Sigma rule: Certificate-Based Authentication Enabled

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-c4ceea3f2323, updated 2024-03-26T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
Certificate-Based Authentication Enabled
Status
test
Level
medium
Author
Harjot Shah Singh, '@cyb3rjy0t'
Date
2024-03-26
File
rules/cloud/azure/audit_logs/azure_ad_certificate_based_authencation_enabled.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects when certificate based authentication has been enabled in an Azure Active Directory tenant.

Log source

product
azure
service
auditlogs

Detection

selection:
    OperationName: 'Authentication Methods Policy Update'
    TargetResources.modifiedProperties|contains: 'AuthenticationMethodsPolicy'
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Unknown

Tags

  • attack.credential-access
  • attack.persistence
  • attack.privilege-escalation
  • attack.defense-impairment
  • attack.t1556

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

References

Read on 2026-11-03T00:58:21.399Z under licence sigma-drl-1.1@d5f4c36a from https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/cloud/azure/audit_logs/azure_ad_certificate_based_authencation_enabled.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "Certificate-Based Authentication Enabled" by Harjot Shah Singh, '@cyb3rjy0t' (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/cloud/azure/audit_logs/azure_ad_certificate_based_authencation_enabled.yml.
    Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License

    Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1

Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: Certificate-Based Authentication Enabled",
entity page, dataset version ref-c4ceea3f2323, updated 2024-03-26T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/c2496b41-16a9-4016-a776-b23f8910dc58 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule c2496b41-16a9-4016-a776-b23f8910dc58, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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