T1078.004 Cloud Accounts Mappings

Adversaries may obtain and abuse credentials of a cloud account as a means of gaining Initial Access, Persistence, Privilege Escalation, or Defense Evasion. Cloud accounts are those created and configured by an organization for use by users, remote support, services, or for administration of resources within a cloud service provider or SaaS application. In some cases, cloud accounts may be federated with traditional identity management system, such as Window Active Directory. (Citation: AWS Identity Federation)(Citation: Google Federating GC)(Citation: Microsoft Deploying AD Federation)

Compromised credentials for cloud accounts can be used to harvest sensitive data from online storage accounts and databases. Access to cloud accounts can also be abused to gain Initial Access to a network by abusing a Trusted Relationship. Similar to Domain Accounts, compromise of federated cloud accounts may allow adversaries to more easily move laterally within an environment.

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Mappings

Capability ID Capability Description Mapping Type ATT&CK ID ATT&CK Name
AC-2 Account Management Protects T1078.004 Cloud Accounts
AC-20 Use of External Systems Protects T1078.004 Cloud Accounts
AC-3 Access Enforcement Protects T1078.004 Cloud Accounts
AC-5 Separation of Duties Protects T1078.004 Cloud Accounts
AC-6 Least Privilege Protects T1078.004 Cloud Accounts
AC-7 Unsuccessful Logon Attempts Protects T1078.004 Cloud Accounts
CA-7 Continuous Monitoring Protects T1078.004 Cloud Accounts
CM-5 Access Restrictions for Change Protects T1078.004 Cloud Accounts
CM-6 Configuration Settings Protects T1078.004 Cloud Accounts
IA-12 Identity Proofing Protects T1078.004 Cloud Accounts
IA-2 Identification and Authentication (organizational Users) Protects T1078.004 Cloud Accounts
IA-5 Authenticator Management Protects T1078.004 Cloud Accounts
SA-10 Developer Configuration Management Protects T1078.004 Cloud Accounts
SA-11 Developer Testing and Evaluation Protects T1078.004 Cloud Accounts
SA-15 Development Process, Standards, and Tools Protects T1078.004 Cloud Accounts
SA-16 Developer-provided Training Protects T1078.004 Cloud Accounts
SA-17 Developer Security and Privacy Architecture and Design Protects T1078.004 Cloud Accounts
SA-3 System Development Life Cycle Protects T1078.004 Cloud Accounts
SA-4 Acquisition Process Protects T1078.004 Cloud Accounts
SA-8 Security and Privacy Engineering Principles Protects T1078.004 Cloud Accounts
SC-28 Protection of Information at Rest Protects T1078.004 Cloud Accounts
SI-4 System Monitoring Protects T1078.004 Cloud Accounts
azure_ad_identity_protection Azure AD Identity Protection technique_scores T1078.004 Cloud Accounts
azure_ad_identity_protection Azure AD Identity Protection technique_scores T1078.004 Cloud Accounts
azure_security_center_recommendations Azure Security Center Recommendations technique_scores T1078.004 Cloud Accounts
azure_defender_for_storage Azure Defender for Storage technique_scores T1078.004 Cloud Accounts
azure_sentinel Azure Sentinel technique_scores T1078.004 Cloud Accounts
azure_ad_multi-factor_authentication Azure AD Multi-Factor Authentication technique_scores T1078.004 Cloud Accounts
role_based_access_control Role Based Access Control technique_scores T1078.004 Cloud Accounts
alerts_for_azure_cosmos_db Alerts for Azure Cosmos DB technique_scores T1078.004 Cloud Accounts
azure_policy Azure Policy technique_scores T1078.004 Cloud Accounts
azure_ad_privileged_identity_management Azure AD Privileged Identity Management technique_scores T1078.004 Cloud Accounts
advanced_threat_protection_for_azure_sql_database Advanced Threat Protection for Azure SQL Database technique_scores T1078.004 Cloud Accounts
conditional_access Conditional Access technique_scores T1078.004 Cloud Accounts
cloud_app_security_policies Cloud App Security Policies technique_scores T1078.004 Cloud Accounts
azure_ad_identity_secure_score Azure AD Identity Secure Score technique_scores T1078.004 Cloud Accounts
azure_ad_identity_secure_score Azure AD Identity Secure Score technique_scores T1078.004 Cloud Accounts
continuous_access_evaluation Continuous Access Evaluation technique_scores T1078.004 Cloud Accounts