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5.2.4.5 Ensure all admins are notified when other admins reset their password

Information

This setting determines whether or not all global administrators receive an email to their primary email address when other administrators reset their own passwords via the Self-Service Password Reset Portal.

The recommended state is Notify all admins when other admins reset their password? is set to Yes.

Administrator accounts are sensitive. Any password reset activity notification, when sent to all Administrators, ensures that all Global Administrators can passively confirm if such a reset is a common pattern within their group. For example, if all Administrators change their password every 30 days, any password reset activity before that may require administrator(s) to evaluate any unusual activity and confirm its origin.

NOTE: Nessus has not performed this check. Please review the benchmark to ensure target compliance.

Solution

To remediate using the UI:

 - Navigate to Microsoft Entra admin center https://entra.microsoft.com/.
 - Expand Entra ID > Password reset and select Notifications.
 - Set Notify all admins when other admins reset their password? to Yes
 - Click Save

Impact:

All Global Administrators will receive a notification from Azure every time a password is reset. This is useful for auditing procedures to confirm that there are no out of the ordinary password resets for Administrators. There is additional overhead, however, in the time required for Global Administrators to audit the notifications. This setting is only useful if all Global Administrators pay attention to the notifications and audit each one.

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/24620

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-2

Plugin: microsoft_azure

Control ID: c4be8dbbf57998aa4d15a87c12d34c4afc165f17eca6d4f47e6174ba1a27c65b