Sigma rule: Changes To PIM Settings

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-449f869d8e5c, updated 2022-08-09T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title: Changes To PIM Settings
Status: test
Level: high
Author: Mark Morowczynski '@markmorow', Yochana Henderson, '@Yochana-H'
Date: 2022-08-09
File: rules/cloud/azure/audit_logs/azure_pim_change_settings.yml
Commit: ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects when changes are made to PIM roles

Log source

product: azure
service: auditlogs

Detection

selection:
    properties.message: Update role setting in PIM
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

Legit administrative PIM setting configuration changes

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

T1078.004

References

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/architecture/security-operations-privileged-identity-management#azure-ad-roles-assignment

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_pim_change_settings.yml

Sources and licences

SigmaHQ
"Changes To PIM Settings" by Mark Morowczynski '@markmorow', Yochana Henderson, '@Yochana-H' (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/cloud/azure/audit_logs/azure_pim_change_settings.yml.
Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License
Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1

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Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: Changes To PIM Settings",
entity page, dataset version ref-449f869d8e5c, updated 2022-08-09T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/db6c06c4-bf3b-421c-aa88-15672b88c743 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule db6c06c4-bf3b-421c-aa88-15672b88c743, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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