Microsoft Intune: Intune Suite - Improved elevation detection

🚨 The Signal: Intune Endpoint Privilege Management (EPM) now detects more Windows elevation actions. This enhances control over user privilege escalation, reducing the attack surface by preventing unauthorised administrative actions.

The Impact

Security teams and IT admins are affected; this reduces the risk of privilege escalation attacks.

  • Security Teams: Reduced risk from privilege escalation attacks.
  • IT Admins: Enhanced control over user application elevation.
  • End Users: Fewer instances of needing admin credentials for approved tasks.

The Action

  1. Review existing Endpoint Privilege Management policies in Microsoft Intune.
  2. Navigate to Endpoint security > Endpoint Privilege Management in the Microsoft Intune admin center.
  3. Evaluate and update elevation rules to leverage expanded detection capabilities.
  4. Test new or modified policies with a pilot group before broad deployment.

Domain: Intune · Impact: high · Workload: Intune · Essential Eight: Restrict Administrative Privileges · ISM: ISM-0445, ISM-1175, ISM-1380, ISM-1507, ISM-1508, ISM-1509, ISM-1647, ISM-1648, ISM-1650, ISM-1686, ISM-1688, ISM-1689, ISM-1883, ISM-1897, ISM-1898