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zt_id_014 — No authentication strength policy enforced for administrators

Summary

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

Description

Authentication strength policies ensure administrators use phishing-resistant credentials such as FIDO2 or certificate-based authentication. Without an authentication strength requirement in Conditional Access, admins may authenticate with weaker methods vulnerable to token theft.

Mapping

Framework Control / Reference
NIST 800-53 IA-2(6)
NIST 800-207 Tenet 6 - Dynamic access policy and least privilege
CIS Azure
MITRE ATT&CK Technique T1556
MITRE ATT&CK Tactic Credential Access
Zero-Trust Tenet Tenet 6
Framework tags nist-800-207, argus-zt

Source

Rule defined at policies/azure/zt/identity/zt_id_014.rego.

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