Question 440
A user unexpectedly gains the Privileged Role Administrator role without a documented change. Which response best meets the security operations requirement?
Explanation
Correct Answer
Elevated role assignments provide an audit trail for potential privilege escalation. This directly addresses the requirement to investigate unauthorized privileged role assignment.
Incorrect Answers
Privileged activation can be authorized under controlled workflows. This addresses distinguish approved PIM elevation from misuse; it does not directly satisfy investigate unauthorized privileged role assignment.
Changes to privileged groups can confer authority even without a direct user role assignment. Its intended use is to detect indirect directory privilege escalation, whereas this case requires the analyst to investigate unauthorized privileged role assignment.
Application permissions can create high-privilege access independent of interactive user sessions. That action focuses on contain malicious app privilege elevation rather than the specified need to investigate unauthorized privileged role assignment.






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