Microsoft Entra IDOverview
Ensure that the number of days before users are asked to re-confirm their authentication information is not set to 0.
Rationale
This setting is necessary if you have set up the Require users to register when signing in option. If authentication re-confirmation is disabled, registered users will never be prompted to re-confirm their existing authentication information. If a user's authentication information changes, such as a phone number or email, then the password reset information for that user reverts to the previously registered authentication information.
Impact
Users will be prompted for their multifactor authentication at the duration set here.
Default Value
By default, the Number of days before users are asked to re-confirm their authentication information is set to 180 days.
Manual Audit
There is no customer-facing API available to check the Password Reset Policy. Please refer to the Remediation tab. After you ensure the setting is correctly set, exempt the corresponding asset.
If you need this checked automatically (it would make sense if you have multiple Entra ID tenants with multiple administrators who might change settings) and are willing to provide additional permissions, reach out to your Cyscale contact person.
Remediation guidance
- Open Users | Password reset | Registration.
- Set the
Number of days before users are asked to re-confirm their authentication informationto your organization-defined frequency.
Service-wide remediation
Recommended when many resources are affected: fix the platform baseline first so new resources inherit the secure setting, then remediate the existing flagged resources in batches.
Microsoft Entra ID
Use tenant-wide Conditional Access, role settings, authentication policies, and identity governance baselines so the control is enforced centrally.
Operational rollout
- Fix the baseline first at the account, subscription, project, cluster, or tenant scope that owns this control.
- Remediate the currently affected resources in batches, starting with internet-exposed and production assets.
- Re-scan and track approved exceptions with an owner and expiry date.
Query logic
These are the stored checks tied to this control.
All Entra tenants
Connectors
Covered asset types
Expected check: eq []
{
connectors(where: {cloudProvider: "entra"}) {
...AssetFragment
}
}
