EIDCA-013: User Risk-Based CA Policies
- Platform
- Entra ID / M365
- Category
- Entra ID Conditional Access
- Severity
- High
- Zero Trust pillar
- Identity (weight 3)
- Golden fixtures
- 3
- Branch coverage
- Observed: fixtures prove the verdicts they exercise
- Provenance
- baseline
What it checks
User risk-based Conditional Access policies respond to cumulative risk signals indicating a user account may be compromised, such as leaked credentials or anomalous activity patterns. Without user risk policies, accounts flagged as compromised by Identity Protection continue to operate normally without requiring password changes or additional verification.
Recommended value
CA policies configured to require password change for high user risk and MFA for medium user risk
Remediation
Create Conditional Access policies targeting all users with user risk conditions set to medium and high, requiring a secure password change as the grant control for high risk and MFA for medium risk. Ensure self-service password reset (SSPR) is enabled and registered for all users to allow automated remediation. Review the risky users report regularly and investigate accounts that remain at elevated risk levels.
Fixture-proven verdicts
Every verdict below is proven by a golden fixture in the module's gating test suite. This table derives from the last green run; it cannot be edited by hand.
| Scenario | Expected verdict |
|---|---|
| clean | PASS |
| known-bad | FAIL |
| throttled | Not Assessed |
Framework mappings
- CISA SCuBA
- MS.AAD.2.1v1
- NIST SP 800-53
- IA-2(13)
- CIS M365 Benchmark
- 5.2.2.8
- MITRE ATT&CK
- T1078.004