Details of the CMMC Level 3 (Azure Government) Regulatory Compliance built-in initiative

The following article details how the Azure Policy Regulatory Compliance built-in initiative definition maps to compliance domains and controls in CMMC Level 3 (Azure Government). For more information about this compliance standard, see CMMC Level 3. To understand Ownership, review the policy type and Shared responsibility in the cloud.

The following mappings are to the CMMC Level 3 controls. Many of the controls are implemented with an Azure Policy initiative definition. To review the complete initiative definition, open Policy in the Azure portal and select the Definitions page. Then, find and select the CMMC Level 3 Regulatory Compliance built-in initiative definition.

Important

Each control below is associated with one or more Azure Policy definitions. These policies may help you assess compliance with the control; however, there often is not a one-to-one or complete match between a control and one or more policies. As such, Compliant in Azure Policy refers only to the policy definitions themselves; this doesn't ensure you're fully compliant with all requirements of a control. In addition, the compliance standard includes controls that aren't addressed by any Azure Policy definitions at this time. Therefore, compliance in Azure Policy is only a partial view of your overall compliance status. The associations between compliance domains, controls, and Azure Policy definitions for this compliance standard may change over time. To view the change history, see the GitHub Commit History.

Access Control

Limit information system access to authorized users, processes acting on behalf of authorized users, and devices (including other information systems).

ID: CMMC L3 AC.1.001 Ownership: Shared

Name (Azure portal)	Description	Effect(s)	Version (GitHub)
App Service apps should have remote debugging turned off	Remote debugging requires inbound ports to be opened on an App Service app. Remote debugging should be turned off.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	2.0.0
App Service apps should not have CORS configured to allow every resource to access your apps	Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) should not allow all domains to access your app. Allow only required domains to interact with your app.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	2.0.0
Azure AI Services resources should restrict network access	By restricting network access, you can ensure that only allowed networks can access the service. This can be achieved by configuring network rules so that only applications from allowed networks can access the Azure AI service.	Audit, Deny, Disabled	3.2.0
Blocked accounts with owner permissions on Azure resources should be removed	Deprecated accounts with owner permissions should be removed from your subscription. Deprecated accounts are accounts that have been blocked from signing in.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.0
Blocked accounts with read and write permissions on Azure resources should be removed	Deprecated accounts should be removed from your subscriptions. Deprecated accounts are accounts that have been blocked from signing in.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.0
Container registries should not allow unrestricted network access	Azure container registries by default accept connections over the internet from hosts on any network. To protect your registries from potential threats, allow access from only specific private endpoints, public IP addresses or address ranges. If your registry doesn't have network rules configured, it will appear in the unhealthy resources. Learn more about Container Registry network rules here: https://aka.ms/acr/privatelink, https://aka.ms/acr/portal/public-network and https://aka.ms/acr/vnet.	Audit, Deny, Disabled	2.0.0
Function apps should have remote debugging turned off	Remote debugging requires inbound ports to be opened on Function apps. Remote debugging should be turned off.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	2.0.0
Function apps should not have CORS configured to allow every resource to access your apps	Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) should not allow all domains to access your Function app. Allow only required domains to interact with your Function app.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	2.0.0
Guest accounts with owner permissions on Azure resources should be removed	External accounts with owner permissions should be removed from your subscription in order to prevent unmonitored access.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.0
Guest accounts with read permissions on Azure resources should be removed	External accounts with read privileges should be removed from your subscription in order to prevent unmonitored access.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.0
Guest accounts with write permissions on Azure resources should be removed	External accounts with write privileges should be removed from your subscription in order to prevent unmonitored access.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.0
Management ports of virtual machines should be protected with just-in-time network access control	Possible network Just In Time (JIT) access will be monitored by Azure Security Center as recommendations	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	3.0.0
Public network access on Azure SQL Database should be disabled	Disabling the public network access property improves security by ensuring your Azure SQL Database can only be accessed from a private endpoint. This configuration denies all logins that match IP or virtual network based firewall rules.	Audit, Deny, Disabled	1.1.0
Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) should be used on Kubernetes Services	To provide granular filtering on the actions that users can perform, use Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) to manage permissions in Kubernetes Service Clusters and configure relevant authorization policies.	Audit, Disabled	1.0.4
Storage accounts should allow access from trusted Microsoft services	Some Microsoft services that interact with storage accounts operate from networks that can't be granted access through network rules. To help this type of service work as intended, allow the set of trusted Microsoft services to bypass the network rules. These services will then use strong authentication to access the storage account.	Audit, Deny, Disabled	1.0.0
Storage accounts should restrict network access	Network access to storage accounts should be restricted. Configure network rules so only applications from allowed networks can access the storage account. To allow connections from specific internet or on-premises clients, access can be granted to traffic from specific Azure virtual networks or to public internet IP address ranges	Audit, Deny, Disabled	1.1.1

Limit information system access to the types of transactions and functions that authorized users are permitted to execute.

ID: CMMC L3 AC.1.002 Ownership: Shared

Name (Azure portal)	Description	Effect(s)	Version (GitHub)
App Service apps should not have CORS configured to allow every resource to access your apps	Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) should not allow all domains to access your app. Allow only required domains to interact with your app.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	2.0.0
App Service apps should only be accessible over HTTPS	Use of HTTPS ensures server/service authentication and protects data in transit from network layer eavesdropping attacks.	Audit, Disabled, Deny	4.0.0
Azure AI Services resources should restrict network access	By restricting network access, you can ensure that only allowed networks can access the service. This can be achieved by configuring network rules so that only applications from allowed networks can access the Azure AI service.	Audit, Deny, Disabled	3.2.0
Container registries should not allow unrestricted network access	Azure container registries by default accept connections over the internet from hosts on any network. To protect your registries from potential threats, allow access from only specific private endpoints, public IP addresses or address ranges. If your registry doesn't have network rules configured, it will appear in the unhealthy resources. Learn more about Container Registry network rules here: https://aka.ms/acr/privatelink, https://aka.ms/acr/portal/public-network and https://aka.ms/acr/vnet.	Audit, Deny, Disabled	2.0.0
Enforce SSL connection should be enabled for MySQL database servers	Azure Database for MySQL supports connecting your Azure Database for MySQL server to client applications using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). Enforcing SSL connections between your database server and your client applications helps protect against 'man in the middle' attacks by encrypting the data stream between the server and your application. This configuration enforces that SSL is always enabled for accessing your database server.	Audit, Disabled	1.0.1
Enforce SSL connection should be enabled for PostgreSQL database servers	Azure Database for PostgreSQL supports connecting your Azure Database for PostgreSQL server to client applications using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). Enforcing SSL connections between your database server and your client applications helps protect against 'man in the middle' attacks by encrypting the data stream between the server and your application. This configuration enforces that SSL is always enabled for accessing your database server.	Audit, Disabled	1.0.1
Function apps should not have CORS configured to allow every resource to access your apps	Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) should not allow all domains to access your Function app. Allow only required domains to interact with your Function app.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	2.0.0
Function apps should only be accessible over HTTPS	Use of HTTPS ensures server/service authentication and protects data in transit from network layer eavesdropping attacks.	Audit, Disabled, Deny	5.0.0
Management ports of virtual machines should be protected with just-in-time network access control	Possible network Just In Time (JIT) access will be monitored by Azure Security Center as recommendations	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	3.0.0
Only secure connections to your Azure Cache for Redis should be enabled	Audit enabling of only connections via SSL to Azure Cache for Redis. Use of secure connections ensures authentication between the server and the service and protects data in transit from network layer attacks such as man-in-the-middle, eavesdropping, and session-hijacking	Audit, Deny, Disabled	1.0.0
Public network access on Azure SQL Database should be disabled	Disabling the public network access property improves security by ensuring your Azure SQL Database can only be accessed from a private endpoint. This configuration denies all logins that match IP or virtual network based firewall rules.	Audit, Deny, Disabled	1.1.0
Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) should be used on Kubernetes Services	To provide granular filtering on the actions that users can perform, use Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) to manage permissions in Kubernetes Service Clusters and configure relevant authorization policies.	Audit, Disabled	1.0.4
Secure transfer to storage accounts should be enabled	Audit requirement of Secure transfer in your storage account. Secure transfer is an option that forces your storage account to accept requests only from secure connections (HTTPS). Use of HTTPS ensures authentication between the server and the service and protects data in transit from network layer attacks such as man-in-the-middle, eavesdropping, and session-hijacking	Audit, Deny, Disabled	2.0.0
Storage accounts should allow access from trusted Microsoft services	Some Microsoft services that interact with storage accounts operate from networks that can't be granted access through network rules. To help this type of service work as intended, allow the set of trusted Microsoft services to bypass the network rules. These services will then use strong authentication to access the storage account.	Audit, Deny, Disabled	1.0.0
Storage accounts should restrict network access	Network access to storage accounts should be restricted. Configure network rules so only applications from allowed networks can access the storage account. To allow connections from specific internet or on-premises clients, access can be granted to traffic from specific Azure virtual networks or to public internet IP address ranges	Audit, Deny, Disabled	1.1.1

Verify and control/limit connections to and use of external information systems.

ID: CMMC L3 AC.1.003 Ownership: Shared

Name (Azure portal)	Description	Effect(s)	Version (GitHub)
Internet-facing virtual machines should be protected with network security groups	Protect your virtual machines from potential threats by restricting access to them with network security groups (NSG). Learn more about controlling traffic with NSGs at https://aka.ms/nsg-doc	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	3.0.0

Employ the principle of least privilege, including for specific security functions and privileged accounts.

ID: CMMC L3 AC.2.007 Ownership: Shared

Name (Azure portal)	Description	Effect(s)	Version (GitHub)
Guest accounts with read permissions on Azure resources should be removed	External accounts with read privileges should be removed from your subscription in order to prevent unmonitored access.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.0
Guest accounts with write permissions on Azure resources should be removed	External accounts with write privileges should be removed from your subscription in order to prevent unmonitored access.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.0
Management ports of virtual machines should be protected with just-in-time network access control	Possible network Just In Time (JIT) access will be monitored by Azure Security Center as recommendations	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	3.0.0
Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) should be used on Kubernetes Services	To provide granular filtering on the actions that users can perform, use Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) to manage permissions in Kubernetes Service Clusters and configure relevant authorization policies.	Audit, Disabled	1.0.4

Monitor and control remote access sessions.

ID: CMMC L3 AC.2.013 Ownership: Shared

Name (Azure portal)	Description	Effect(s)	Version (GitHub)
App Service apps should have remote debugging turned off	Remote debugging requires inbound ports to be opened on an App Service app. Remote debugging should be turned off.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	2.0.0
Function apps should have remote debugging turned off	Remote debugging requires inbound ports to be opened on Function apps. Remote debugging should be turned off.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	2.0.0
Management ports of virtual machines should be protected with just-in-time network access control	Possible network Just In Time (JIT) access will be monitored by Azure Security Center as recommendations	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	3.0.0
Network Watcher should be enabled	Network Watcher is a regional service that enables you to monitor and diagnose conditions at a network scenario level in, to, and from Azure. Scenario level monitoring enables you to diagnose problems at an end to end network level view. It is required to have a network watcher resource group to be created in every region where a virtual network is present. An alert is enabled if a network watcher resource group is not available in a particular region.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	3.0.0
Storage accounts should restrict network access	Network access to storage accounts should be restricted. Configure network rules so only applications from allowed networks can access the storage account. To allow connections from specific internet or on-premises clients, access can be granted to traffic from specific Azure virtual networks or to public internet IP address ranges	Audit, Deny, Disabled	1.1.1

Control the flow of CUI in accordance with approved authorizations.

