APP-01LowRecommended Secure

Application Ownership for Apps with Credentials

Workload Identity & Applications control for Microsoft 365 and Entra ID

Why This Control Matters

Apps with credentials (secrets or certificates) benefit from having owners for accountability during credential rotation. Apps without credentials don't need ownership tracking. Note: Owners can add credentials, so for privileged apps, restrict ownership to administrators.

Expected State

When this control is compliant, your tenant should meet these criteria:

  • 1Apps with secrets or certificates should have owners assigned
  • 2Owners enable accountability for credential rotation

Enforcement

Default Mode
Advisory

Alerts on deviations but does not make changes

Auto-Remediation
Manual Only

Informational only - tracks apps with credentials that lack owners

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