Critical

Missing break-glass accounts

The tenant has fewer than two cloud-only Global Administrators dedicated as emergency access accounts.

Category
Roles
Default severity
Critical
Rule key
CHECK_NO_BREAK_GLASS_ACCOUNTS
Last updated

How to fix it

Create at least two cloud-only Global Administrator accounts, excluded from Conditional Access and standard MFA, stored securely for emergency access.

Required Microsoft Graph permissions

EntraAnalyzer needs the following read-only Graph permissions to evaluate this rule:

  • Directory.Read.All
  • RoleManagement.Read.Directory
  • User.Read.All

Further reading

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