Custom Role Has Admin Privileges

Overview

The principle of least privilege should be followed and only necessary privileges should be assigned instead of allowing full administrative access. Classic subscription admin roles offer basic access management and include Account Administrator, Service Administrator, and Co-Administrators. It is recommended the least necessary permissions be given initially. Permissions can be added as needed by the account holder. This ensures the account holder cannot perform actions which were not intended.

Vendor

Azure

Cloud Service

Access Control (IAM)

Related Controls

CIS Azure v2.0.0 1.23

References

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/billing/billing-add-change-azure-subscription-administrator, https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security/benchmark/azure/security-controls-v3-governance-strategy#gs-2-define-enterprise-segmentation-strategy, https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security/benchmark/azure/security-controls-v3-governance-strategy#gs-6-define-identity-and-privileged-access-strategy, https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security/benchmark/azure/security-controls-v3-privileged-access#pa-1-protect-and-limit-highly-privileged-users, https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security/benchmark/azure/security-controls-v3-privileged-access#pa-5-automate-entitlement-management, https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security/benchmark/azure/security-controls-v3-privileged-access#pa-2-restrict-administrative-access-to-business-critical-systems, https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security/benchmark/azure/security-controls-v3-governance-strategy#gs-2-define-enterprise-segmentation-strategy, https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security/benchmark/azure/security-controls-v3-governance-strategy#gs-6-define-identity-and-privileged-access-strategy, https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security/benchmark/azure/security-controls-v3-privileged-access#pa-7-follow-just-enough-administration-least-privilege-principle

Severity

3

Item Types

Microsoft.Authorization.roleDefinitions