ID: CMMC L3 AC.2.016 Ownership: Shared

Name (Azure portal)	Description	Effect(s)	Version (GitHub)
Azure AI Services resources should restrict network access	By restricting network access, you can ensure that only allowed networks can access the service. This can be achieved by configuring network rules so that only applications from allowed networks can access the Azure AI service.	Audit, Deny, Disabled	3.2.0
Container registries should not allow unrestricted network access	Azure container registries by default accept connections over the internet from hosts on any network. To protect your registries from potential threats, allow access from only specific private endpoints, public IP addresses or address ranges. If your registry doesn't have network rules configured, it will appear in the unhealthy resources. Learn more about Container Registry network rules here: https://aka.ms/acr/privatelink, https://aka.ms/acr/portal/public-network and https://aka.ms/acr/vnet.	Audit, Deny, Disabled	2.0.0
Function apps should not have CORS configured to allow every resource to access your apps	Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) should not allow all domains to access your Function app. Allow only required domains to interact with your Function app.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	2.0.0
Internet-facing virtual machines should be protected with network security groups	Protect your virtual machines from potential threats by restricting access to them with network security groups (NSG). Learn more about controlling traffic with NSGs at https://aka.ms/nsg-doc	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	3.0.0
Public network access on Azure SQL Database should be disabled	Disabling the public network access property improves security by ensuring your Azure SQL Database can only be accessed from a private endpoint. This configuration denies all logins that match IP or virtual network based firewall rules.	Audit, Deny, Disabled	1.1.0
Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) should be used on Kubernetes Services	To provide granular filtering on the actions that users can perform, use Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) to manage permissions in Kubernetes Service Clusters and configure relevant authorization policies.	Audit, Disabled	1.0.4
Storage accounts should restrict network access	Network access to storage accounts should be restricted. Configure network rules so only applications from allowed networks can access the storage account. To allow connections from specific internet or on-premises clients, access can be granted to traffic from specific Azure virtual networks or to public internet IP address ranges	Audit, Deny, Disabled	1.1.1

Separate the duties of individuals to reduce the risk of malevolent activity without collusion.

ID: CMMC L3 AC.3.017 Ownership: Shared

Name (Azure portal)	Description	Effect(s)	Version (GitHub)
A maximum of 3 owners should be designated for your subscription	It is recommended to designate up to 3 subscription owners in order to reduce the potential for breach by a compromised owner.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	3.0.0
There should be more than one owner assigned to your subscription	It is recommended to designate more than one subscription owner in order to have administrator access redundancy.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	3.0.0

Prevent non-privileged users from executing privileged functions and capture the execution of such functions in audit logs.

ID: CMMC L3 AC.3.018 Ownership: Shared

Name (Azure portal)	Description	Effect(s)	Version (GitHub)
An activity log alert should exist for specific Administrative operations	This policy audits specific Administrative operations with no activity log alerts configured.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.0
Audit usage of custom RBAC roles	Audit built-in roles such as 'Owner, Contributer, Reader' instead of custom RBAC roles, which are error prone. Using custom roles is treated as an exception and requires a rigorous review and threat modeling	Audit, Disabled	1.0.1

Authorize remote execution of privileged commands and remote access to security-relevant information.

ID: CMMC L3 AC.3.021 Ownership: Shared

Name (Azure portal)	Description	Effect(s)	Version (GitHub)
An activity log alert should exist for specific Administrative operations	This policy audits specific Administrative operations with no activity log alerts configured.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.0
An activity log alert should exist for specific Security operations	This policy audits specific Security operations with no activity log alerts configured.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.0
Guest Configuration extension should be installed on your machines	To ensure secure configurations of in-guest settings of your machine, install the Guest Configuration extension. In-guest settings that the extension monitors include the configuration of the operating system, application configuration or presence, and environment settings. Once installed, in-guest policies will be available such as 'Windows Exploit guard should be enabled'. Learn more at https://aka.ms/gcpol.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.2
Virtual machines' Guest Configuration extension should be deployed with system-assigned managed identity	The Guest Configuration extension requires a system assigned managed identity. Azure virtual machines in the scope of this policy will be non-compliant when they have the Guest Configuration extension installed but do not have a system assigned managed identity. Learn more at https://aka.ms/gcpol	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.1

Audit and Accountability

Ensure that the actions of individual system users can be uniquely traced to those users so they can be held accountable for their actions.

ID: CMMC L3 AU.2.041 Ownership: Shared

Name (Azure portal)	Description	Effect(s)	Version (GitHub)
[Preview]: Log Analytics Extension should be enabled for listed virtual machine images	Reports virtual machines as non-compliant if the virtual machine image is not in the list defined and the extension is not installed.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	2.0.1-preview
An activity log alert should exist for specific Administrative operations	This policy audits specific Administrative operations with no activity log alerts configured.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.0
An activity log alert should exist for specific Policy operations	This policy audits specific Policy operations with no activity log alerts configured.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	3.0.0
An activity log alert should exist for specific Security operations	This policy audits specific Security operations with no activity log alerts configured.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.0
Audit diagnostic setting for selected resource types	Audit diagnostic setting for selected resource types. Be sure to select only resource types which support diagnostics settings.	AuditIfNotExists	2.0.1
Auditing on SQL server should be enabled	Auditing on your SQL Server should be enabled to track database activities across all databases on the server and save them in an audit log.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	2.0.0
Azure Defender for SQL should be enabled for unprotected Azure SQL servers	Audit SQL servers without Advanced Data Security	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	2.0.1
Azure Defender for SQL should be enabled for unprotected SQL Managed Instances	Audit each SQL Managed Instance without advanced data security.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.2
Azure Monitor log profile should collect logs for categories 'write,' 'delete,' and 'action'	This policy ensures that a log profile collects logs for categories 'write,' 'delete,' and 'action'	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.0
Azure Monitor should collect activity logs from all regions	This policy audits the Azure Monitor log profile which does not export activities from all Azure supported regions including global.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	2.0.0
Azure subscriptions should have a log profile for Activity Log	This policy ensures if a log profile is enabled for exporting activity logs. It audits if there is no log profile created to export the logs either to a storage account or to an event hub.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.0
Log Analytics extension should be enabled in virtual machine scale sets for listed virtual machine images	Reports virtual machine scale sets as non-compliant if the virtual machine image is not in the list defined and the extension is not installed.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	2.0.1
The Log Analytics extension should be installed on Virtual Machine Scale Sets	This policy audits any Windows/Linux Virtual Machine Scale Sets if the Log Analytics extension is not installed.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.1
Virtual machines should be connected to a specified workspace	Reports virtual machines as non-compliant if they aren't logging to the Log Analytics workspace specified in the policy/initiative assignment.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.1.0
Virtual machines should have the Log Analytics extension installed	This policy audits any Windows/Linux virtual machines if the Log Analytics extension is not installed.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.1

Create and retain system audit logs and records to the extent needed to enable the monitoring, analysis, investigation, and reporting of unlawful or unauthorized system activity.

ID: CMMC L3 AU.2.042 Ownership: Shared

Name (Azure portal)	Description	Effect(s)	Version (GitHub)
[Preview]: Log Analytics Extension should be enabled for listed virtual machine images	Reports virtual machines as non-compliant if the virtual machine image is not in the list defined and the extension is not installed.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	2.0.1-preview
Activity log should be retained for at least one year	This policy audits the activity log if the retention is not set for 365 days or forever (retention days set to 0).	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.0
An activity log alert should exist for specific Administrative operations	This policy audits specific Administrative operations with no activity log alerts configured.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.0
An activity log alert should exist for specific Policy operations	This policy audits specific Policy operations with no activity log alerts configured.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	3.0.0
An activity log alert should exist for specific Security operations	This policy audits specific Security operations with no activity log alerts configured.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.0
Audit diagnostic setting for selected resource types	Audit diagnostic setting for selected resource types. Be sure to select only resource types which support diagnostics settings.	AuditIfNotExists	2.0.1
Auditing on SQL server should be enabled	Auditing on your SQL Server should be enabled to track database activities across all databases on the server and save them in an audit log.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	2.0.0
Azure Defender for SQL should be enabled for unprotected Azure SQL servers	Audit SQL servers without Advanced Data Security	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	2.0.1
Azure Defender for SQL should be enabled for unprotected SQL Managed Instances	Audit each SQL Managed Instance without advanced data security.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.2
Azure Monitor should collect activity logs from all regions	This policy audits the Azure Monitor log profile which does not export activities from all Azure supported regions including global.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	2.0.0
Azure subscriptions should have a log profile for Activity Log	This policy ensures if a log profile is enabled for exporting activity logs. It audits if there is no log profile created to export the logs either to a storage account or to an event hub.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.0
Log Analytics extension should be enabled in virtual machine scale sets for listed virtual machine images	Reports virtual machine scale sets as non-compliant if the virtual machine image is not in the list defined and the extension is not installed.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	2.0.1
The Log Analytics extension should be installed on Virtual Machine Scale Sets	This policy audits any Windows/Linux Virtual Machine Scale Sets if the Log Analytics extension is not installed.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.1
Virtual machines should be connected to a specified workspace	Reports virtual machines as non-compliant if they aren't logging to the Log Analytics workspace specified in the policy/initiative assignment.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.1.0
Virtual machines should have the Log Analytics extension installed	This policy audits any Windows/Linux virtual machines if the Log Analytics extension is not installed.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.1

Alert in the event of an audit logging process failure.

ID: CMMC L3 AU.3.046 Ownership: Shared

Name (Azure portal)	Description	Effect(s)	Version (GitHub)
[Preview]: Log Analytics Extension should be enabled for listed virtual machine images	Reports virtual machines as non-compliant if the virtual machine image is not in the list defined and the extension is not installed.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	2.0.1-preview
Audit diagnostic setting for selected resource types	Audit diagnostic setting for selected resource types. Be sure to select only resource types which support diagnostics settings.	AuditIfNotExists	2.0.1
Auditing on SQL server should be enabled	Auditing on your SQL Server should be enabled to track database activities across all databases on the server and save them in an audit log.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	2.0.0
Azure Defender for SQL should be enabled for unprotected Azure SQL servers	Audit SQL servers without Advanced Data Security	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	2.0.1
Azure Defender for SQL should be enabled for unprotected SQL Managed Instances	Audit each SQL Managed Instance without advanced data security.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.2
Log Analytics extension should be enabled in virtual machine scale sets for listed virtual machine images	Reports virtual machine scale sets as non-compliant if the virtual machine image is not in the list defined and the extension is not installed.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	2.0.1
Virtual machines should be connected to a specified workspace	Reports virtual machines as non-compliant if they aren't logging to the Log Analytics workspace specified in the policy/initiative assignment.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.1.0

Collect audit information (e.g., logs) into one or more central repositories.

