Control: Azure > CIS v3.0 > 05 - Database Services > 05.04 - Azure Cosmos DB > 05.04.03 - Use Entra ID Client Authentication and Azure RBAC where possible

Configures auditing against a CIS Benchmark item.

Level: 1

Cosmos DB can use tokens or Entra ID for client authentication which in turn will use Azure RBAC for authorization. Using Entra ID is significantly more secure because Entra ID handles the credentials and allows for MFA and centralized management, and the Azure RBAC is better integrated with the rest of Azure.

Entra ID client authentication is considerably more secure than token-based authentication because the tokens must be persistent at the client. Entra ID does not require this.

Resource Types

This control targets the following resource types:

Azure > Subscription

Policies

This control type relies on these other policies when running actions:

In Your Workspace

Developers

Control Type URI

tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv3-0#/control/types/r050403

Category URI

tmod:@turbot/cis#/control/categories/v071602

GraphQL

query controlType(id: "tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv3-0#/control/types/r050403") { … }

query controls(filter: "controlTypeId:'tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv3-0#/control/types/r050403'") { … }

CLI

Get Controls

turbot graphql controls --filter "controlTypeId:tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv3-0#/control/types/r050403"