Elastic Security Detection Rules

Entra ID MFA Disabled for User

Last updated 10 days ago on 2025-08-29
Created 5 years ago on 2020-08-20

About

Identifies when multi-factor authentication (MFA) is disabled for an Entra ID user account. An adversary may disable MFA for a user account in order to weaken the authentication requirements for the account.
Tags
Domain: CloudDomain: IdentityData Source: AzureData Source: Microsoft Entra IDData Source: Microsoft Entra ID Audit LogsUse Case: Identity and Access AuditTactic: PersistenceLanguage: kuery
Severity
medium
Risk Score
47
MITRE ATT&CK™

Persistence (TA0003)(opens in a new tab or window)

↳ Modify Authentication Process (T1556)(opens in a new tab or window)

License
Elastic License v2(opens in a new tab or window)

Definition

Rule Type
Query (Kibana Query Language)
Integration Pack
Prebuilt Security Detection Rules
Index Patterns
filebeat-*logs-azure.auditlogs-*
Related Integrations

azure(opens in a new tab or window)

Query
event.dataset: "azure.auditlogs" and
    (azure.auditlogs.operation_name: "Disable Strong Authentication" or
    (
        azure.auditlogs.operation_name: "User deleted security info" and
        azure.auditlogs.properties.additional_details.key: "AuthenticationMethod"
    )) and event.outcome: (Success or success)

Install detection rules in Elastic Security

Detect Entra ID MFA Disabled for User in the Elastic Security detection engine by installing this rule into your Elastic Stack.

To setup this rule, check out the installation guide for Prebuilt Security Detection Rules(opens in a new tab or window).