Policy: Azure > CIS v5.0 > 3 - Compute Services > 3.01 - Virtual Machines > 3.01.01 - Ensure only MFA enabled identities can access privileged Virtual Machine

Configures auditing against a CIS Benchmark item.

Level: 1

Organizational policy should require that Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) is enabled for all users who have privileged access to Azure Virtual Machines.

This includes users with: - VM Contributor role - Custom roles with VM management permissions - Direct RDP/SSH access to production VMs - Just-in-time VM access

This is a manual control requiring attestation as the specific definition of "privileged access" varies by organization.

Targets

This policy targets the following resource types:

Azure > Subscription

Primary Policy

This policy is used with the following primary policy:

Azure > CIS v5.0 > 3 - Compute Services > 3.01 - Virtual Machines

Attestation

Controls

Setting this policy configures this control:

Azure > CIS v5.0 > 3 - Compute Services > 3.01 - Virtual Machines > 3.01.01 - Ensure only MFA enabled identities can access privileged Virtual Machine

Policy Specification

Schema Type	`string`
Default	`Per Azure > CIS v5.0 > 03 - Compute Services`
Valid Values [YAML]	`Per Azure > CIS v5.0 > 03 - Compute Services` `Skip` `Check: Benchmark using attestation`

In Your Workspace

Policy Settings by Type report

Developers

Category URI

tmod:@turbot/cis#/control/categories/v070405

Policy Type URI

tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv5-0#/policy/types/r030101

GraphQL

query policyType(id: "tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv5-0#/policy/types/r030101") { … }

query policySettings(filter: "policyTypeId:'tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv5-0#/policy/types/r030101'") { … }

query policyValues(filter: "policyTypeId:'tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv5-0#/policy/types/r030101'") { … }

CLI

Get Policy Type

turbot graphql policy-type --id "tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv5-0#/policy/types/r030101"

Get Policy Settings

turbot graphql policy-settings --filter "policyTypeId:tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv5-0#/policy/types/r030101"