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cis_1_4 — Ensure no custom subscription owner roles are created

Summary

Severity: High · Pillar: Identity · Chain role: AMPLIFIER

Description

Custom roles with Owner privileges bypass standard controls and can be used to obscure privilege escalation paths.

Mapping

Framework Control / Reference
NIST 800-53 AC-6(1)
NIST 800-207 Tenet 6 - Least privilege role assignment
CIS Azure 1.4
MITRE ATT&CK Technique T1098
MITRE ATT&CK Tactic Privilege Escalation
Zero-Trust Tenet Tenet 6
Framework tags nist-800-207, cis-azure-2.0, nist-800-53

Source

Rule defined at policies/azure/cis/identity/cis_1_4.rego.

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