Control: Azure > CIS v5.0 > 9 - Storage Services > 9.01 - Azure Files > 9.01.01 - Ensure soft delete for Azure File Shares is Enabled

Configures auditing against a CIS Benchmark item.

Level: 1

Azure Files offers soft delete for file shares, allowing you to easily recover your data when it is mistakenly deleted by an application or another storage account user

Important data could be accidentally deleted or removed by a malicious actor. With soft delete enabled, the data is retained for the defined retention period before permanent deletion, allowing for recovery of the data.

Resource Types

This control targets the following resource types:

Azure > Storage > Storage Account

Policies

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

In Your Workspace

Developers

Control Type URI

tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv5-0#/control/types/r090101

Category URI

tmod:@turbot/cis#/control/categories/v070501

GraphQL

query controlType(id: "tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv5-0#/control/types/r090101") { … }

query controls(filter: "controlTypeId:'tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv5-0#/control/types/r090101'") { … }

CLI

Get Controls

turbot graphql controls --filter "controlTypeId:tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv5-0#/control/types/r090101"