Information
Ensures that two alternate forms of identification are provided before allowing a password reset.
Rationale:
A Self-service Password Reset (SSPR) through Azure Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) ensures the user's identity is confirmed using two separate methods of identification. With multiple methods set, an attacker would have to compromise both methods before they could maliciously reset a user's password.
Impact:
There may be administrative overhead, as users who lose access to their secondary authentication methods will need an administrator with permissions to remove it. There will also need to be organization-wide security policies and training to teach administrators to verify the identity of the requesting user so that social engineering can not render this setting useless.
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Solution
From Azure Portal
From Azure Home select the Portal Menu
Select Microsoft Entra ID
Then Users
Select Password reset
Then Authentication methods
Set the Number of methods required to reset to 2
Default Value:
By default, the Number of methods required to reset is set to '2'.