ID: CMMC L3 AU.3.048 Ownership: Shared

Name (Azure portal)	Description	Effect(s)	Version (GitHub)
[Preview]: Log Analytics Extension should be enabled for listed virtual machine images	Reports virtual machines as non-compliant if the virtual machine image is not in the list defined and the extension is not installed.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	2.0.1-preview
App Service apps should have resource logs enabled	Audit enabling of resource logs on the app. This enables you to recreate activity trails for investigation purposes if a security incident occurs or your network is compromised.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	2.0.1
Audit diagnostic setting for selected resource types	Audit diagnostic setting for selected resource types. Be sure to select only resource types which support diagnostics settings.	AuditIfNotExists	2.0.1
Log Analytics extension should be enabled in virtual machine scale sets for listed virtual machine images	Reports virtual machine scale sets as non-compliant if the virtual machine image is not in the list defined and the extension is not installed.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	2.0.1
The Log Analytics extension should be installed on Virtual Machine Scale Sets	This policy audits any Windows/Linux Virtual Machine Scale Sets if the Log Analytics extension is not installed.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.1
Virtual machines should be connected to a specified workspace	Reports virtual machines as non-compliant if they aren't logging to the Log Analytics workspace specified in the policy/initiative assignment.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.1.0
Virtual machines should have the Log Analytics extension installed	This policy audits any Windows/Linux virtual machines if the Log Analytics extension is not installed.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.1

Protect audit information and audit logging tools from unauthorized access, modification, and deletion.

ID: CMMC L3 AU.3.049 Ownership: Shared

Name (Azure portal)	Description	Effect(s)	Version (GitHub)
An activity log alert should exist for specific Policy operations	This policy audits specific Policy operations with no activity log alerts configured.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	3.0.0
Audit diagnostic setting for selected resource types	Audit diagnostic setting for selected resource types. Be sure to select only resource types which support diagnostics settings.	AuditIfNotExists	2.0.1

Security Assessment

Periodically assess the security controls in organizational systems to determine if the controls are effective in their application.

ID: CMMC L3 CA.2.158 Ownership: Shared

Name (Azure portal)	Description	Effect(s)	Version (GitHub)
An activity log alert should exist for specific Security operations	This policy audits specific Security operations with no activity log alerts configured.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.0
Auditing on SQL server should be enabled	Auditing on your SQL Server should be enabled to track database activities across all databases on the server and save them in an audit log.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	2.0.0
Security Center standard pricing tier should be selected	The standard pricing tier enables threat detection for networks and virtual machines, providing threat intelligence, anomaly detection, and behavior analytics in Azure Security Center	Audit, Disabled	1.1.0
Vulnerability assessment should be enabled on SQL Managed Instance	Audit each SQL Managed Instance which doesn't have recurring vulnerability assessment scans enabled. Vulnerability assessment can discover, track, and help you remediate potential database vulnerabilities.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.1
Vulnerability assessment should be enabled on your SQL servers	Audit Azure SQL servers which do not have vulnerability assessment properly configured. Vulnerability assessment can discover, track, and help you remediate potential database vulnerabilities.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	3.0.0

Monitor security controls on an ongoing basis to ensure the continued effectiveness of the controls.

ID: CMMC L3 CA.3.161 Ownership: Shared

Name (Azure portal)	Description	Effect(s)	Version (GitHub)
An activity log alert should exist for specific Security operations	This policy audits specific Security operations with no activity log alerts configured.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.0
Auditing on SQL server should be enabled	Auditing on your SQL Server should be enabled to track database activities across all databases on the server and save them in an audit log.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	2.0.0
Security Center standard pricing tier should be selected	The standard pricing tier enables threat detection for networks and virtual machines, providing threat intelligence, anomaly detection, and behavior analytics in Azure Security Center	Audit, Disabled	1.1.0
Vulnerability assessment should be enabled on SQL Managed Instance	Audit each SQL Managed Instance which doesn't have recurring vulnerability assessment scans enabled. Vulnerability assessment can discover, track, and help you remediate potential database vulnerabilities.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.1
Vulnerability assessment should be enabled on your SQL servers	Audit Azure SQL servers which do not have vulnerability assessment properly configured. Vulnerability assessment can discover, track, and help you remediate potential database vulnerabilities.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	3.0.0

Configuration Management

Establish and maintain baseline configurations and inventories of organizational systems (including hardware, software, firmware, and documentation) throughout the respective system development life cycles.

ID: CMMC L3 CM.2.061 Ownership: Shared

Name (Azure portal)	Description	Effect(s)	Version (GitHub)
An activity log alert should exist for specific Policy operations	This policy audits specific Policy operations with no activity log alerts configured.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	3.0.0

Employ the principle of least functionality by configuring organizational systems to provide only essential capabilities.

ID: CMMC L3 CM.2.062 Ownership: Shared

Name (Azure portal)	Description	Effect(s)	Version (GitHub)
Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) should be used on Kubernetes Services	To provide granular filtering on the actions that users can perform, use Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) to manage permissions in Kubernetes Service Clusters and configure relevant authorization policies.	Audit, Disabled	1.0.4

Control and monitor user-installed software.

ID: CMMC L3 CM.2.063 Ownership: Shared

Name (Azure portal)	Description	Effect(s)	Version (GitHub)
Security Center standard pricing tier should be selected	The standard pricing tier enables threat detection for networks and virtual machines, providing threat intelligence, anomaly detection, and behavior analytics in Azure Security Center	Audit, Disabled	1.1.0

Establish and enforce security configuration settings for information technology products employed in organizational systems.

ID: CMMC L3 CM.2.064 Ownership: Shared

Name (Azure portal)	Description	Effect(s)	Version (GitHub)
All network ports should be restricted on network security groups associated to your virtual machine	Azure Security Center has identified some of your network security groups' inbound rules to be too permissive. Inbound rules should not allow access from 'Any' or 'Internet' ranges. This can potentially enable attackers to target your resources.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	3.0.0
Azure Defender for SQL should be enabled for unprotected Azure SQL servers	Audit SQL servers without Advanced Data Security	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	2.0.1
Azure Defender for SQL should be enabled for unprotected SQL Managed Instances	Audit each SQL Managed Instance without advanced data security.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.2
Azure Web Application Firewall should be enabled for Azure Front Door entry-points	Deploy Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF) in front of public facing web applications for additional inspection of incoming traffic. Web Application Firewall (WAF) provides centralized protection of your web applications from common exploits and vulnerabilities such as SQL injections, Cross-Site Scripting, local and remote file executions. You can also restrict access to your web applications by countries, IP address ranges, and other http(s) parameters via custom rules.	Audit, Deny, Disabled	1.0.2
Web Application Firewall (WAF) should be enabled for Application Gateway	Deploy Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF) in front of public facing web applications for additional inspection of incoming traffic. Web Application Firewall (WAF) provides centralized protection of your web applications from common exploits and vulnerabilities such as SQL injections, Cross-Site Scripting, local and remote file executions. You can also restrict access to your web applications by countries, IP address ranges, and other http(s) parameters via custom rules.	Audit, Deny, Disabled	2.0.0
Web Application Firewall (WAF) should use the specified mode for Application Gateway	Mandates the use of 'Detection' or 'Prevention' mode to be active on all Web Application Firewall policies for Application Gateway.	Audit, Deny, Disabled	1.0.0
Web Application Firewall (WAF) should use the specified mode for Azure Front Door Service	Mandates the use of 'Detection' or 'Prevention' mode to be active on all Web Application Firewall policies for Azure Front Door Service.	Audit, Deny, Disabled	1.0.0

Track, review, approve or disapprove, and log changes to organizational systems.

ID: CMMC L3 CM.2.065 Ownership: Shared

Name (Azure portal)	Description	Effect(s)	Version (GitHub)
An activity log alert should exist for specific Administrative operations	This policy audits specific Administrative operations with no activity log alerts configured.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.0
An activity log alert should exist for specific Policy operations	This policy audits specific Policy operations with no activity log alerts configured.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	3.0.0
An activity log alert should exist for specific Security operations	This policy audits specific Security operations with no activity log alerts configured.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.0
Azure Monitor should collect activity logs from all regions	This policy audits the Azure Monitor log profile which does not export activities from all Azure supported regions including global.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	2.0.0
Azure subscriptions should have a log profile for Activity Log	This policy ensures if a log profile is enabled for exporting activity logs. It audits if there is no log profile created to export the logs either to a storage account or to an event hub.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.0

Restrict, disable, or prevent the use of nonessential programs, functions, ports, protocols, and services.

ID: CMMC L3 CM.3.068 Ownership: Shared

Name (Azure portal)	Description	Effect(s)	Version (GitHub)
All network ports should be restricted on network security groups associated to your virtual machine	Azure Security Center has identified some of your network security groups' inbound rules to be too permissive. Inbound rules should not allow access from 'Any' or 'Internet' ranges. This can potentially enable attackers to target your resources.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	3.0.0
App Service apps should have remote debugging turned off	Remote debugging requires inbound ports to be opened on an App Service app. Remote debugging should be turned off.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	2.0.0
App Service apps should not have CORS configured to allow every resource to access your apps	Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) should not allow all domains to access your app. Allow only required domains to interact with your app.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	2.0.0
Azure AI Services resources should restrict network access	By restricting network access, you can ensure that only allowed networks can access the service. This can be achieved by configuring network rules so that only applications from allowed networks can access the Azure AI service.	Audit, Deny, Disabled	3.2.0
Container registries should not allow unrestricted network access	Azure container registries by default accept connections over the internet from hosts on any network. To protect your registries from potential threats, allow access from only specific private endpoints, public IP addresses or address ranges. If your registry doesn't have network rules configured, it will appear in the unhealthy resources. Learn more about Container Registry network rules here: https://aka.ms/acr/privatelink, https://aka.ms/acr/portal/public-network and https://aka.ms/acr/vnet.	Audit, Deny, Disabled	2.0.0
Function apps should have remote debugging turned off	Remote debugging requires inbound ports to be opened on Function apps. Remote debugging should be turned off.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	2.0.0
Function apps should not have CORS configured to allow every resource to access your apps	Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) should not allow all domains to access your Function app. Allow only required domains to interact with your Function app.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	2.0.0
Internet-facing virtual machines should be protected with network security groups	Protect your virtual machines from potential threats by restricting access to them with network security groups (NSG). Learn more about controlling traffic with NSGs at https://aka.ms/nsg-doc	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	3.0.0
Management ports of virtual machines should be protected with just-in-time network access control	Possible network Just In Time (JIT) access will be monitored by Azure Security Center as recommendations	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	3.0.0
Non-internet-facing virtual machines should be protected with network security groups	Protect your non-internet-facing virtual machines from potential threats by restricting access with network security groups (NSG). Learn more about controlling traffic with NSGs at https://aka.ms/nsg-doc	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	3.0.0
Public network access on Azure SQL Database should be disabled	Disabling the public network access property improves security by ensuring your Azure SQL Database can only be accessed from a private endpoint. This configuration denies all logins that match IP or virtual network based firewall rules.	Audit, Deny, Disabled	1.1.0
Storage accounts should restrict network access	Network access to storage accounts should be restricted. Configure network rules so only applications from allowed networks can access the storage account. To allow connections from specific internet or on-premises clients, access can be granted to traffic from specific Azure virtual networks or to public internet IP address ranges	Audit, Deny, Disabled	1.1.1
Subnets should be associated with a Network Security Group	Protect your subnet from potential threats by restricting access to it with a Network Security Group (NSG). NSGs contain a list of Access Control List (ACL) rules that allow or deny network traffic to your subnet.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	3.0.0

Identification and Authentication

Authenticate (or verify) the identities of those users, processes, or devices, as a prerequisite to allowing access to organizational information systems.

