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Azure Quick Wins

Remediation policies from Azure Security center, Logging and Monitoring and Storage and Databases can be done using quick wins scripts. These scripts will update configurations and settings to make the Cloud account compliant for listed policies.

Configuration script Category Number of policies remediated
Configure ASC policies Azure – Security Center 115
Configure Activity Alerts Azure - Logging and Auditing 10
Configure Activity Log Profile Azure - Logging and Auditing 5
Configure Storage Account Azure - Storage and Databases 2

Prerequisite

Access Needed on Subscription: Contributor

Configure ASC default policies

Configure ASC policies to remediate policies listed here using below steps.

Category Subscription Governance Policies [Increase compliance Score 30-50%]

Remediation Steps

  1. Login to Azure portal

  2. Open Cloud shell in PowerShell mode

  3. Download configuration script

        wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Cloudneeti/docs_cloudneeti/master/scripts/subscription-governance/configure-ASCPolicies.ps1 -O configure-ASCPolicies.ps1

  4. Switch directory

        cd $user

  5. Configure ASC default policies 

            .\configure-ASCPolicies.ps1 -SubscriptionId <subscriptionId>

Configure ASC policies at Management Group level

Configure ASC policies to remediate policies listed here using below steps.

Category Subscription Governance Policies [Increase compliance Score 30-50%]

Remediation Steps

  1. Login to Azure portal

  2. Open Cloud shell in PowerShell mode

  3. Download configuration script

        wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Cloudneeti/docs_cloudneeti/master/scripts/subscription-governance/configure-ASCPolicies.ps1 -O configure-ASCPolicies.ps1

  4. Switch directory

        cd $user

  5. Configure ASC Policies at Management Group level 

                .\configure-ASCPolicies.ps1 -EnableManagementGroup -ManagementGroupId <ManagementGroupId>

Configure Activity Alerts

Configure Activity Alerts to remediate policies listed here using below steps.

Category: Logging and Auditing [Increase compliance score by 5-10%]

Remediation Steps

  1. Login to Azure portal

  2. Open Cloud shell in PowerShell mode

  3. Download configuration script

        wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Cloudneeti/docs_cloudneeti/master/scripts/subscription-governance/configure-ActivityAlerts.ps1 -O configure-ActivityAlerts.ps1

  4. Switch directory

        cd $user

  5. Execute script

        ./configure-ActivityAlerts.ps1 `
    -SubscriptionId <subscription Id> `
    -ResourceGroupName <Resource Group Name> `
    -ReceiverEmailIds <emailid1,emailid2>

  6. OR In case of custom tags, script can be executed using below options. List of all tags are given in the documentation examples inside the script

        ./configure-ActivityAlerts.ps1 `
    -SubscriptionId <subscription Id> `
    -ResourceGroupName <Resource Group Name> `
    -ReceiverEmailIds <emailid1,emailid2> `
    -ProjectOwnerTag <Owner> `
    -CostCenterTag <CostCenter>

Configure Activity Log Profile

Configure Activity Log to remediate policies listed here using below steps.

Category: Logging and Auditing

Remediation Steps

  1. Login to Azure portal

  2. Open Cloud shell in PowerShell mode

  3. Download configuration script     

            wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Cloudneeti/docs_cloudneeti/master/scripts/subscription-governance/configure-ActivityLogProfile.ps1 -O configure-ActivityLogProfile.ps1

  4. Switch directory

        cd $user

  5. Execute script

        .\configure-ActivityLogProfile.ps1 `
    -SubscriptionId <SubscriptionId> `
    -ResourceGroupName <ResourceGroupName> `
    -StorageAccountName <StorageAccountName> `
    -StorageAccountSku <StorageAccountSku> `
    -Location <Location>

  6. OR In case of custom tags, script can be executed using below options. List of all tags are given in the documentation examples inside the script 

        .\configure-ActivityLogProfile.ps1 `
    -SubscriptionId <SubscriptionId> `
    -ResourceGroupName <ResourceGroupName> `
    -StorageAccountName <StorageAccountName> `
    -StorageAccountSku <StorageAccountSku> `
    -Location <Location> `
    -ApplicationOwnerTag <ApplicationOwnerTag> `
    -ServiceNameTag <ServiceNameTag> `
    -BusinessUnitTag <BusinessUnitTag> `
    -ProjectOwnerTag <ProjectOwnerTag> `
    -ApplicationTag <ApplicationTag> `
    -DepartmentTag <DepartmentTag> `
    -ProjectNameTag <ProjectNameTag> `
    -CostCenterTag <CostCenterTag> `
    -DataProfileTag <DataProfileTag>

Configure Storage Account

Configure Storage Account to remediate policies listed here using below steps.

