EIDCA-014: Session Controls Audit

Platform
Entra ID / M365
Category
Entra ID Conditional Access
Severity
Medium
Zero Trust pillar
Identity (weight 3)
Golden fixtures
3
Branch coverage
Observed: fixtures prove the verdicts they exercise
Provenance
baseline

What it checks

Conditional Access session controls govern sign-in frequency and browser session persistence. Without proper session controls, users may remain authenticated indefinitely, increasing the window of opportunity for session hijacking and token theft attacks.

Recommended value

Sign-in frequency set to no more than 24 hours for sensitive applications with persistent browser sessions disabled

Remediation

Review Conditional Access policies for session control configurations including sign-in frequency and persistent browser session settings. Configure sign-in frequency to appropriate intervals based on application sensitivity, with shorter intervals for privileged access. Disable persistent browser sessions for sensitive applications to ensure tokens expire and require re-authentication.

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.

Verdict scenarios for EIDCA-014
ScenarioExpected verdict
cleanPASS
known-badWARN
throttledNot Assessed

Framework mappings

NIST SP 800-53
AC-12, SC-10
CIS M365 Benchmark
5.2.2.6