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Security AdminAzure built-in role

Security Admin Role

Role IDfb1c8493-542b-48eb-b624-b4c8fea62acd
CategorySecurity
Actions14
Data actions0

What it can do

PermissionWhat it allows
Microsoft.Authorization/*/readAny read operation on anything under Microsoft.Authorization
Microsoft.Authorization/policyAssignments/*Every operation under Microsoft.Authorization/policyAssignments
Microsoft.Authorization/policyDefinitions/*Every operation under Microsoft.Authorization/policyDefinitions
Microsoft.Authorization/policyExemptions/*Every operation under Microsoft.Authorization/policyExemptions
Microsoft.Authorization/policySetDefinitions/*Every operation under Microsoft.Authorization/policySetDefinitions
Microsoft.Insights/alertRules/*Every operation under Microsoft.Insights/alertRules
Microsoft.Management/managementGroups/readList management groups for the authenticated user.
Microsoft.operationalInsights/workspaces/*/readAny read operation on anything under Microsoft.operationalInsights/workspaces
Microsoft.Resources/deployments/*Every operation under Microsoft.Resources/deployments
Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/resourceGroups/readGets or lists resource groups.
Microsoft.Security/*Every operation under Microsoft.Security
Microsoft.IoTSecurity/*Every operation under Microsoft.IoTSecurity
Microsoft.IoTFirmwareDefense/*Every operation under Microsoft.IoTFirmwareDefense
Microsoft.Support/*Every operation under Microsoft.Support

Assign it

Scope it as tightly as you can: a resource or resource group rather than the whole subscription.

azure cli
az role assignment create \
  --assignee "jane.doe@contoso.com" \
  --role "Security Admin" \
  --scope "/subscriptions/<subscription id>/resourceGroups/<resource group>"
powershell3 lines
New-AzRoleAssignment -SignInName "jane.doe@contoso.com" `
  -RoleDefinitionName "Security Admin" `
  -Scope "/subscriptions/<subscription id>/resourceGroups/<resource group>"
bicep7 lines
resource assignment 'Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments@2022-04-01' = {
  name: guid(resourceGroup().id, principalId, 'fb1c8493-542b-48eb-b624-b4c8fea62acd')
  properties: {
    roleDefinitionId: subscriptionResourceId('Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions', 'fb1c8493-542b-48eb-b624-b4c8fea62acd')
    principalId: principalId
  }
}

Who already has it?

kql · azure resource graph
authorizationresources
| where type == "microsoft.authorization/roleassignments"
| where tostring(properties.roleDefinitionId) endswith "fb1c8493-542b-48eb-b624-b4c8fea62acd"
| project principalId = tostring(properties.principalId), principalType = tostring(properties.principalType), scope = tostring(properties.scope)

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