ID: CMMC L3 IA.1.077 Ownership: Shared

Name (Azure portal)	Description	Effect(s)	Version (GitHub)
Accounts with owner permissions on Azure resources should be MFA enabled	Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) should be enabled for all subscription accounts with owner permissions to prevent a breach of accounts or resources.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.0
Accounts with read permissions on Azure resources should be MFA enabled	Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) should be enabled for all subscription accounts with read privileges to prevent a breach of accounts or resources.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.0
Accounts with write permissions on Azure resources should be MFA enabled	Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) should be enabled for all subscription accounts with write privileges to prevent a breach of accounts or resources.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.0

Use multifactor authentication for local and network access to privileged accounts and for network access to non-privileged accounts.

ID: CMMC L3 IA.3.083 Ownership: Shared

Name (Azure portal)	Description	Effect(s)	Version (GitHub)
Accounts with owner permissions on Azure resources should be MFA enabled	Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) should be enabled for all subscription accounts with owner permissions to prevent a breach of accounts or resources.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.0
Accounts with read permissions on Azure resources should be MFA enabled	Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) should be enabled for all subscription accounts with read privileges to prevent a breach of accounts or resources.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.0
Accounts with write permissions on Azure resources should be MFA enabled	Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) should be enabled for all subscription accounts with write privileges to prevent a breach of accounts or resources.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.0

Employ replay-resistant authentication mechanisms for network access to privileged and nonprivileged accounts.

ID: CMMC L3 IA.3.084 Ownership: Shared

Name (Azure portal)	Description	Effect(s)	Version (GitHub)
Accounts with owner permissions on Azure resources should be MFA enabled	Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) should be enabled for all subscription accounts with owner permissions to prevent a breach of accounts or resources.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.0
Accounts with read permissions on Azure resources should be MFA enabled	Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) should be enabled for all subscription accounts with read privileges to prevent a breach of accounts or resources.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.0
Accounts with write permissions on Azure resources should be MFA enabled	Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) should be enabled for all subscription accounts with write privileges to prevent a breach of accounts or resources.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.0
App Service apps should only be accessible over HTTPS	Use of HTTPS ensures server/service authentication and protects data in transit from network layer eavesdropping attacks.	Audit, Disabled, Deny	4.0.0
App Service apps should use the latest TLS version	Periodically, newer versions are released for TLS either due to security flaws, include additional functionality, and enhance speed. Upgrade to the latest TLS version for App Service apps to take advantage of security fixes, if any, and/or new functionalities of the latest version.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	2.0.1
Function apps should only be accessible over HTTPS	Use of HTTPS ensures server/service authentication and protects data in transit from network layer eavesdropping attacks.	Audit, Disabled, Deny	5.0.0
Function apps should use the latest TLS version	Periodically, newer versions are released for TLS either due to security flaws, include additional functionality, and enhance speed. Upgrade to the latest TLS version for Function apps to take advantage of security fixes, if any, and/or new functionalities of the latest version.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	2.0.1

Incident Response

Establish an operational incident-handling capability for organizational systems that includes preparation, detection, analysis, containment, recovery, and user response activities.

ID: CMMC L3 IR.2.092 Ownership: Shared

Name (Azure portal)	Description	Effect(s)	Version (GitHub)
Email notification for high severity alerts should be enabled	To ensure the relevant people in your organization are notified when there is a potential security breach in one of your subscriptions, enable email notifications for high severity alerts in Security Center.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.1
Email notification to subscription owner for high severity alerts should be enabled	To ensure your subscription owners are notified when there is a potential security breach in their subscription, set email notifications to subscription owners for high severity alerts in Security Center.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	2.0.0
Subscriptions should have a contact email address for security issues	To ensure the relevant people in your organization are notified when there is a potential security breach in one of your subscriptions, set a security contact to receive email notifications from Security Center.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.1

Detect and report events.

ID: CMMC L3 IR.2.093 Ownership: Shared

Name (Azure portal)	Description	Effect(s)	Version (GitHub)
An activity log alert should exist for specific Security operations	This policy audits specific Security operations with no activity log alerts configured.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.0
Azure Defender for Azure SQL Database servers should be enabled	Azure Defender for SQL provides functionality for surfacing and mitigating potential database vulnerabilities, detecting anomalous activities that could indicate threats to SQL databases, and discovering and classifying sensitive data.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.2
Azure Defender for servers should be enabled	Azure Defender for servers provides real-time threat protection for server workloads and generates hardening recommendations as well as alerts about suspicious activities.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.3
Azure Web Application Firewall should be enabled for Azure Front Door entry-points	Deploy Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF) in front of public facing web applications for additional inspection of incoming traffic. Web Application Firewall (WAF) provides centralized protection of your web applications from common exploits and vulnerabilities such as SQL injections, Cross-Site Scripting, local and remote file executions. You can also restrict access to your web applications by countries, IP address ranges, and other http(s) parameters via custom rules.	Audit, Deny, Disabled	1.0.2
Email notification for high severity alerts should be enabled	To ensure the relevant people in your organization are notified when there is a potential security breach in one of your subscriptions, enable email notifications for high severity alerts in Security Center.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.1
Flow logs should be configured for every network security group	Audit for network security groups to verify if flow logs are configured. Enabling flow logs allows to log information about IP traffic flowing through network security group. It can be used for optimizing network flows, monitoring throughput, verifying compliance, detecting intrusions and more.	Audit, Disabled	1.1.0
Microsoft Defender for Containers should be enabled	Microsoft Defender for Containers provides hardening, vulnerability assessment and run-time protections for your Azure, hybrid, and multi-cloud Kubernetes environments.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.0
Microsoft Defender for Storage (Classic) should be enabled	Microsoft Defender for Storage (Classic) provides detections of unusual and potentially harmful attempts to access or exploit storage accounts.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.4
Web Application Firewall (WAF) should be enabled for Application Gateway	Deploy Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF) in front of public facing web applications for additional inspection of incoming traffic. Web Application Firewall (WAF) provides centralized protection of your web applications from common exploits and vulnerabilities such as SQL injections, Cross-Site Scripting, local and remote file executions. You can also restrict access to your web applications by countries, IP address ranges, and other http(s) parameters via custom rules.	Audit, Deny, Disabled	2.0.0
Web Application Firewall (WAF) should use the specified mode for Application Gateway	Mandates the use of 'Detection' or 'Prevention' mode to be active on all Web Application Firewall policies for Application Gateway.	Audit, Deny, Disabled	1.0.0
Web Application Firewall (WAF) should use the specified mode for Azure Front Door Service	Mandates the use of 'Detection' or 'Prevention' mode to be active on all Web Application Firewall policies for Azure Front Door Service.	Audit, Deny, Disabled	1.0.0

Recovery

Regularly perform and test data back-ups.

ID: CMMC L3 RE.2.137 Ownership: Customer

Name (Azure portal)	Description	Effect(s)	Version (GitHub)
Audit virtual machines without disaster recovery configured	Audit virtual machines which do not have disaster recovery configured. To learn more about disaster recovery, visit https://aka.ms/asr-doc.	auditIfNotExists	1.0.0
Azure Backup should be enabled for Virtual Machines	Ensure protection of your Azure Virtual Machines by enabling Azure Backup. Azure Backup is a secure and cost effective data protection solution for Azure.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	3.0.0
Geo-redundant backup should be enabled for Azure Database for MariaDB	Azure Database for MariaDB allows you to choose the redundancy option for your database server. It can be set to a geo-redundant backup storage in which the data is not only stored within the region in which your server is hosted, but is also replicated to a paired region to provide recovery option in case of a region failure. Configuring geo-redundant storage for backup is only allowed during server create.	Audit, Disabled	1.0.1
Geo-redundant backup should be enabled for Azure Database for MySQL	Azure Database for MySQL allows you to choose the redundancy option for your database server. It can be set to a geo-redundant backup storage in which the data is not only stored within the region in which your server is hosted, but is also replicated to a paired region to provide recovery option in case of a region failure. Configuring geo-redundant storage for backup is only allowed during server create.	Audit, Disabled	1.0.1
Geo-redundant backup should be enabled for Azure Database for PostgreSQL	Azure Database for PostgreSQL allows you to choose the redundancy option for your database server. It can be set to a geo-redundant backup storage in which the data is not only stored within the region in which your server is hosted, but is also replicated to a paired region to provide recovery option in case of a region failure. Configuring geo-redundant storage for backup is only allowed during server create.	Audit, Disabled	1.0.1
Long-term geo-redundant backup should be enabled for Azure SQL Databases	This policy audits any Azure SQL Database with long-term geo-redundant backup not enabled.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	2.0.0

Regularly perform complete, comprehensive and resilient data backups as organizationally-defined.

ID: CMMC L3 RE.3.139 Ownership: Customer

Name (Azure portal)	Description	Effect(s)	Version (GitHub)
Audit virtual machines without disaster recovery configured	Audit virtual machines which do not have disaster recovery configured. To learn more about disaster recovery, visit https://aka.ms/asr-doc.	auditIfNotExists	1.0.0
Azure Backup should be enabled for Virtual Machines	Ensure protection of your Azure Virtual Machines by enabling Azure Backup. Azure Backup is a secure and cost effective data protection solution for Azure.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	3.0.0
Geo-redundant backup should be enabled for Azure Database for MariaDB	Azure Database for MariaDB allows you to choose the redundancy option for your database server. It can be set to a geo-redundant backup storage in which the data is not only stored within the region in which your server is hosted, but is also replicated to a paired region to provide recovery option in case of a region failure. Configuring geo-redundant storage for backup is only allowed during server create.	Audit, Disabled	1.0.1
Geo-redundant backup should be enabled for Azure Database for MySQL	Azure Database for MySQL allows you to choose the redundancy option for your database server. It can be set to a geo-redundant backup storage in which the data is not only stored within the region in which your server is hosted, but is also replicated to a paired region to provide recovery option in case of a region failure. Configuring geo-redundant storage for backup is only allowed during server create.	Audit, Disabled	1.0.1
Geo-redundant backup should be enabled for Azure Database for PostgreSQL	Azure Database for PostgreSQL allows you to choose the redundancy option for your database server. It can be set to a geo-redundant backup storage in which the data is not only stored within the region in which your server is hosted, but is also replicated to a paired region to provide recovery option in case of a region failure. Configuring geo-redundant storage for backup is only allowed during server create.	Audit, Disabled	1.0.1
Long-term geo-redundant backup should be enabled for Azure SQL Databases	This policy audits any Azure SQL Database with long-term geo-redundant backup not enabled.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	2.0.0

Risk Assessment

Periodically assess the risk to organizational operations (including mission, functions, image, or reputation), organizational assets, and individuals, resulting from the operation of organizational systems and the associated processing, storage, or transmission of CUI.

