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Security checks and vulnerability fixes for Azure.

Virtual Network Alerts Monitor

Container Registries

Azure Container Registries With Admin User

Azure Virtual Machines

Low VM Instant Restore Backup Retention Limit

Scale Sets Autoscale Notifications Disabled

No Recovery Services Vault

Premium Data SSD Disk Enabled

Automatic OS Upgrades Disabled

VM Undesired SKU Size

Accelerated Networking Disabled

Unattached Disk Volumes

Guest Level Diagnostics Disabled

Scale Sets Health Monitoring Disabled

VM Availability Set Disabled

VM Active Directory (AD) Authentication Disabled

Virtual Machine Performance Diagnostics Disabled

VM OS Disk Encryption Disabled

VM Auto Update Disabled

Old VM Disk Snapshots

VM Backups Disabled

VM Data Disk Encryption Disabled

VM Unapproved Extensions

Disk Volumes BYOK Encryption Disabled

Premium SSD Disk Enabled

Empty Scale Sets

VM Boot Diagnostic Disabled

Automatic Instance Repairs Disabled

VM Daily Backup Low Retention Period

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Network Security Group

Open RPC

Open PostgreSQL

Open RDP

Open All Ports

Open SSH

Open VNC Server

Open Oracle Auto Data Warehouse

No Network Watcher

Open Hadoop HDFS NameNode WebUI

Open Docker

Open MySQL

Open VNC Client

Open Telnet

Open SQLServer

Open FTP

Open NetBIOS

Open Salt

Open Hadoop HDFS NameNode Metadata Service

Open SMBoTCP

Open DNS

Open SMTP

Open Oracle

Open CIFS

Network Watcher Disabled

Excessive Security Groups

Open Kibana

Restricted Ports Open To Public

Default Security Group Rules

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PostgreSQL

Log Checkpoints Disabled

Log Duration Disabled

Enforce PostgreSQL SSL Connection Disabled

Geo-Redundant Backups Disabled

Low Log Retention Period

Log Disconnections Disabled

Connection Throttling Disabled

Azure Active Directory Admin Disabled

Storage Auto-Growth Disabled

Log Connections Disabled

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Azure Monitor

CDN Profile Log Analytics Disabled

Load Balancer No Diagnostic Settings

Azure Monitor Logs Disabled

Load Balancer Log Analytics Disabled

CDN No Diagnostic Settings

Log Profile Low Retention Time

Log Profile Archive Data For Critical Activities

NSG No Diagnostic Settings

NSG Log Analytics Disabled

Log Profile No Retention Policy

No Log Profile

Azure Monitor Storage Account Not configured

Key Vault No Diagnostic Settings

Azure Monitor No Diagnostic Settings

Key Vault Log Analytics Disabled

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Azure Security Center

Security Contacts Phone Disabled

High Severity Alerts Disabled

No Security Contact

Auto-Provisioning Disabled

Admin Security Alerts Disabled

Security Contacts Email Disabled

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SQL Databases

Low Point in Time Restore Backup Retention

SQL DB Multiple AZ Missing

DB Not Restorable

Database Auditing Disabled

SQL Servers

SQL Server Public Access

Azure Active Directory Admin Disabled

SQL Server Automatic Tuning Disabled

Audit Retention Policy Limit

SQL Server Allow Insecure TLS Version

Auto-Failover Groups Disabled

Audit Action Groups Disabled

Server Auditing Disabled

SQL Server Minimum TLS Version

TDE Protector Encryption Disabled

SQL Server Private Endpoints Not Configured

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Storage Accounts

Insecure Network Access Default Action

Queue Service All Access ACL

Storage Account Encryption Disabled

Storage Accounts Without HTTPS-Only

Trusted MS Access Disabled

Log Container Public Access

Log Storage Encryption Disabled

Blob Container Public Access

Blob Service Encryption Disabled

Blob Service Not Immutable

Blobs Soft Deletion Disabled

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Azure Key Vaults

Key Vault Recovery Disabled

Key Expiration Disabled

Secret Expiration Disabled

Load Balancers

Public Load Balancers

Load Balancers HTTPS Only Not Configured

Load Balancers Without Instances

Insecure Ports Open For Load Balancer

App Services

Web Apps Remote Debugging Enabled

Authentication Disabled

Web Apps Always On Disabled

Outdated Python Version

Outdate PHP Version

HTTPS Only Disabled

Outdated Java Version

Identity Disabled

Insecure TLS Version Supported

HTTP 2.0 Disabled

.NET Framework Version Not Latest

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Azure Active Directory

Custom Owner Roles

Activity Log

Security Solutions Logging

Policy Assignment Alerts Enabled

Network Security Group Rule Logging Disabled

Security Policy Alerts Disabled

Network Security Groups Logging Disabled

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Azure Policy

Missing Allowed Locations Policy

Resource Location Matches Resource Groups

No Policy Assignment

Kubernetes Services

Outdated Kubernetes Version

Kubernetes RBAC Disabled

Kubernetes Different Node Pool Version

Azure Resources

Management Lock Disabled

Resources Usage Limit Exceed

Azure Cosmos DB

CosmosDB Public Access Enabled

Advanced Threat Protection Disabled

CDN Profiles

CDN Profile Endpoint Logging Disabled

CDN Profile HTTP Enabled

MySQL Servers

MySQL SSL Connection Enforcement Disabled

Azure Virtual Network

Unknown Virtual Network Peering

Single Subnet

DDoS Standard Protection Disabled

Network Gateways In Use

Established Network Gateways Connections

Managed NAT Gateway Disabled

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Azure Network Watcher

NSG Flow Logs Retention Period

Azure Cache for Redis

Insecure TLS Version Supported

SSL Access Only Disabled