Change Conditional Access Policy


Description

This KQL query lists all conditional access policies that have been changed. The modification of authentication processes can be used to create persistence on an cloud account.

Query · kql

AuditLogs
| where OperationName == "Update conditional access policy"
| extend DeletedPolicy = TargetResources.[0].displayName, Actor = InitiatedBy.user.userPrincipalName
| project TimeGenerated, Actor, DeletedPolicy, TargetResources
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# Change Conditional Access Policy

## Query Information

#### MITRE ATT&CK Technique(s)

| Technique ID | Title    | Link    |
| ---  | --- | --- |
| T1556 | Modify Authentication Process | https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1556/ |

#### Description
This KQL query lists all conditional access policies that have been changed. The modification of authentication processes can be used to create persistence on an cloud account.

#### Risk
Adveries can update CA policies to get persistence by removing the necessary strong authentication mechanisms for a account.

#### References
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/architecture/security-operations-consumer-accounts
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/conditional-access/


## Sentinel
```KQL
AuditLogs
| where OperationName == "Update conditional access policy"
| extend DeletedPolicy = TargetResources.[0].displayName, Actor = InitiatedBy.user.userPrincipalName
| project TimeGenerated, Actor, DeletedPolicy, TargetResources
```

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