ID: CMMC L3 RM.2.141 Ownership: Shared

Name (Azure portal)	Description	Effect(s)	Version (GitHub)
Azure Defender for Azure SQL Database servers should be enabled	Azure Defender for SQL provides functionality for surfacing and mitigating potential database vulnerabilities, detecting anomalous activities that could indicate threats to SQL databases, and discovering and classifying sensitive data.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.2
Azure Defender for servers should be enabled	Azure Defender for servers provides real-time threat protection for server workloads and generates hardening recommendations as well as alerts about suspicious activities.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.3
Azure Defender for SQL should be enabled for unprotected Azure SQL servers	Audit SQL servers without Advanced Data Security	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	2.0.1
Azure Defender for SQL should be enabled for unprotected SQL Managed Instances	Audit each SQL Managed Instance without advanced data security.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.2
Microsoft Defender for Containers should be enabled	Microsoft Defender for Containers provides hardening, vulnerability assessment and run-time protections for your Azure, hybrid, and multi-cloud Kubernetes environments.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.0
Microsoft Defender for Storage (Classic) should be enabled	Microsoft Defender for Storage (Classic) provides detections of unusual and potentially harmful attempts to access or exploit storage accounts.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.4
Security Center standard pricing tier should be selected	The standard pricing tier enables threat detection for networks and virtual machines, providing threat intelligence, anomaly detection, and behavior analytics in Azure Security Center	Audit, Disabled	1.1.0
Vulnerability assessment should be enabled on SQL Managed Instance	Audit each SQL Managed Instance which doesn't have recurring vulnerability assessment scans enabled. Vulnerability assessment can discover, track, and help you remediate potential database vulnerabilities.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.1
Vulnerability assessment should be enabled on your SQL servers	Audit Azure SQL servers which do not have vulnerability assessment properly configured. Vulnerability assessment can discover, track, and help you remediate potential database vulnerabilities.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	3.0.0

Scan for vulnerabilities in organizational systems and applications periodically and when new vulnerabilities affecting those systems and applications are identified.

ID: CMMC L3 RM.2.142 Ownership: Shared

Name (Azure portal)	Description	Effect(s)	Version (GitHub)
Azure Defender for Azure SQL Database servers should be enabled	Azure Defender for SQL provides functionality for surfacing and mitigating potential database vulnerabilities, detecting anomalous activities that could indicate threats to SQL databases, and discovering and classifying sensitive data.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.2
Azure Defender for servers should be enabled	Azure Defender for servers provides real-time threat protection for server workloads and generates hardening recommendations as well as alerts about suspicious activities.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.3
Azure Defender for SQL should be enabled for unprotected Azure SQL servers	Audit SQL servers without Advanced Data Security	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	2.0.1
Azure Defender for SQL should be enabled for unprotected SQL Managed Instances	Audit each SQL Managed Instance without advanced data security.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.2
Microsoft Defender for Containers should be enabled	Microsoft Defender for Containers provides hardening, vulnerability assessment and run-time protections for your Azure, hybrid, and multi-cloud Kubernetes environments.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.0
Microsoft Defender for Storage (Classic) should be enabled	Microsoft Defender for Storage (Classic) provides detections of unusual and potentially harmful attempts to access or exploit storage accounts.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.4
Security Center standard pricing tier should be selected	The standard pricing tier enables threat detection for networks and virtual machines, providing threat intelligence, anomaly detection, and behavior analytics in Azure Security Center	Audit, Disabled	1.1.0
Vulnerability assessment should be enabled on SQL Managed Instance	Audit each SQL Managed Instance which doesn't have recurring vulnerability assessment scans enabled. Vulnerability assessment can discover, track, and help you remediate potential database vulnerabilities.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.1
Vulnerability assessment should be enabled on your SQL servers	Audit Azure SQL servers which do not have vulnerability assessment properly configured. Vulnerability assessment can discover, track, and help you remediate potential database vulnerabilities.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	3.0.0

Remediate vulnerabilities in accordance with risk assessments.

ID: CMMC L3 RM.2.143 Ownership: Shared

Name (Azure portal)	Description	Effect(s)	Version (GitHub)
Azure Defender for Azure SQL Database servers should be enabled	Azure Defender for SQL provides functionality for surfacing and mitigating potential database vulnerabilities, detecting anomalous activities that could indicate threats to SQL databases, and discovering and classifying sensitive data.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.2
Azure Defender for servers should be enabled	Azure Defender for servers provides real-time threat protection for server workloads and generates hardening recommendations as well as alerts about suspicious activities.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.3
Azure Defender for SQL should be enabled for unprotected Azure SQL servers	Audit SQL servers without Advanced Data Security	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	2.0.1
Azure Defender for SQL should be enabled for unprotected SQL Managed Instances	Audit each SQL Managed Instance without advanced data security.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.2
Kubernetes Services should be upgraded to a non-vulnerable Kubernetes version	Upgrade your Kubernetes service cluster to a later Kubernetes version to protect against known vulnerabilities in your current Kubernetes version. Vulnerability CVE-2019-9946 has been patched in Kubernetes versions 1.11.9+, 1.12.7+, 1.13.5+, and 1.14.0+	Audit, Disabled	1.0.2
Microsoft Defender for Containers should be enabled	Microsoft Defender for Containers provides hardening, vulnerability assessment and run-time protections for your Azure, hybrid, and multi-cloud Kubernetes environments.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.0
Microsoft Defender for Storage (Classic) should be enabled	Microsoft Defender for Storage (Classic) provides detections of unusual and potentially harmful attempts to access or exploit storage accounts.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.4
Security Center standard pricing tier should be selected	The standard pricing tier enables threat detection for networks and virtual machines, providing threat intelligence, anomaly detection, and behavior analytics in Azure Security Center	Audit, Disabled	1.1.0
SQL databases should have vulnerability findings resolved	Monitor vulnerability assessment scan results and recommendations for how to remediate database vulnerabilities.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	4.1.0
Vulnerabilities in security configuration on your machines should be remediated	Servers which do not satisfy the configured baseline will be monitored by Azure Security Center as recommendations	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	3.1.0
Vulnerability assessment should be enabled on SQL Managed Instance	Audit each SQL Managed Instance which doesn't have recurring vulnerability assessment scans enabled. Vulnerability assessment can discover, track, and help you remediate potential database vulnerabilities.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.1
Vulnerability assessment should be enabled on your SQL servers	Audit Azure SQL servers which do not have vulnerability assessment properly configured. Vulnerability assessment can discover, track, and help you remediate potential database vulnerabilities.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	3.0.0

Risk Management

Periodically perform risk assessments to identify and prioritize risks according to the defined risk categories, risk sources and risk measurement criteria.

ID: CMMC L3 RM.3.144 Ownership: Shared

Name (Azure portal)	Description	Effect(s)	Version (GitHub)
Azure Defender for Azure SQL Database servers should be enabled	Azure Defender for SQL provides functionality for surfacing and mitigating potential database vulnerabilities, detecting anomalous activities that could indicate threats to SQL databases, and discovering and classifying sensitive data.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.2
Azure Defender for servers should be enabled	Azure Defender for servers provides real-time threat protection for server workloads and generates hardening recommendations as well as alerts about suspicious activities.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.3
Microsoft Defender for Containers should be enabled	Microsoft Defender for Containers provides hardening, vulnerability assessment and run-time protections for your Azure, hybrid, and multi-cloud Kubernetes environments.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.0
Microsoft Defender for Storage (Classic) should be enabled	Microsoft Defender for Storage (Classic) provides detections of unusual and potentially harmful attempts to access or exploit storage accounts.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.4
Security Center standard pricing tier should be selected	The standard pricing tier enables threat detection for networks and virtual machines, providing threat intelligence, anomaly detection, and behavior analytics in Azure Security Center	Audit, Disabled	1.1.0

System and Communications Protection

Monitor, control, and protect communications (i.e., information transmitted or received by organizational systems) at the external boundaries and key internal boundaries of organizational systems.

ID: CMMC L3 SC.1.175 Ownership: Shared

Name (Azure portal)	Description	Effect(s)	Version (GitHub)
All network ports should be restricted on network security groups associated to your virtual machine	Azure Security Center has identified some of your network security groups' inbound rules to be too permissive. Inbound rules should not allow access from 'Any' or 'Internet' ranges. This can potentially enable attackers to target your resources.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	3.0.0
App Service apps should only be accessible over HTTPS	Use of HTTPS ensures server/service authentication and protects data in transit from network layer eavesdropping attacks.	Audit, Disabled, Deny	4.0.0
App Service apps should use the latest TLS version	Periodically, newer versions are released for TLS either due to security flaws, include additional functionality, and enhance speed. Upgrade to the latest TLS version for App Service apps to take advantage of security fixes, if any, and/or new functionalities of the latest version.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	2.0.1
Azure AI Services resources should restrict network access	By restricting network access, you can ensure that only allowed networks can access the service. This can be achieved by configuring network rules so that only applications from allowed networks can access the Azure AI service.	Audit, Deny, Disabled	3.2.0
Azure Web Application Firewall should be enabled for Azure Front Door entry-points	Deploy Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF) in front of public facing web applications for additional inspection of incoming traffic. Web Application Firewall (WAF) provides centralized protection of your web applications from common exploits and vulnerabilities such as SQL injections, Cross-Site Scripting, local and remote file executions. You can also restrict access to your web applications by countries, IP address ranges, and other http(s) parameters via custom rules.	Audit, Deny, Disabled	1.0.2
Container registries should not allow unrestricted network access	Azure container registries by default accept connections over the internet from hosts on any network. To protect your registries from potential threats, allow access from only specific private endpoints, public IP addresses or address ranges. If your registry doesn't have network rules configured, it will appear in the unhealthy resources. Learn more about Container Registry network rules here: https://aka.ms/acr/privatelink, https://aka.ms/acr/portal/public-network and https://aka.ms/acr/vnet.	Audit, Deny, Disabled	2.0.0
Flow logs should be configured for every network security group	Audit for network security groups to verify if flow logs are configured. Enabling flow logs allows to log information about IP traffic flowing through network security group. It can be used for optimizing network flows, monitoring throughput, verifying compliance, detecting intrusions and more.	Audit, Disabled	1.1.0
Function apps should only be accessible over HTTPS	Use of HTTPS ensures server/service authentication and protects data in transit from network layer eavesdropping attacks.	Audit, Disabled, Deny	5.0.0
Function apps should use the latest TLS version	Periodically, newer versions are released for TLS either due to security flaws, include additional functionality, and enhance speed. Upgrade to the latest TLS version for Function apps to take advantage of security fixes, if any, and/or new functionalities of the latest version.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	2.0.1
Internet-facing virtual machines should be protected with network security groups	Protect your virtual machines from potential threats by restricting access to them with network security groups (NSG). Learn more about controlling traffic with NSGs at https://aka.ms/nsg-doc	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	3.0.0
Management ports of virtual machines should be protected with just-in-time network access control	Possible network Just In Time (JIT) access will be monitored by Azure Security Center as recommendations	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	3.0.0
Network Watcher should be enabled	Network Watcher is a regional service that enables you to monitor and diagnose conditions at a network scenario level in, to, and from Azure. Scenario level monitoring enables you to diagnose problems at an end to end network level view. It is required to have a network watcher resource group to be created in every region where a virtual network is present. An alert is enabled if a network watcher resource group is not available in a particular region.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	3.0.0
Non-internet-facing virtual machines should be protected with network security groups	Protect your non-internet-facing virtual machines from potential threats by restricting access with network security groups (NSG). Learn more about controlling traffic with NSGs at https://aka.ms/nsg-doc	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	3.0.0
Only secure connections to your Azure Cache for Redis should be enabled	Audit enabling of only connections via SSL to Azure Cache for Redis. Use of secure connections ensures authentication between the server and the service and protects data in transit from network layer attacks such as man-in-the-middle, eavesdropping, and session-hijacking	Audit, Deny, Disabled	1.0.0
Public network access on Azure SQL Database should be disabled	Disabling the public network access property improves security by ensuring your Azure SQL Database can only be accessed from a private endpoint. This configuration denies all logins that match IP or virtual network based firewall rules.	Audit, Deny, Disabled	1.1.0
Secure transfer to storage accounts should be enabled	Audit requirement of Secure transfer in your storage account. Secure transfer is an option that forces your storage account to accept requests only from secure connections (HTTPS). Use of HTTPS ensures authentication between the server and the service and protects data in transit from network layer attacks such as man-in-the-middle, eavesdropping, and session-hijacking	Audit, Deny, Disabled	2.0.0
Storage accounts should restrict network access	Network access to storage accounts should be restricted. Configure network rules so only applications from allowed networks can access the storage account. To allow connections from specific internet or on-premises clients, access can be granted to traffic from specific Azure virtual networks or to public internet IP address ranges	Audit, Deny, Disabled	1.1.1
Web Application Firewall (WAF) should be enabled for Application Gateway	Deploy Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF) in front of public facing web applications for additional inspection of incoming traffic. Web Application Firewall (WAF) provides centralized protection of your web applications from common exploits and vulnerabilities such as SQL injections, Cross-Site Scripting, local and remote file executions. You can also restrict access to your web applications by countries, IP address ranges, and other http(s) parameters via custom rules.	Audit, Deny, Disabled	2.0.0
Web Application Firewall (WAF) should use the specified mode for Application Gateway	Mandates the use of 'Detection' or 'Prevention' mode to be active on all Web Application Firewall policies for Application Gateway.	Audit, Deny, Disabled	1.0.0
Web Application Firewall (WAF) should use the specified mode for Azure Front Door Service	Mandates the use of 'Detection' or 'Prevention' mode to be active on all Web Application Firewall policies for Azure Front Door Service.	Audit, Deny, Disabled	1.0.0

Implement subnetworks for publicly accessible system components that are physically or logically separated from internal networks.

