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Auditing Admin Rights in Microsoft Entra ID

2026-08-27 21:01 UTC · SANS ISC · read the source ↗ #entra-id#identity#least-privilege
  • Engineer — Plan: Run an Entra ID privileged role audit this quarter: export current role assignments, flag stale accounts from departed staff, and scope down over-provisioned roles (e.g. helpdesk accounts holding Global Admin) to least-privilege equivalents.
  • SOC/IR — Learn: Useful framing for why excessive Entra admin roles expand blast radius during identity-based intrusions, but no new TTPs, IOCs, or detection content here.
  • Leader — Plan: Excess admin accounts are a recurring audit finding (CIS Control 4); scheduling a formal privileged-access review and documenting results strengthens posture for SOC 2 / ISO 27001 auditors asking exactly this question.
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