BitLocker Key & LAPS Password Retrieval Audit (30 days)
The question it answers: Who read BitLocker recovery keys or LAPS passwords in the last 30 days, and were there unusual bursts or night-time reads?
BitLocker recovery keys and LAPS passwords unlock devices. Help-desk staff read them for good reasons, one or two at a time. Dozens in a day, or reads at night, point to an insider or a compromised admin account collecting them.
At a glance
Section titled “At a glance”| Where in the app | Entra ID › Sign-in & Audit Investigations › BitLocker & LAPS Retrievals |
| Workload | Entra ID |
| Kind | Findings list · dashboard tile |
| Data | Read from Microsoft 365 when someone first opens it, then kept for the report cache lifetime (Settings > Data & cache, 1 hour unless changed). |
| Licence | No extra licence needed. |
| Report id (API and MCP) | entra.investigations.recovery-secret-reads |
Columns
Section titled “Columns”| Column | Key | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Severity | Severity | Status |
| Secret | Category | Text |
| Read by | Subject | Link |
| Check | Setting | Text |
| Devices | Value | Text |
| Finding | Finding | Text |
| Timing | Detail | Text |
| Last read | When | Date |
| Reads | Number | Number |
A findings list hides columns that no row fills. Severity is Critical, Serious, Warning, OK or Info; rows rated Critical, Serious or Warning need attention (Working with findings).
What it needs
Section titled “What it needs”Licence: No extra licence needed.
Application permissions on the IntensiveReports app registration (all permissions):
| Permission | API | What it allows | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
AuditLog.Read.All | Microsoft Graph | Read all audit log data |
Data sources it reads
GET /v1.0/auditLogs/directoryAudits?$filter=activityDisplayName eq 'Read BitLocker key'... activityDisplayName eq 'Recover device local administrator password'
Through the API and MCP
Section titled “Through the API and MCP”GET /ir-api/v1/reports/entra.investigations.recovery-secret-reads?size=100An AI assistant reads it with the MCP tool get_report and the id entra.investigations.recovery-secret-reads. The client needs the Read grant for Entra ID. See Using the API.