ID: CMMC L3 SC.1.176 Ownership: Shared

Name (Azure portal)	Description	Effect(s)	Version (GitHub)
All network ports should be restricted on network security groups associated to your virtual machine	Azure Security Center has identified some of your network security groups' inbound rules to be too permissive. Inbound rules should not allow access from 'Any' or 'Internet' ranges. This can potentially enable attackers to target your resources.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	3.0.0
Internet-facing virtual machines should be protected with network security groups	Protect your virtual machines from potential threats by restricting access to them with network security groups (NSG). Learn more about controlling traffic with NSGs at https://aka.ms/nsg-doc	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	3.0.0
Storage accounts should restrict network access	Network access to storage accounts should be restricted. Configure network rules so only applications from allowed networks can access the storage account. To allow connections from specific internet or on-premises clients, access can be granted to traffic from specific Azure virtual networks or to public internet IP address ranges	Audit, Deny, Disabled	1.1.1
Subnets should be associated with a Network Security Group	Protect your subnet from potential threats by restricting access to it with a Network Security Group (NSG). NSGs contain a list of Access Control List (ACL) rules that allow or deny network traffic to your subnet.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	3.0.0

Use encrypted sessions for the management of network devices.

ID: CMMC L3 SC.2.179 Ownership: Customer

Name (Azure portal)	Description	Effect(s)	Version (GitHub)
Management ports of virtual machines should be protected with just-in-time network access control	Possible network Just In Time (JIT) access will be monitored by Azure Security Center as recommendations	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	3.0.0

Employ FIPS-validated cryptography when used to protect the confidentiality of CUI.

ID: CMMC L3 SC.3.177 Ownership: Shared

Name (Azure portal)	Description	Effect(s)	Version (GitHub)
Automation account variables should be encrypted	It is important to enable encryption of Automation account variable assets when storing sensitive data	Audit, Deny, Disabled	1.1.0
Azure AI Services resources should encrypt data at rest with a customer-managed key (CMK)	Using customer-managed keys to encrypt data at rest provides more control over the key lifecycle, including rotation and management. This is particularly relevant for organizations with related compliance requirements. This is not assessed by default and should only be applied when required by compliance or restrictive policy requirements. If not enabled, the data will be encrypted using platform-managed keys. To implement this, update the 'Effect' parameter in the Security Policy for the applicable scope.	Audit, Deny, Disabled	2.2.0
Azure Data Box jobs should enable double encryption for data at rest on the device	Enable a second layer of software-based encryption for data at rest on the device. The device is already protected via Advanced Encryption Standard 256-bit encryption for data at rest. This option adds a second layer of data encryption.	Audit, Deny, Disabled	1.0.0
Azure Data Explorer encryption at rest should use a customer-managed key	Enabling encryption at rest using a customer-managed key on your Azure Data Explorer cluster provides additional control over the key being used by the encryption at rest. This feature is oftentimes applicable to customers with special compliance requirements and requires a Key Vault to managing the keys.	Audit, Deny, Disabled	1.0.0
Azure Stream Analytics jobs should use customer-managed keys to encrypt data	Use customer-managed keys when you want to securely store any metadata and private data assets of your Stream Analytics jobs in your storage account. This gives you total control over how your Stream Analytics data is encrypted.	audit, Audit, deny, Deny, disabled, Disabled	1.1.0
Azure Synapse workspaces should use customer-managed keys to encrypt data at rest	Use customer-managed keys to control the encryption at rest of the data stored in Azure Synapse workspaces. Customer-managed keys deliver double encryption by adding a second layer of encryption on top of the default encryption with service-managed keys.	Audit, Deny, Disabled	1.0.0
Both operating systems and data disks in Azure Kubernetes Service clusters should be encrypted by customer-managed keys	Encrypting OS and data disks using customer-managed keys provides more control and greater flexibility in key management. This is a common requirement in many regulatory and industry compliance standards.	Audit, Deny, Disabled	1.0.1
Container registries should be encrypted with a customer-managed key	Use customer-managed keys to manage the encryption at rest of the contents of your registries. By default, the data is encrypted at rest with service-managed keys, but customer-managed keys are commonly required to meet regulatory compliance standards. Customer-managed keys enable the data to be encrypted with an Azure Key Vault key created and owned by you. You have full control and responsibility for the key lifecycle, including rotation and management. Learn more at https://aka.ms/acr/CMK.	Audit, Deny, Disabled	1.1.2
Disk encryption should be enabled on Azure Data Explorer	Enabling disk encryption helps protect and safeguard your data to meet your organizational security and compliance commitments.	Audit, Deny, Disabled	2.0.0
Double encryption should be enabled on Azure Data Explorer	Enabling double encryption helps protect and safeguard your data to meet your organizational security and compliance commitments. When double encryption has been enabled, data in the storage account is encrypted twice, once at the service level and once at the infrastructure level, using two different encryption algorithms and two different keys.	Audit, Deny, Disabled	2.0.0
Service Fabric clusters should have the ClusterProtectionLevel property set to EncryptAndSign	Service Fabric provides three levels of protection (None, Sign and EncryptAndSign) for node-to-node communication using a primary cluster certificate. Set the protection level to ensure that all node-to-node messages are encrypted and digitally signed	Audit, Deny, Disabled	1.1.0
SQL managed instances should use customer-managed keys to encrypt data at rest	Implementing Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) with your own key provides you with increased transparency and control over the TDE Protector, increased security with an HSM-backed external service, and promotion of separation of duties. This recommendation applies to organizations with a related compliance requirement.	Audit, Deny, Disabled	2.0.0
SQL servers should use customer-managed keys to encrypt data at rest	Implementing Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) with your own key provides increased transparency and control over the TDE Protector, increased security with an HSM-backed external service, and promotion of separation of duties. This recommendation applies to organizations with a related compliance requirement.	Audit, Deny, Disabled	2.0.1
Storage accounts should have infrastructure encryption	Enable infrastructure encryption for higher level of assurance that the data is secure. When infrastructure encryption is enabled, data in a storage account is encrypted twice.	Audit, Deny, Disabled	1.0.0
Storage accounts should use customer-managed key for encryption	Secure your blob and file storage account with greater flexibility using customer-managed keys. When you specify a customer-managed key, that key is used to protect and control access to the key that encrypts your data. Using customer-managed keys provides additional capabilities to control rotation of the key encryption key or cryptographically erase data.	Audit, Disabled	1.0.3
Transparent Data Encryption on SQL databases should be enabled	Transparent data encryption should be enabled to protect data-at-rest and meet compliance requirements	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	2.0.0

Employ architectural designs, software development techniques, and systems engineering principles that promote effective information security within organizational systems.

ID: CMMC L3 SC.3.180 Ownership: Shared

Name (Azure portal)	Description	Effect(s)	Version (GitHub)
Subnets should be associated with a Network Security Group	Protect your subnet from potential threats by restricting access to it with a Network Security Group (NSG). NSGs contain a list of Access Control List (ACL) rules that allow or deny network traffic to your subnet.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	3.0.0

Separate user functionality from system management functionality.

ID: CMMC L3 SC.3.181 Ownership: Shared

Name (Azure portal)	Description	Effect(s)	Version (GitHub)
A maximum of 3 owners should be designated for your subscription	It is recommended to designate up to 3 subscription owners in order to reduce the potential for breach by a compromised owner.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	3.0.0
An Azure Active Directory administrator should be provisioned for SQL servers	Audit provisioning of an Azure Active Directory administrator for your SQL server to enable Azure AD authentication. Azure AD authentication enables simplified permission management and centralized identity management of database users and other Microsoft services	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.0
Blocked accounts with owner permissions on Azure resources should be removed	Deprecated accounts with owner permissions should be removed from your subscription. Deprecated accounts are accounts that have been blocked from signing in.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.0
Guest accounts with owner permissions on Azure resources should be removed	External accounts with owner permissions should be removed from your subscription in order to prevent unmonitored access.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.0
There should be more than one owner assigned to your subscription	It is recommended to designate more than one subscription owner in order to have administrator access redundancy.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	3.0.0

Deny network communications traffic by default and allow network communications traffic by exception (i.e., deny all, permit by exception).

