Policy: Azure > CIS v3.0 > 03 - Security

This section covers security best practice recommendations for products in the Azure Security services category.

Targets

This policy targets the following resource types:

Primary Policy

This policy is used with the following primary policy:

Azure > CIS v3.0

Controls

Setting this policy configures these controls:

Azure > CIS v3.0 > 03 - Security > 03.01 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud > 03.01.01 - Microsoft Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) > 03.01.01.01 - Ensure that Auto provisioning of 'Log Analytics agent for Azure VMs' is Set to 'On'
Azure > CIS v3.0 > 03 - Security > 03.01 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud > 03.01.01 - Microsoft Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) > 03.01.01.02 - Ensure that Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps integration with Microsoft Defender for Cloud is Selected
Azure > CIS v3.0 > 03 - Security > 03.01 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud > 03.01.03 - Defender Plan Servers > 03.01.03.01 - Ensure That Microsoft Defender for Servers Is Set to 'On'
Azure > CIS v3.0 > 03 - Security > 03.01 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud > 03.01.03 - Defender Plan Servers > 03.01.03.02 - Ensure that 'Vulnerability assessment for machines' component status is set to 'On'
Azure > CIS v3.0 > 03 - Security > 03.01 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud > 03.01.03 - Defender Plan Servers > 03.01.03.03 - Ensure that 'Endpoint protection' component status is set to 'On'
Azure > CIS v3.0 > 03 - Security > 03.01 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud > 03.01.03 - Defender Plan Servers > 03.01.03.04 - Ensure that 'Agentless scanning for machines' component status is set to 'On'
Azure > CIS v3.0 > 03 - Security > 03.01 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud > 03.01.03 - Defender Plan Servers > 03.01.03.05 - Ensure that 'File Integrity Monitoring' component status is set to 'On'
Azure > CIS v3.0 > 03 - Security > 03.01 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud > 03.01.04 - Defender Plan Containers > 03.01.04.01 - Ensure That Microsoft Defender for Containers Is Set To 'On'
Azure > CIS v3.0 > 03 - Security > 03.01 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud > 03.01.04 - Defender Plan Containers > 03.01.04.02 - Ensure that 'Agentless discovery for Kubernetes' component status 'On'
Azure > CIS v3.0 > 03 - Security > 03.01 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud > 03.01.04 - Defender Plan Containers > 03.01.04.03 - Ensure that 'Agentless container vulnerability assessment' component status is 'On'
Azure > CIS v3.0 > 03 - Security > 03.01 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud > 03.01.05 - Defender Plan - Storage > 03.01.05.01 - Ensure That Microsoft Defender for Storage Is Set To 'On'
Azure > CIS v3.0 > 03 - Security > 03.01 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud > 03.01.06 - Defender Plan - App Service > 03.01.06.01 - Ensure That Microsoft Defender for App Services Is Set To 'On'
Azure > CIS v3.0 > 03 - Security > 03.01 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud > 03.01.07 - Defender Plan - Databases > 03.01.07.01 - Ensure That Microsoft Defender for Azure Cosmos DB Is Set To 'On'
Azure > CIS v3.0 > 03 - Security > 03.01 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud > 03.01.07 - Defender Plan - Databases > 03.01.07.02 - Ensure That Microsoft Defender for Open-Source Relational Databases Is Set To 'On'
Azure > CIS v3.0 > 03 - Security > 03.01 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud > 03.01.07 - Defender Plan - Databases > 03.01.07.03 - Ensure That Microsoft Defender for (Managed Instance) Azure SQL Databases Is Set To 'On'
Azure > CIS v3.0 > 03 - Security > 03.01 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud > 03.01.07 - Defender Plan - Databases > 03.01.07.04 - Ensure That Microsoft Defender for SQL Servers on Machines Is Set To 'On'
