Pipeline: 2.2.5 Ensure that A Multi-factor Authentication Policy Exists for All Users

Description

For designated users, they will be prompted to use their multi-factor authentication (MFA) process on logins.

Enabling multi-factor authentication is a recommended setting to limit the potential of accounts being compromised and limiting access to authenticated personnel.

Remediation

From Azure Portal

From Azure Home open Portal menu in the top left, and select Microsoft Entra ID.
Select Security.
Select Conditional Access.
Select Policies.
Click + New policy.
Enter a name for the policy.
Click the blue text under Users.
Under Include, select All users.
Under Exclude, check Users and groups.
Select users this policy should not apply to and click Select.
Click the blue text under Target resources.
Select All cloud apps.
Click the blue text under Grant.
Under Grant access, check Require multifactor authentication and click Select.
Set Enable policy to Report-only.
Click Create.

After testing the policy in report-only mode, update the Enable policy setting from Report-only to On.

Default Value

Starting October 2024, MFA will be required for all accounts by default.

Run the pipeline

To run this pipeline from your terminal:

flowpipe pipeline run azure_cis.pipeline.cis_v300_2_2_5

Use this pipeline

To call this pipeline from your pipeline, use a step:

step "pipeline" "step_name" {
  pipeline = azure_cis.pipeline.cis_v300_2_2_5  
}

Params

Name	Type	Required	Description	Default
database	connection.steampipe	Yes	Database connection string.	`connection.steampipe.default`
notifier	notifier	Yes	The name of the notifier to use for sending notification messages.	`notifier.default`
notification_level	string	Yes	The verbosity level of notification messages to send. Valid options are 'verbose', 'info', 'error'.	`info`
approvers	list(notifier)	Yes	List of notifiers to be used for obtaining action/approval decisions.	`notifier.default`

Outputs

This pipeline has no outputs.