MCSB PA-2: Privileged Access
10 Senserva Microsoft 365 security checks provide evidence for Microsoft Cloud Security Benchmark control PA-2 (Privileged Access). Each is checked against your tenant, ranked by Severity, with validated remediation.
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What MCSB PA-2 covers
The Microsoft Cloud Security Benchmark is Microsoft's own security baseline for Azure and Microsoft 365, organized into control domains. PA-2 sits in the Privileged Access domain. Senserva evidences it with the 10 checks below, so you can see, per tenant, whether the control is actually met rather than assumed.
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The 10 checks that evidence MCSB PA-2
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| Senserva check | Severity | What it verifies |
|---|---|---|
| PIM Policy Expiration Required | Critical | PIM policy does not require expiration for role assignments. Permanent assignments violate just-in-time access principles |
| Role Standing High Privilege Assignment | Critical | Standing (permanent, non-PIM) assignment on a high-privilege role |
| Pa Avoid Standing Access | High | Avoid standing access: privileged roles should use just-in-time activation via PIM |
| Pa Follow Least Privilege Principle | High | Follow least privilege principle: users and apps should have minimum permissions needed |
| PIM Policy Enablement Rule Not Set | High | PIM enablement rule is not set for a role. The role lacks activation workflow configuration |
| PIM Policy Justification Required | High | PIM policy requires a justification for role activation |
| PIM Policy Maximum Duration | High | PIM policy maximum activation duration for a role |
| PIM Policy Ticketing Required | High | PIM policy requires a support ticket number for role activation |
| PIM Policy PIM Approval Required | Info | PIM policy requires approval for role activation. Second-person authorization for privileged access |
| PIM Policy PIM MFA Required | Info | PIM policy requires MFA for role activation. Confirms step-up auth is enforced |
Also evidences
The same checks provide evidence for these frameworks, so one fix counts across your obligations:
Evidence this control in your own Microsoft 365
This page maps Microsoft Cloud Security Benchmark control PA-2 (Privileged Access) to the checks that prove it. Siemserva by Senserva runs those checks, and 650+ others, against your own tenant: it shows exactly where this control is met or failing, ranks the gaps by Severity, and produces the audit-ready evidence and validated fixes to close them.
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