Controls / MCSB / IM-4

MCSB IM-4: Identity Management

5 Senserva Microsoft 365 security checks provide evidence for Microsoft Cloud Security Benchmark control IM-4 (Identity Management). Each is checked against your tenant, ranked by Severity, with validated remediation.

5 checksIdentity ManagementTop Severity: High

What MCSB IM-4 covers

The Microsoft Cloud Security Benchmark is Microsoft's own security baseline for Azure and Microsoft 365, organized into control domains. IM-4 sits in the Identity Management domain. Senserva evidences it with the 5 checks below, so you can see, per tenant, whether the control is actually met rather than assumed.

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The 5 checks that evidence MCSB IM-4

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Senserva checkSeverityWhat it verifies
Sub Foreign Group Role AssignmentHighForeign group (outside the tenant) has a role assignment on the subscription
Access Guest With RolesMediumGuest (external) user has been assigned directory roles in the tenant. Guest accounts with roles expand the attack surface from external identities
Access Non Employee With RolesMediumNon-employee user (non-member type) has been assigned directory roles
User Not Enabled Guest With Roles Or LicenseMediumGuest user is not enabled but has roles or licenses assigned
Conditional Access MFA For Guest FoundInfoA Conditional Access policy enforcing MFA for guest/external users was found

Also evidences

The same checks provide evidence for these frameworks, so one fix counts across your obligations:

Every MCSB control and the checks that evidence it: the control reference. The full benchmark crosswalk: MCSB for Microsoft 365.

Reference: the compliance frameworks crosswalk, the check reference, and the audit guide.
Data notice: control mappings describe which Siemserva checks provide evidence for a control and are informational only, without warranty. They do not constitute compliance advice or certification; confirm requirements with your assessor. All use is subject to the Senserva EULA.