Azure > CIS v3.0 > 03 - Security > 03.01 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud > 03.01.08 - Defender Plan - Key Vault > 03.01.08.01 - Ensure That Microsoft Defender for Key Vault Is Set To 'On'
Azure > CIS v3.0 > 03 - Security > 03.01 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud > 03.01.09 - Defender Plan - Resource Manager > 03.01.09.01 - Ensure That Microsoft Defender for Resource Manager Is Set To 'On'
Azure > CIS v3.0 > 03 - Security > 03.01 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud > 03.01.10 - Ensure that Microsoft Defender Recommendation for 'Apply system updates' status is 'Completed'
Azure > CIS v3.0 > 03 - Security > 03.01 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud > 03.01.11 - Ensure that Microsoft Cloud Security Benchmark policies are not set to 'Disabled'
Azure > CIS v3.0 > 03 - Security > 03.01 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud > 03.01.12 - Ensure That 'All users with the following roles' is set to 'Owner'
Azure > CIS v3.0 > 03 - Security > 03.01 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud > 03.01.13 - Ensure 'Additional email addresses' is Configured with a Security Contact Email
Azure > CIS v3.0 > 03 - Security > 03.01 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud > 03.01.14 - Ensure That 'Notify about alerts with the following severity' is Set to 'High'
Azure > CIS v3.0 > 03 - Security > 03.01 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud > 03.01.15 - Ensure that Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Monitoring (EASM) is enabled
Azure > CIS v3.0 > 03 - Security > 03.01 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud > 03.01.16 - [LEGACY] Ensure That Microsoft Defender for DNS Is Set To 'On'
Azure > CIS v3.0 > 03 - Security > 03.02 - Microsoft Defender for IoT > 03.02.01 - Ensure That Microsoft Defender for IoT Hub Is Set To 'On'
Azure > CIS v3.0 > 03 - Security > 03.03 - Key Vault > 03.03.01 - Ensure that the Expiration Date is set for all Keys in RBAC Key Vaults
Azure > CIS v3.0 > 03 - Security > 03.03 - Key Vault > 03.03.02 - Ensure that the Expiration Date is set for all Keys in Non-RBAC Key Vaults
Azure > CIS v3.0 > 03 - Security > 03.03 - Key Vault > 03.03.03 - Ensure that the Expiration Date is set for all Secrets in RBAC Key Vaults
Azure > CIS v3.0 > 03 - Security > 03.03 - Key Vault > 03.03.04 - Ensure that the Expiration Date is set for all Secrets in Non-RBAC Key Vaults
Azure > CIS v3.0 > 03 - Security > 03.03 - Key Vault > 03.03.05 - Ensure the Key Vault is Recoverable
Azure > CIS v3.0 > 03 - Security > 03.03 - Key Vault > 03.03.06 - Enable Role Based Access Control for Azure Key Vault
Azure > CIS v3.0 > 03 - Security > 03.03 - Key Vault > 03.03.07 - Ensure that Private Endpoints are Used for Azure Key Vault
Azure > CIS v3.0 > 03 - Security > 03.03 - Key Vault > 03.03.08 - Ensure Automatic Key Rotation is Enabled Within Azure Key Vault for the Supported Services

Policy Specification

Schema Type	`string`
Default	`Per Azure > CIS v3.0`
Valid Values [YAML]	`Per Azure > CIS v3.0` `Skip` `Check: All CIS Benchmarks except attestations` `Check: All CIS Benchmarks`
Examples [YAML]	`Skip`

In Your Workspace

Policy Settings by Type report

Developers

Category URI

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

Policy Type URI

tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv3-0#/policy/types/s03

GraphQL

query policyType(id: "tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv3-0#/policy/types/s03") { … }

query policySettings(filter: "policyTypeId:'tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv3-0#/policy/types/s03'") { … }

query policyValues(filter: "policyTypeId:'tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv3-0#/policy/types/s03'") { … }

CLI

Get Policy Type

turbot graphql policy-type --id "tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv3-0#/policy/types/s03"

Get Policy Settings

turbot graphql policy-settings --filter "policyTypeId:tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv3-0#/policy/types/s03"