Posture check · Entra ID and hybrid
More than five Global Administrators (T1078.004)
Global Administrator can change any setting in the tenant and any other admin's access. Every extra holder is another account an attacker can use to take the tenant.
Why it matters
Each holder is an account that gives full control of the tenant. The more there are, the more chances for one stolen password or token.
How GraphnAI finds it
It runs after every sync, on each connected domain or tenant on its own. It applies to Microsoft Entra ID.
It reads:
- The directory attribute
accountEnabled - Group memberships
- 2 more GraphnAI analyses
Tiered Fidelity™ level: Theoretical
Every finding from this check carries the Theoretical level.
- TheoreticalThis checkConfigured in the directory. Nothing else checked.
- ConstrainedA constraint on it has been checked.
- ValidatedTelemetry has seen it in use.
How Select Fire™ fixes it
How to fix it
Remove Global Administrator from accounts that don't need it, or make them eligible in Privileged Identity Management.
What Select Fire changes
Select Fire opens from the finding and simulates each change on your live graph before anything changes in your directory.
- Remove directory role assignment For user accounts, groups and service principals.Manual: you approve each change one at a time, and no automation runs it.
Removing an admin role assignment takes that access away at once. The access plan shows which assignments change before anything runs.
By hand: Remove Global Administrator from accounts that don't need it, or make them eligible instead. The finding clears at five or fewer.
Related checks
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