Microsoft 365
TMA-M365-5.2.4.5
Ensure all admins are notified when other admins reset their password
Description
This setting determines whether or not all global administrators receive an email to their primary email address when other administrators reset their own passwords via the Self-Service Password Reset Portal. The recommended state is Notify all admins when other admins reset their password? is set to Yes. Administrator accounts are sensitive. Any password reset activity notification, when sent to all Administrators, ensures that all Global Administrators can passively confirm if such a reset is a common pattern within their group. For example, if all Administrators change their password every 30 days, any password reset activity before that may require administrator(s) to evaluate any unusual activity and confirm its origin.
How it is checked
Audit method: Manual review
To audit using the UI: 1. Navigate to Microsoft Entra admin center https://entra.microsoft.com/. 2. Expand Entra ID > Password reset and select Notifications. 3. Verify that Notify all admins when other admins reset their password? is set to Yes
How it is fixed
Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch
To remediate using the UI: 1. Navigate to Microsoft Entra admin center https://entra.microsoft.com/. 2. Expand Entra ID > Password reset and select Notifications. 3. Set Notify all admins when other admins reset their password? to Yes 4. Click Save
Properties
- Operating systems
- Any
- Tags
- authm365saas
- Reference
- CIS Microsoft 365 Foundations Benchmark v7.0.0 - 5.2.4.5 Ensure all admins are notified when other admins reset their password