ID: CMMC L3 SC.3.183 Ownership: Shared

Name (Azure portal)	Description	Effect(s)	Version (GitHub)
All network ports should be restricted on network security groups associated to your virtual machine	Azure Security Center has identified some of your network security groups' inbound rules to be too permissive. Inbound rules should not allow access from 'Any' or 'Internet' ranges. This can potentially enable attackers to target your resources.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	3.0.0
App Service apps should not have CORS configured to allow every resource to access your apps	Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) should not allow all domains to access your app. Allow only required domains to interact with your app.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	2.0.0
Azure AI Services resources should restrict network access	By restricting network access, you can ensure that only allowed networks can access the service. This can be achieved by configuring network rules so that only applications from allowed networks can access the Azure AI service.	Audit, Deny, Disabled	3.2.0
Azure Web Application Firewall should be enabled for Azure Front Door entry-points	Deploy Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF) in front of public facing web applications for additional inspection of incoming traffic. Web Application Firewall (WAF) provides centralized protection of your web applications from common exploits and vulnerabilities such as SQL injections, Cross-Site Scripting, local and remote file executions. You can also restrict access to your web applications by countries, IP address ranges, and other http(s) parameters via custom rules.	Audit, Deny, Disabled	1.0.2
Container registries should not allow unrestricted network access	Azure container registries by default accept connections over the internet from hosts on any network. To protect your registries from potential threats, allow access from only specific private endpoints, public IP addresses or address ranges. If your registry doesn't have network rules configured, it will appear in the unhealthy resources. Learn more about Container Registry network rules here: https://aka.ms/acr/privatelink, https://aka.ms/acr/portal/public-network and https://aka.ms/acr/vnet.	Audit, Deny, Disabled	2.0.0
Flow logs should be configured for every network security group	Audit for network security groups to verify if flow logs are configured. Enabling flow logs allows to log information about IP traffic flowing through network security group. It can be used for optimizing network flows, monitoring throughput, verifying compliance, detecting intrusions and more.	Audit, Disabled	1.1.0
Function apps should not have CORS configured to allow every resource to access your apps	Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) should not allow all domains to access your Function app. Allow only required domains to interact with your Function app.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	2.0.0
Internet-facing virtual machines should be protected with network security groups	Protect your virtual machines from potential threats by restricting access to them with network security groups (NSG). Learn more about controlling traffic with NSGs at https://aka.ms/nsg-doc	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	3.0.0
Management ports of virtual machines should be protected with just-in-time network access control	Possible network Just In Time (JIT) access will be monitored by Azure Security Center as recommendations	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	3.0.0
Network Watcher should be enabled	Network Watcher is a regional service that enables you to monitor and diagnose conditions at a network scenario level in, to, and from Azure. Scenario level monitoring enables you to diagnose problems at an end to end network level view. It is required to have a network watcher resource group to be created in every region where a virtual network is present. An alert is enabled if a network watcher resource group is not available in a particular region.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	3.0.0
Non-internet-facing virtual machines should be protected with network security groups	Protect your non-internet-facing virtual machines from potential threats by restricting access with network security groups (NSG). Learn more about controlling traffic with NSGs at https://aka.ms/nsg-doc	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	3.0.0
Public network access on Azure SQL Database should be disabled	Disabling the public network access property improves security by ensuring your Azure SQL Database can only be accessed from a private endpoint. This configuration denies all logins that match IP or virtual network based firewall rules.	Audit, Deny, Disabled	1.1.0
Storage accounts should allow access from trusted Microsoft services	Some Microsoft services that interact with storage accounts operate from networks that can't be granted access through network rules. To help this type of service work as intended, allow the set of trusted Microsoft services to bypass the network rules. These services will then use strong authentication to access the storage account.	Audit, Deny, Disabled	1.0.0
Storage accounts should restrict network access	Network access to storage accounts should be restricted. Configure network rules so only applications from allowed networks can access the storage account. To allow connections from specific internet or on-premises clients, access can be granted to traffic from specific Azure virtual networks or to public internet IP address ranges	Audit, Deny, Disabled	1.1.1
Subnets should be associated with a Network Security Group	Protect your subnet from potential threats by restricting access to it with a Network Security Group (NSG). NSGs contain a list of Access Control List (ACL) rules that allow or deny network traffic to your subnet.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	3.0.0
Web Application Firewall (WAF) should be enabled for Application Gateway	Deploy Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF) in front of public facing web applications for additional inspection of incoming traffic. Web Application Firewall (WAF) provides centralized protection of your web applications from common exploits and vulnerabilities such as SQL injections, Cross-Site Scripting, local and remote file executions. You can also restrict access to your web applications by countries, IP address ranges, and other http(s) parameters via custom rules.	Audit, Deny, Disabled	2.0.0
Web Application Firewall (WAF) should use the specified mode for Application Gateway	Mandates the use of 'Detection' or 'Prevention' mode to be active on all Web Application Firewall policies for Application Gateway.	Audit, Deny, Disabled	1.0.0
Web Application Firewall (WAF) should use the specified mode for Azure Front Door Service	Mandates the use of 'Detection' or 'Prevention' mode to be active on all Web Application Firewall policies for Azure Front Door Service.	Audit, Deny, Disabled	1.0.0

Implement cryptographic mechanisms to prevent unauthorized disclosure of CUI during transmission unless otherwise protected by alternative physical safeguards.

ID: CMMC L3 SC.3.185 Ownership: Shared

Name (Azure portal)	Description	Effect(s)	Version (GitHub)
App Service apps should only be accessible over HTTPS	Use of HTTPS ensures server/service authentication and protects data in transit from network layer eavesdropping attacks.	Audit, Disabled, Deny	4.0.0
App Service apps should use the latest TLS version	Periodically, newer versions are released for TLS either due to security flaws, include additional functionality, and enhance speed. Upgrade to the latest TLS version for App Service apps to take advantage of security fixes, if any, and/or new functionalities of the latest version.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	2.0.1
Enforce SSL connection should be enabled for MySQL database servers	Azure Database for MySQL supports connecting your Azure Database for MySQL server to client applications using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). Enforcing SSL connections between your database server and your client applications helps protect against 'man in the middle' attacks by encrypting the data stream between the server and your application. This configuration enforces that SSL is always enabled for accessing your database server.	Audit, Disabled	1.0.1
Enforce SSL connection should be enabled for PostgreSQL database servers	Azure Database for PostgreSQL supports connecting your Azure Database for PostgreSQL server to client applications using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). Enforcing SSL connections between your database server and your client applications helps protect against 'man in the middle' attacks by encrypting the data stream between the server and your application. This configuration enforces that SSL is always enabled for accessing your database server.	Audit, Disabled	1.0.1
Function apps should only be accessible over HTTPS	Use of HTTPS ensures server/service authentication and protects data in transit from network layer eavesdropping attacks.	Audit, Disabled, Deny	5.0.0
Function apps should use the latest TLS version	Periodically, newer versions are released for TLS either due to security flaws, include additional functionality, and enhance speed. Upgrade to the latest TLS version for Function apps to take advantage of security fixes, if any, and/or new functionalities of the latest version.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	2.0.1
Only secure connections to your Azure Cache for Redis should be enabled	Audit enabling of only connections via SSL to Azure Cache for Redis. Use of secure connections ensures authentication between the server and the service and protects data in transit from network layer attacks such as man-in-the-middle, eavesdropping, and session-hijacking	Audit, Deny, Disabled	1.0.0
Secure transfer to storage accounts should be enabled	Audit requirement of Secure transfer in your storage account. Secure transfer is an option that forces your storage account to accept requests only from secure connections (HTTPS). Use of HTTPS ensures authentication between the server and the service and protects data in transit from network layer attacks such as man-in-the-middle, eavesdropping, and session-hijacking	Audit, Deny, Disabled	2.0.0
Storage accounts should restrict network access	Network access to storage accounts should be restricted. Configure network rules so only applications from allowed networks can access the storage account. To allow connections from specific internet or on-premises clients, access can be granted to traffic from specific Azure virtual networks or to public internet IP address ranges	Audit, Deny, Disabled	1.1.1

Establish and manage cryptographic keys for cryptography employed in organizational systems.

ID: CMMC L3 SC.3.187 Ownership: Shared

Name (Azure portal)	Description	Effect(s)	Version (GitHub)
Key vaults should have deletion protection enabled	Malicious deletion of a key vault can lead to permanent data loss. You can prevent permanent data loss by enabling purge protection and soft delete. Purge protection protects you from insider attacks by enforcing a mandatory retention period for soft deleted key vaults. No one inside your organization or Microsoft will be able to purge your key vaults during the soft delete retention period. Keep in mind that key vaults created after September 1st 2019 have soft-delete enabled by default.	Audit, Deny, Disabled	2.1.0
Key vaults should have soft delete enabled	Deleting a key vault without soft delete enabled permanently deletes all secrets, keys, and certificates stored in the key vault. Accidental deletion of a key vault can lead to permanent data loss. Soft delete allows you to recover an accidentally deleted key vault for a configurable retention period.	Audit, Deny, Disabled	3.0.0

Protect the authenticity of communications sessions.

ID: CMMC L3 SC.3.190 Ownership: Shared

Name (Azure portal)	Description	Effect(s)	Version (GitHub)
Accounts with owner permissions on Azure resources should be MFA enabled	Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) should be enabled for all subscription accounts with owner permissions to prevent a breach of accounts or resources.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.0
Accounts with read permissions on Azure resources should be MFA enabled	Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) should be enabled for all subscription accounts with read privileges to prevent a breach of accounts or resources.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.0
Accounts with write permissions on Azure resources should be MFA enabled	Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) should be enabled for all subscription accounts with write privileges to prevent a breach of accounts or resources.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.0
App Service apps should only be accessible over HTTPS	Use of HTTPS ensures server/service authentication and protects data in transit from network layer eavesdropping attacks.	Audit, Disabled, Deny	4.0.0
App Service apps should use the latest TLS version	Periodically, newer versions are released for TLS either due to security flaws, include additional functionality, and enhance speed. Upgrade to the latest TLS version for App Service apps to take advantage of security fixes, if any, and/or new functionalities of the latest version.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	2.0.1
Enforce SSL connection should be enabled for MySQL database servers	Azure Database for MySQL supports connecting your Azure Database for MySQL server to client applications using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). Enforcing SSL connections between your database server and your client applications helps protect against 'man in the middle' attacks by encrypting the data stream between the server and your application. This configuration enforces that SSL is always enabled for accessing your database server.	Audit, Disabled	1.0.1
Enforce SSL connection should be enabled for PostgreSQL database servers	Azure Database for PostgreSQL supports connecting your Azure Database for PostgreSQL server to client applications using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). Enforcing SSL connections between your database server and your client applications helps protect against 'man in the middle' attacks by encrypting the data stream between the server and your application. This configuration enforces that SSL is always enabled for accessing your database server.	Audit, Disabled	1.0.1
Function apps should only be accessible over HTTPS	Use of HTTPS ensures server/service authentication and protects data in transit from network layer eavesdropping attacks.	Audit, Disabled, Deny	5.0.0
Function apps should use the latest TLS version	Periodically, newer versions are released for TLS either due to security flaws, include additional functionality, and enhance speed. Upgrade to the latest TLS version for Function apps to take advantage of security fixes, if any, and/or new functionalities of the latest version.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	2.0.1

Protect the confidentiality of CUI at rest.

ID: CMMC L3 SC.3.191 Ownership: Shared

Name (Azure portal)	Description	Effect(s)	Version (GitHub)
Automation account variables should be encrypted	It is important to enable encryption of Automation account variable assets when storing sensitive data	Audit, Deny, Disabled	1.1.0
Azure Data Box jobs should enable double encryption for data at rest on the device	Enable a second layer of software-based encryption for data at rest on the device. The device is already protected via Advanced Encryption Standard 256-bit encryption for data at rest. This option adds a second layer of data encryption.	Audit, Deny, Disabled	1.0.0
Azure Defender for SQL should be enabled for unprotected Azure SQL servers	Audit SQL servers without Advanced Data Security	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	2.0.1
Azure Defender for SQL should be enabled for unprotected SQL Managed Instances	Audit each SQL Managed Instance without advanced data security.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.2
Disk encryption should be enabled on Azure Data Explorer	Enabling disk encryption helps protect and safeguard your data to meet your organizational security and compliance commitments.	Audit, Deny, Disabled	2.0.0
Double encryption should be enabled on Azure Data Explorer	Enabling double encryption helps protect and safeguard your data to meet your organizational security and compliance commitments. When double encryption has been enabled, data in the storage account is encrypted twice, once at the service level and once at the infrastructure level, using two different encryption algorithms and two different keys.	Audit, Deny, Disabled	2.0.0
Service Fabric clusters should have the ClusterProtectionLevel property set to EncryptAndSign	Service Fabric provides three levels of protection (None, Sign and EncryptAndSign) for node-to-node communication using a primary cluster certificate. Set the protection level to ensure that all node-to-node messages are encrypted and digitally signed	Audit, Deny, Disabled	1.1.0
Storage accounts should have infrastructure encryption	Enable infrastructure encryption for higher level of assurance that the data is secure. When infrastructure encryption is enabled, data in a storage account is encrypted twice.	Audit, Deny, Disabled	1.0.0
Storage accounts should restrict network access	Network access to storage accounts should be restricted. Configure network rules so only applications from allowed networks can access the storage account. To allow connections from specific internet or on-premises clients, access can be granted to traffic from specific Azure virtual networks or to public internet IP address ranges	Audit, Deny, Disabled	1.1.1
Transparent Data Encryption on SQL databases should be enabled	Transparent data encryption should be enabled to protect data-at-rest and meet compliance requirements	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	2.0.0

System and Information Integrity

Identify, report, and correct information and information system flaws in a timely manner.

