All high-risk users are triaged

Maester checks this too

MT.1260 (High-risk users should not be left unremediated in Entra ID Protection.) checks the same setting. Running both reports it twice.

Overview

Users considered at high risk by Microsoft Entra ID Protection have a high probability of compromise by threat actors. Threat actors can gain initial access via compromised valid accounts, where their suspicious activities continue despite triggering risk indicators. This oversight can enable persistence as threat actors perform activities that normally warrant investigation, such as unusual login patterns or suspicious inbox manipulation.

A lack of triage of these risky users allows for expanded reconnaissance activities and lateral movement, with anomalous behavior patterns continuing to generate uninvestigated alerts. Threat actors become emboldened as security teams show they aren’t actively responding to risk indicators.

Remediation

• Investigate high risk users in Microsoft Entra ID Protection
• Remediate high risk users and unblock in Microsoft Entra ID Protection

Run it

The check runs as part of the whole assessment, with the ZeroTrustAssessment module installed:

Install-Module ZeroTrustAssessment -Scope CurrentUser
Connect-Maester
Invoke-Maester -Pack ZTA -SkipBuiltIn

Leave out -SkipBuiltIn to run Maester’s own checks in the same run.

About this check

Severity	High
Effort to fix	High
Impact on users	Low
Pillar	Identity
Category	Monitoring
Product	Entra ID
Feature	Identity Protection
Area	Logging and detection
ATT&CK	T1078.004 Cloud Accounts
Licence	P2
Tenant	Workforce, External

Product, feature, area and ATT&CK are Maester’s: the assessment does not record them, so Maester keeps them in the pack’s taxonomy.json.

A Microsoft check, part of the Zero Trust Assessment pack. Text from ZeroTrustAssessment 3.1.0, © Microsoft, MIT licence.