Detection rules › Sigma
Too Many Global Admins
Identifies an event where there are there are too many accounts assigned the Global Administrator role.
Known false positives
- Investigate if threshold setting in PIM is too low.
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Initial Access | |
| Persistence | |
| Privilege Escalation | |
| Stealth |
Rule body
title: Too Many Global Admins
id: 7bbc309f-e2b1-4eb1-8369-131a367d67d3
status: test
description: Identifies an event where there are there are too many accounts assigned the Global Administrator role.
references:
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/id-governance/privileged-identity-management/pim-how-to-configure-security-alerts#there-are-too-many-global-administrators
author: Mark Morowczynski '@markmorow', Gloria Lee, '@gleeiamglo'
date: 2023-09-14
tags:
- attack.initial-access
- attack.stealth
- attack.t1078
- attack.persistence
- attack.privilege-escalation
logsource:
product: azure
service: pim
detection:
selection:
riskEventType: 'tooManyGlobalAdminsAssignedToTenantAlertIncident'
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- Investigate if threshold setting in PIM is too low.
level: high
Stages and Predicates
Stage 0: condition
selectionStage 1: selection
selection:
riskEventType: 'tooManyGlobalAdminsAssignedToTenantAlertIncident'
Indicators
These rows show field, operator, and value matches.
| Field | Kind | Values | Search |
|---|---|---|---|
riskEventType | eq |
| field:"azure_ad::risk_event_types" kind:eq value:"tooManyGlobalAdminsAssignedToTenantAlertIncident" |