ID: CMMC L3 SI.1.210 Ownership: Shared

Name (Azure portal)	Description	Effect(s)	Version (GitHub)
App Service apps should use latest 'HTTP Version'	Periodically, newer versions are released for HTTP either due to security flaws or to include additional functionality. Using the latest HTTP version for web apps to take advantage of security fixes, if any, and/or new functionalities of the newer version.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	4.0.0
App Service apps should use the latest TLS version	Periodically, newer versions are released for TLS either due to security flaws, include additional functionality, and enhance speed. Upgrade to the latest TLS version for App Service apps to take advantage of security fixes, if any, and/or new functionalities of the latest version.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	2.0.1
Function apps should use latest 'HTTP Version'	Periodically, newer versions are released for HTTP either due to security flaws or to include additional functionality. Using the latest HTTP version for web apps to take advantage of security fixes, if any, and/or new functionalities of the newer version.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	4.0.0
Function apps should use the latest TLS version	Periodically, newer versions are released for TLS either due to security flaws, include additional functionality, and enhance speed. Upgrade to the latest TLS version for Function apps to take advantage of security fixes, if any, and/or new functionalities of the latest version.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	2.0.1
Kubernetes Services should be upgraded to a non-vulnerable Kubernetes version	Upgrade your Kubernetes service cluster to a later Kubernetes version to protect against known vulnerabilities in your current Kubernetes version. Vulnerability CVE-2019-9946 has been patched in Kubernetes versions 1.11.9+, 1.12.7+, 1.13.5+, and 1.14.0+	Audit, Disabled	1.0.2
Microsoft Antimalware for Azure should be configured to automatically update protection signatures	This policy audits any Windows virtual machine not configured with automatic update of Microsoft Antimalware protection signatures.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.0
SQL databases should have vulnerability findings resolved	Monitor vulnerability assessment scan results and recommendations for how to remediate database vulnerabilities.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	4.1.0
Vulnerabilities in security configuration on your machines should be remediated	Servers which do not satisfy the configured baseline will be monitored by Azure Security Center as recommendations	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	3.1.0

Provide protection from malicious code at appropriate locations within organizational information systems.

ID: CMMC L3 SI.1.211 Ownership: Shared

Name (Azure portal)	Description	Effect(s)	Version (GitHub)
Microsoft Antimalware for Azure should be configured to automatically update protection signatures	This policy audits any Windows virtual machine not configured with automatic update of Microsoft Antimalware protection signatures.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.0
Microsoft IaaSAntimalware extension should be deployed on Windows servers	This policy audits any Windows server VM without Microsoft IaaSAntimalware extension deployed.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.1.0

Update malicious code protection mechanisms when new releases are available.

ID: CMMC L3 SI.1.212 Ownership: Shared

Name (Azure portal)	Description	Effect(s)	Version (GitHub)
Microsoft Antimalware for Azure should be configured to automatically update protection signatures	This policy audits any Windows virtual machine not configured with automatic update of Microsoft Antimalware protection signatures.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.0

Perform periodic scans of the information system and real-time scans of files from external sources as files are downloaded, opened, or executed.

ID: CMMC L3 SI.1.213 Ownership: Shared

Name (Azure portal)	Description	Effect(s)	Version (GitHub)
Azure Defender for Azure SQL Database servers should be enabled	Azure Defender for SQL provides functionality for surfacing and mitigating potential database vulnerabilities, detecting anomalous activities that could indicate threats to SQL databases, and discovering and classifying sensitive data.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.2
Azure Defender for servers should be enabled	Azure Defender for servers provides real-time threat protection for server workloads and generates hardening recommendations as well as alerts about suspicious activities.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.3
Microsoft Antimalware for Azure should be configured to automatically update protection signatures	This policy audits any Windows virtual machine not configured with automatic update of Microsoft Antimalware protection signatures.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.0
Microsoft Defender for Containers should be enabled	Microsoft Defender for Containers provides hardening, vulnerability assessment and run-time protections for your Azure, hybrid, and multi-cloud Kubernetes environments.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.0
Microsoft Defender for Storage (Classic) should be enabled	Microsoft Defender for Storage (Classic) provides detections of unusual and potentially harmful attempts to access or exploit storage accounts.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.4
Microsoft IaaSAntimalware extension should be deployed on Windows servers	This policy audits any Windows server VM without Microsoft IaaSAntimalware extension deployed.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.1.0

Monitor organizational systems, including inbound and outbound communications traffic, to detect attacks and indicators of potential attacks.

ID: CMMC L3 SI.2.216 Ownership: Shared

Name (Azure portal)	Description	Effect(s)	Version (GitHub)
An activity log alert should exist for specific Administrative operations	This policy audits specific Administrative operations with no activity log alerts configured.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.0
An activity log alert should exist for specific Policy operations	This policy audits specific Policy operations with no activity log alerts configured.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	3.0.0
An activity log alert should exist for specific Security operations	This policy audits specific Security operations with no activity log alerts configured.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.0
Azure Defender for Azure SQL Database servers should be enabled	Azure Defender for SQL provides functionality for surfacing and mitigating potential database vulnerabilities, detecting anomalous activities that could indicate threats to SQL databases, and discovering and classifying sensitive data.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.2
Azure Defender for servers should be enabled	Azure Defender for servers provides real-time threat protection for server workloads and generates hardening recommendations as well as alerts about suspicious activities.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.3
Azure Defender for SQL should be enabled for unprotected Azure SQL servers	Audit SQL servers without Advanced Data Security	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	2.0.1
Azure Defender for SQL should be enabled for unprotected SQL Managed Instances	Audit each SQL Managed Instance without advanced data security.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.2
Azure Monitor should collect activity logs from all regions	This policy audits the Azure Monitor log profile which does not export activities from all Azure supported regions including global.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	2.0.0
Azure subscriptions should have a log profile for Activity Log	This policy ensures if a log profile is enabled for exporting activity logs. It audits if there is no log profile created to export the logs either to a storage account or to an event hub.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.0
Azure Web Application Firewall should be enabled for Azure Front Door entry-points	Deploy Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF) in front of public facing web applications for additional inspection of incoming traffic. Web Application Firewall (WAF) provides centralized protection of your web applications from common exploits and vulnerabilities such as SQL injections, Cross-Site Scripting, local and remote file executions. You can also restrict access to your web applications by countries, IP address ranges, and other http(s) parameters via custom rules.	Audit, Deny, Disabled	1.0.2
Email notification to subscription owner for high severity alerts should be enabled	To ensure your subscription owners are notified when there is a potential security breach in their subscription, set email notifications to subscription owners for high severity alerts in Security Center.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	2.0.0
Flow logs should be configured for every network security group	Audit for network security groups to verify if flow logs are configured. Enabling flow logs allows to log information about IP traffic flowing through network security group. It can be used for optimizing network flows, monitoring throughput, verifying compliance, detecting intrusions and more.	Audit, Disabled	1.1.0
Microsoft Defender for Containers should be enabled	Microsoft Defender for Containers provides hardening, vulnerability assessment and run-time protections for your Azure, hybrid, and multi-cloud Kubernetes environments.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.0
Microsoft Defender for Storage (Classic) should be enabled	Microsoft Defender for Storage (Classic) provides detections of unusual and potentially harmful attempts to access or exploit storage accounts.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.4
Network Watcher should be enabled	Network Watcher is a regional service that enables you to monitor and diagnose conditions at a network scenario level in, to, and from Azure. Scenario level monitoring enables you to diagnose problems at an end to end network level view. It is required to have a network watcher resource group to be created in every region where a virtual network is present. An alert is enabled if a network watcher resource group is not available in a particular region.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	3.0.0
Subscriptions should have a contact email address for security issues	To ensure the relevant people in your organization are notified when there is a potential security breach in one of your subscriptions, set a security contact to receive email notifications from Security Center.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.1
Web Application Firewall (WAF) should be enabled for Application Gateway	Deploy Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF) in front of public facing web applications for additional inspection of incoming traffic. Web Application Firewall (WAF) provides centralized protection of your web applications from common exploits and vulnerabilities such as SQL injections, Cross-Site Scripting, local and remote file executions. You can also restrict access to your web applications by countries, IP address ranges, and other http(s) parameters via custom rules.	Audit, Deny, Disabled	2.0.0
Web Application Firewall (WAF) should use the specified mode for Application Gateway	Mandates the use of 'Detection' or 'Prevention' mode to be active on all Web Application Firewall policies for Application Gateway.	Audit, Deny, Disabled	1.0.0
Web Application Firewall (WAF) should use the specified mode for Azure Front Door Service	Mandates the use of 'Detection' or 'Prevention' mode to be active on all Web Application Firewall policies for Azure Front Door Service.	Audit, Deny, Disabled	1.0.0

Identify unauthorized use of organizational systems.

ID: CMMC L3 SI.2.217 Ownership: Shared

Name (Azure portal)	Description	Effect(s)	Version (GitHub)
Activity log should be retained for at least one year	This policy audits the activity log if the retention is not set for 365 days or forever (retention days set to 0).	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.0
An activity log alert should exist for specific Administrative operations	This policy audits specific Administrative operations with no activity log alerts configured.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.0
An activity log alert should exist for specific Policy operations	This policy audits specific Policy operations with no activity log alerts configured.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	3.0.0
An activity log alert should exist for specific Security operations	This policy audits specific Security operations with no activity log alerts configured.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.0
Azure Defender for SQL should be enabled for unprotected Azure SQL servers	Audit SQL servers without Advanced Data Security	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	2.0.1
Azure Defender for SQL should be enabled for unprotected SQL Managed Instances	Audit each SQL Managed Instance without advanced data security.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.2
Azure Monitor log profile should collect logs for categories 'write,' 'delete,' and 'action'	This policy ensures that a log profile collects logs for categories 'write,' 'delete,' and 'action'	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.0
Azure Monitor should collect activity logs from all regions	This policy audits the Azure Monitor log profile which does not export activities from all Azure supported regions including global.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	2.0.0
Azure subscriptions should have a log profile for Activity Log	This policy ensures if a log profile is enabled for exporting activity logs. It audits if there is no log profile created to export the logs either to a storage account or to an event hub.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	1.0.0
Email notification to subscription owner for high severity alerts should be enabled	To ensure your subscription owners are notified when there is a potential security breach in their subscription, set email notifications to subscription owners for high severity alerts in Security Center.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	2.0.0
Network Watcher should be enabled	Network Watcher is a regional service that enables you to monitor and diagnose conditions at a network scenario level in, to, and from Azure. Scenario level monitoring enables you to diagnose problems at an end to end network level view. It is required to have a network watcher resource group to be created in every region where a virtual network is present. An alert is enabled if a network watcher resource group is not available in a particular region.	AuditIfNotExists, Disabled	3.0.0

Next steps

Additional articles about Azure Policy:

• Regulatory Compliance overview.
• See the initiative definition structure.
• Review other examples at Azure Policy samples.
• Review Understanding policy effects.
• Learn how to remediate non-compliant resources.