Policy: Azure > CIS v4.0 > 06 - Identity Services > 06.19 - Ensure 'Users can create security groups' 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.

Targets

This policy targets the following resource types:

Azure > Active Directory > Directory

Primary Policy

This policy is used with the following primary policy:

Azure > CIS v4.0 > 06 - Identity Services

Azure > CIS v4.0 > 06 - Identity Services > 06.19 - Ensure 'Users can create security groups' is set to 'No' > Attestation

Controls

Setting this policy configures this control:

Azure > CIS v4.0 > 06 - Identity Services > 06.19 - Ensure that 'Users can create security groups in Azure portals, API or PowerShell' is set to 'No'

Policy Specification

Schema Type	`string`
Default	`Per Azure > CIS v4.0 > 06 - Identity Services`
Valid Values [YAML]	`Per Azure > CIS v4.0 > 06 - Identity Services` `Skip` `Check: Benchmark`

In Your Workspace

Policy Settings by Type report

Developers

Category URI

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

Policy Type URI

tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv4-0#/policy/types/r0619

GraphQL

query policyType(id: "tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv4-0#/policy/types/r0619") { … }

query policySettings(filter: "policyTypeId:'tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv4-0#/policy/types/r0619'") { … }

query policyValues(filter: "policyTypeId:'tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv4-0#/policy/types/r0619'") { … }

CLI

Get Policy Type

turbot graphql policy-type --id "tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv4-0#/policy/types/r0619"

Get Policy Settings

turbot graphql policy-settings --filter "policyTypeId:tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv4-0#/policy/types/r0619"