Control: Azure > CIS v2.0 > 01 - Identity and Access Management > 1.19 - Ensure that 'Users can create security groups in Azure portals, API or PowerShell' is set to 'No'

Configures auditing against a CIS Benchmark item.

Level: 2

Restrict security group creation to administrators only.

When creating security groups is enabled, all users in the directory are allowed to create new security groups and add members to those groups. Unless a business requires this day-to-day delegation, security group creation should be restricted to administrators only.

Resource Types

This control targets the following resource types:

Azure > Active Directory > Directory

Policies

This control type relies on these other policies when running actions:

In Your Workspace

Developers

Control Type URI

tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv2-0#/control/types/r0119

Category URI

tmod:@turbot/cis#/control/categories/v071406

GraphQL

query controlType(id: "tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv2-0#/control/types/r0119") { … }

query controls(filter: "controlTypeId:'tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv2-0#/control/types/r0119'") { … }

CLI

Get Controls

turbot graphql controls --filter "controlTypeId:tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv2-0#/control/types/r0119"