EIDPIM-010: PIM Configuration Audit
- Platform
- Entra ID / M365
- Category
- Entra ID Privileged Identity Management
- 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
Privileged Identity Management role settings control the activation workflow including whether approval is required, whether justification must be provided, maximum activation duration, and notification recipients. Misconfigured PIM settings can allow privileged roles to be activated without oversight, effectively negating the security benefits of just-in-time access. Each privileged role should require approval from a designated approver, mandate activation justification, and send notifications to security personnel
Recommended value
All privileged roles configured with: approval required, justification required, maximum activation duration of 8 hours or less, and notifications enabled for role activation
Remediation
Navigate to Entra ID > Roles and administrators > Settings and review each privileged role configuration. Enable approval requirement with designated approvers, require activation justification, set maximum activation duration to 8 hours or less, and configure notification recipients for activation events. Pay special attention to Global Administrator, Privileged Role Administrator, and Exchange Administrator roles
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.7.5v1, MS.AAD.7.6v1
- NIST SP 800-53
- AC-2(4), AC-6(1)
- CIS M365 Benchmark
- 1.1.3
- MITRE ATT&CK
- T1078.004