Payroll Processing Platform

Security Authorisation Assessment

SA
Control · MFA-004

Multi-Factor Authentication for Privileged Access

Assessment of whether all privileged access paths are protected by phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication.

HIGHPartially Effective
Framework
Australian ISM · 1173
Domain
Identity & Access
Conclusion
Partially Effective
AI Confidence
89%
Affected Accounts
2 emergency admins
Last Assessed
Today 11:03
AI-Proposed ReasoningFor assessor confirmation
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MFA is enforced for 98% of privileged sign-ins via Conditional Access. Two emergency (break-glass) administrator accounts are excluded by policy. The proposed conclusion is Partially Effective: the exclusion is a recognised pattern but lacks compensating monitoring evidence.

Supporting Evidence
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Evidence considered in reaching this conclusion.

ReferenceEvidenceSourceAge
EVD-092Conditional Access policy exportEntra ID3 days
EVD-087Privileged access reviewEntra ID87 days
EVD-118Break-glass account inventoryEntra ID5 days
Counter-Evidence & Open Questions
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Flagged for the assessor to weigh before confirming.

  • No alerting evidence for break-glass account usage
  • Privileged access review evidence approaching 90-day expiry
  • Compensating control (PIM activation) not yet linked
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