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

This section covers security recommendations for Azure Virtual Machines.

Azure Virtual Machines provide on-demand, scalable computing resources. Proper security configuration of VMs is essential to protect workloads and data.

Primary Policy

This policy is used with the following primary policy:

Azure > CIS v5.0 > 3 - Compute Services

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: 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-cisv5-0#/policy/types/s0301

GraphQL

query policyType(id: "tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv5-0#/policy/types/s0301") { … }

query policySettings(filter: "policyTypeId:'tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv5-0#/policy/types/s0301'") { … }

query policyValues(filter: "policyTypeId:'tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv5-0#/policy/types/s0301'") { … }

CLI

Get Policy Type

turbot graphql policy-type --id "tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv5-0#/policy/types/s0301"

Get Policy Settings

turbot graphql policy-settings --filter "policyTypeId:tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv5-0#/policy/types/s0301"

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

Primary Policy

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In Your Workspace

Developers