Cloud misconfigurations remain the leading cause of enterprise data breaches. Riptide Cybersecurity’s CIS Azure & Entra ID Auditing performs systematic gap analysis and automated compliance verification against the CIS Microsoft Azure Foundations Benchmark and CIS Microsoft 365 / Entra ID Foundations Benchmark.
Benchmarks & Core Audit Areas
Our audit evaluates your cloud tenant against CIS Level 1 (Recommended Minimum) and CIS Level 2 (High Security / Sensitive Data) baselines:
- Entra ID Identity & Access Management: Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) enforcement across all users, disabling legacy authentication protocols, self-service password reset (SSPR) policies, and Privileged Identity Management (PIM) activation rules.
- Break-Glass Emergency Account Posture: Dedicated cloud-only emergency accounts excluded from Conditional Access with automated monitoring alerts.
- Application & Consent Governance: Restricting non-admin users from registering multi-tenant apps or consenting to high-privilege Graph API permissions (e.g.,
Mail.ReadWrite,Directory.ReadWrite.All). - Azure Storage & Database Security: Storage account public blob access disabling, enforcing TLS 1.2+, Azure Key Vault soft-delete and purge protection, and SQL Database Transparent Data Encryption (TDE).
- Network Security & Edge Routing: Network Security Groups (NSGs) auditing, restricting inbound RDP (3389) and SSH (22) from
0.0.0.0/0, and Virtual Network peering isolation. - Security Monitoring & Logging: Microsoft Defender for Cloud posture coverage, Activity Log export to Log Analytics / Microsoft Sentinel, and diagnostic alerts for subscription-level privilege changes.
Audit Deliverables & Remediation Guidance
- Executive CIS Compliance Scorecard: Clear percentage compliance rating mapping failed controls directly to NIST CSF and ISO 27001 requirements.
- Remediation & Architecture Roadmap: Step-by-step guidance and architectural recommendations to resolve failed controls and optimize cloud posture without disruption.
- Conditional Access Optimization Plan: Policy baseline recommendations ready to review and apply in Microsoft Intune and Entra Admin Center.
