Policy: Azure > CIS v5.0 > 9 - Storage Services

Primary Policy

This policy is used with the following primary policy:

• Azure > CIS v5.0

Related Policies

• 9.01 - Azure Files
• 9.02 - Azure Blob Storage
• 9.03 - Storage Accounts
• Maximum Attestation Duration

Controls

Setting this policy configures these controls:

• Azure > CIS v5.0 > 9 - Storage Services > 9.01 - Azure Files > 9.01.01 - Ensure soft delete for Azure File Shares is Enabled
• Azure > CIS v5.0 > 9 - Storage Services > 9.01 - Azure Files > 9.01.02 - Ensure 'SMB protocol version' is set to 'SMB 3.1.1' or higher for SMB file shares
• Azure > CIS v5.0 > 9 - Storage Services > 9.01 - Azure Files > 9.01.03 - Ensure 'SMB channel encryption' is set to 'AES-256-GCM' or higher for SMB file shares
• Azure > CIS v5.0 > 9 - Storage Services > 9.02 - Azure Blob Storage > 9.02.01 - Ensure that soft delete for blobs on Azure Blob Storage storage accounts is Enabled
• Azure > CIS v5.0 > 9 - Storage Services > 9.02 - Azure Blob Storage > 9.02.02 - Ensure that soft delete for containers on Azure Blob Storage storage accounts is Enabled
• Azure > CIS v5.0 > 9 - Storage Services > 9.02 - Azure Blob Storage > 9.02.03 - Ensure 'Versioning' is set to 'Enabled' on Azure Blob Storage storage accounts
• Azure > CIS v5.0 > 9 - Storage Services > 9.03 - Storage Accounts > 9.03.01 - Secrets and Keys > 9.03.01.01 - Ensure that 'Enable key rotation reminders' is enabled for each Storage Account
• Azure > CIS v5.0 > 9 - Storage Services > 9.03 - Storage Accounts > 9.03.01 - Secrets and Keys > 9.03.01.02 - Ensure that Storage Account Access Keys are Periodically Regenerated
• Azure > CIS v5.0 > 9 - Storage Services > 9.03 - Storage Accounts > 9.03.01 - Secrets and Keys > 9.03.01.03 - Ensure 'Allow storage account key access' for Azure Storage Accounts is 'Disabled'
• Azure > CIS v5.0 > 9 - Storage Services > 9.03 - Storage Accounts > 9.03.02 - Networking > 9.03.02.01 - Ensure Private Endpoints are used to access Storage Accounts
• Azure > CIS v5.0 > 9 - Storage Services > 9.03 - Storage Accounts > 9.03.02 - Networking > 9.03.02.02 - Ensure that 'Public Network Access' is 'Disabled' for storage accounts
• Azure > CIS v5.0 > 9 - Storage Services > 9.03 - Storage Accounts > 9.03.02 - Networking > 9.03.02.03 - Ensure default network access rule for storage accounts is set to deny
• Azure > CIS v5.0 > 9 - Storage Services > 9.03 - Storage Accounts > 9.03.03 - Identity and Access Management > 9.03.03.01 - Ensure that 'Default to Microsoft Entra authorization in the Azure portal' is set to 'Enabled'
• Azure > CIS v5.0 > 9 - Storage Services > 9.03 - Storage Accounts > 9.03.04 - Ensure that 'Secure transfer required' is set to 'Enabled'
• Azure > CIS v5.0 > 9 - Storage Services > 9.03 - Storage Accounts > 9.03.05 - Ensure 'Allow Azure services on the trusted services list to access this storage account' is Enabled for Storage Account Access
• Azure > CIS v5.0 > 9 - Storage Services > 9.03 - Storage Accounts > 9.03.06 - Ensure the 'Minimum TLS version' for storage accounts is set to 'Version 1.2'
• Azure > CIS v5.0 > 9 - Storage Services > 9.03 - Storage Accounts > 9.03.07 - Ensure 'Cross Tenant Replication' is not enabled
• Azure > CIS v5.0 > 9 - Storage Services > 9.03 - Storage Accounts > 9.03.08 - Ensure that 'Allow Blob Anonymous Access' is set to 'Disabled'
• Azure > CIS v5.0 > 9 - Storage Services > 9.03 - Storage Accounts > 9.03.09 - Ensure Azure Resource Manager Delete locks are applied to Azure Storage Accounts
• Azure > CIS v5.0 > 9 - Storage Services > 9.03 - Storage Accounts > 9.03.10 - Ensure Azure Resource Manager ReadOnly locks are considered for Azure Storage Accounts
• Azure > CIS v5.0 > 9 - Storage Services > 9.03 - Storage Accounts > 9.03.11 - Ensure Redundancy is set to 'geo-redundant storage (GRS)' on critical Azure Storage Accounts

Policy Specification

string

Per Azure > CIS v5.0

Category

• CIS

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/s09

GraphQL

query policyType(id: "tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv5-0#/policy/types/s09") { … }

query policySettings(filter: "policyTypeId:'tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv5-0#/policy/types/s09'") { … }

query policyValues(filter: "policyTypeId:'tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv5-0#/policy/types/s09'") { … }

CLI

Get Policy Type

turbot graphql policy-type --id "tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv5-0#/policy/types/s09"

Get Policy Settings

turbot graphql policy-settings --filter "policyTypeId:tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv5-0#/policy/types/s09"