Policy: Azure > CIS v2.0 > 07 - Virtual Machines > 7.07 - [Legacy] Ensure that VHDs are Encrypted

Configures auditing against a CIS Benchmark item.

Level: 2

NOTE: This is a legacy recommendation. Managed Disks are encrypted by default and recommended for all new VM implementations.

VHD (Virtual Hard Disks) are stored in blob storage and are the old-style disks that were attached to Virtual Machines. The blob VHD was then leased to the VM. By default, storage accounts are not encrypted, and Microsoft Defender will then recommend that the OS disks should be encrypted. Storage accounts can be encrypted as a whole using PMK or CMK. This should be turned on for storage accounts containing VHDs.

Resource Types

This policy targets the following resource types:

Azure > Compute > Disk

Primary Policy

This policy is used with the following primary policy:

Azure > CIS v2.0 > 07 - Virtual Machines

Attestation

Controls

Policy Specification

Schema Type	`string`
Default	`Per Azure > CIS v2.0 > 07 - Virtual Machines`
Valid Values [YAML]	`Per Azure > CIS v2.0 > 07 - Virtual Machines` `Skip` `Check: Benchmark using attestation`

In Your Workspace

Policy Settings by Type report

Developers

Category URI

tmod:@turbot/cis#/control/categories/v0713

Policy Type URI

tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv2-0#/policy/types/r0707

GraphQL

query policyType(id: "tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv2-0#/policy/types/r0707") { … }

query policySettings(filter: "policyTypeId:'tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv2-0#/policy/types/r0707'") { … }

query policyValues(filter: "policyTypeId:'tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv2-0#/policy/types/r0707'") { … }

CLI

Get Policy Type

turbot graphql policy-type --id "tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv2-0#/policy/types/r0707"

Get Policy Settings

turbot graphql policy-settings --filter "policyTypeId:tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv2-0#/policy/types/r0707"