EIDSCA.PR05 - Default Settings - Password Rule Settings - Smart Lockout - Lockout duration in seconds.

Overview

The minimum length in seconds of each lockout. If an account locks repeatedly, this duration increases.

Prevent attacks using smart lockout - Microsoft Entra ID - Microsoft Learn

Test script

https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/settings
.values -ge 60

Related links

• Open in Graph Explorer
• directorySetting resource type - Microsoft Graph beta | Microsoft Learn
• View in Microsoft Entra admin center

MITRE ATT&CK

Tactic	Technique	Mitigation
TA0006 - Credential Access - Credential Access	T1110 - Brute Force	M1018 - User Account Management M1027 - Password Policies

Test Metadata

Field	Value
Test ID	EIDSCA.PR05
Severity	Medium
Suite	Entra ID SCA
Category	General
PowerShell test	Test-MtEidscaPR05
Tags	EIDSCA, EIDSCA.PR05

Source

• Pester test: tests/EIDSCA/Test-EIDSCA.Generated.Tests.ps1
• PowerShell source: powershell/internal/eidsca/Test-MtEidscaPR05.ps1