No.

Remediation

Using 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 Self Service Group Management, set Owners can manage group membership requests in My Groups to No
6. Click Save

Default Value

By default, Owners can manage group membership requests in My Groups is set to No.

References

1. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity/users/groups-self-service-management#making-a-group-available-for-end-user-self-service
2. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/security/benchmark/azure/mcsb-privileged-access#pa-1-separate-and-limit-highly-privilegedadministrative-users
3. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/security/benchmark/azure/mcsb-privileged-access#pa-3-manage-lifecycle-of-identities-and-entitlements
4. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/security/benchmark/azure/mcsb-privileged-access#pa-8-determine-access-process-for-cloud-provider-support
5. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/security/benchmark/azure/mcsb-governance-strategy#gs-2-define-and-implement-enterprise-segmentationseparation-of-duties-strategy
6. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/security/benchmark/azure/mcsb-governance-strategy#gs-6-define-and-implement-identity-and-privileged-access-strategy

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