Policy: Azure > CIS v3.0 > 08 - Virtual Machines > 08.06 - Ensure that 'Enable Data Access Authentication Mode' is 'Checked'

Configures auditing against a CIS Benchmark item.

Level: 1

Data Access Authentication Mode provides a method of uploading or exporting Virtual Machine Disks.

Enabling data access authentication mode adds a layer of protection using an Entra ID role to further restrict users from creating and using Secure Access Signature (SAS) tokens for exporting a detached managed disk or virtual machine state. Users will need the Data operator for managed disk role within Entra ID in order to download a VHD or VM Guest state using a secure URL.

Targets

This policy targets the following resource types:

Azure > Compute > Virtual Machine

Primary Policy

This policy is used with the following primary policy:

Azure > CIS v3.0 > 08 - Virtual Machines

Policy Specification

Schema Type	`string`
Default	`Per Azure > CIS v3.0 > 08 - Virtual Machines`
Valid Values [YAML]	`Per Azure > CIS v3.0 > 08 - Virtual Machines` `Skip` `Check: Benchmark`

In Your Workspace

Policy Settings by Type report

Developers

Category URI

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

Policy Type URI

tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv3-0#/policy/types/r0806

GraphQL

query policyType(id: "tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv3-0#/policy/types/r0806") { … }

query policySettings(filter: "policyTypeId:'tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv3-0#/policy/types/r0806'") { … }

query policyValues(filter: "policyTypeId:'tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv3-0#/policy/types/r0806'") { … }

CLI

Get Policy Type

turbot graphql policy-type --id "tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv3-0#/policy/types/r0806"

Get Policy Settings

turbot graphql policy-settings --filter "policyTypeId:tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv3-0#/policy/types/r0806"