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Azure managed_identities_for_azure_resources Mappings

Managed identities for Azure resources provide Azure services with an automatically managed identity in Azure Active Directory. You can use this identity to authenticate to any service that supports Azure AD authentication, without having to hard-code credentials in your code.

Mappings

Capability ID Capability Description Category Value ATT&CK ID ATT&CK Name Notes
managed_identities_for_azure_resources Managed identities for Azure resources protect minimal T1552 Unsecured Credentials
Comments
This control provides protection for one of this technique's sub-techniques, while not providing any protection for its procedure examples nor its remaining sub-techniques, resulting in an overall Minimal score.
References
  1. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/managed-identities-azure-resources/overview
managed_identities_for_azure_resources Managed identities for Azure resources protect partial T1552.001 Credentials In Files
Comments
This control provides an alternative to hard-coding credentials for accessing Azure services in application code. This control only protects credentials for accessing Azure services and not other credential types, resulting in a Partial coverage score.
References