Category: Storage and Databases

Remediation Steps

  1. Login to Azure portal

  2. Open Cloud shell in PowerShell mode

  3. Download configuration script     

                wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Cloudneeti/docs_cloudneeti/master/scripts/subscription-governance/configure-StorageAccounts.ps1 -O configure-StorageAccounts.ps1

  4. Switch directory      

                cd $user

  5. Execute script to configure https and geo replication      

                .\configure-StorageAccounts.ps1 -SubscriptionId <subscriptionId> -All

    OR To enable only https on storage account,      

                .\configure-StorageAccounts.ps1 -SubscriptionId <subscriptionId> -EnableHttps

    OR To enable only geo-replication setting,      

                .\configure-StorageAccounts.ps1 -SubscriptionId <subscriptionId> -EnableGeoReplication

    In case few storage accounts to be excluded then provide ExcludeStorageAccounts parameter with comma separated storage account names. 

            .\configure-StorageAccounts.ps1 `
        -SubscriptionId <subscriptionId> `
        -ExcludeStorageAccounts <excludeStorageAccounts> `
        -All

Annexure

Remediation policy list

Configure Azure Security Center policies : Azure - Security Center

Control No Policy Title Category
2100.1 Ensure that AAD authentication in Service Fabric is set to enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.101 Ensure that required diagnostic logs retention period in days for Batch accounts is set in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.102 Ensure that required diagnostic logs retention period in days in Azure Search service is set in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.103 Ensure that required diagnostic logs retention period in days in Data Lake Analytics is set in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.104 Ensure that required diagnostic logs retention period in days in Data Lake Store accounts is set in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.105 Ensure that required diagnostic logs retention period in days in Event Hub accounts is set in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.106 Ensure that required diagnostic logs retention period in days in IoT Hub accounts is set in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.107 Ensure that required diagnostic logs retention period in days in Key Vault vaults is set in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.108 Ensure that required diagnostic logs retention period in days in Logic Apps workflows is set in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.109 Ensure that required diagnostic logs retention period in days in Service Bus is set in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.111 Ensure that monitoring of Kubernetes Services without RBAC is enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.112 Ensure that monitoring of sensitive data is classified on SQL database is enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.113 Ensure that monitoring of SQL managed instances alerts being sent to admins and subscription owners is enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.114 Ensure that monitoring of classic storage accounts migration to ARM is enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.115 Ensure that reporting of system updates in virtual machine scale sets is enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.116 Ensure that monitoring of unencrypted SQL databases is enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.117 Ensure that monitoring of classic virtual machines is enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.118 Ensure that OS vulnerabilities monitoring for virtual machine scale sets is enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.119 Ensure that the detection of VM vulnerabilities by a Vulnerability Assessment solution is enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.12 Ensure that diagnostics logs in Redis Cache is set to enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.121 Ensure that Vulnerability Assessment on your SQL servers is enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.122 Ensure that monitoring of the use of HTTPS in Web App is enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.13 Ensure that diagnostics logs in Search Service is set to enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.14 Ensure that diagnostics logs in Service Bus is set to enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.15 Ensure that diagnostics logs in Virtual Machine Scale Sets is set to enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.16 Ensure that diagnostics logs in Stream Analytics is set to enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.17 Ensure that disable unrestricted network to storage account is set to enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.18 Ensure that monitor disk encryption is set to enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.19 Ensure that monitor for Endpoint Protection is set to enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.2 Ensure that AAD authentication in SQL server is set to enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.22 Ensure that MFA is enabled for all subscription accounts with owner permissions in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.23 Ensure that MFA is enabled for all subscription accounts with read permissions in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.24 Ensure that MFA is enabled for all subscription accounts with write permissions in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.25 Ensure that deprecated accounts is removed on subscription are set to enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.26 Ensure that deprecated accounts with owner permissions are removed from subscription is set to enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.27 Ensure that external accounts with owner permissions are removed from subscription is set to enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.28 Ensure that external accounts with read permissions are removed from subscription is set to enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.29 Ensure that external accounts with write permissions are removed from subscription is set to enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.3 Ensure that monitor of Adaptive Application whitelisting is set to enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.31 Ensure that metric alerts in Batch account is set to enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.32 Ensure that namespace authorization rules in service bus is set to enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.33 Ensure that monitoring of network security groups is set to enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.34 Ensure that next generation firewall is set to enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.35 Ensure that monitoring of OS vulnerabilities is set to enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.36 Ensure that secure transfer to storage account is set to enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.41 Ensure that monitoring of SQL auditing is set to enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.42 Ensure that SqlDb Vulnerability Assesment is set to enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.43 Ensure that monitor SQL encryption is set to enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.44 Ensure that monitor storage blob encryption is set to enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.45 Ensure that monitor system updates is set to enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.47 Ensure that vulnerability assessment is set to enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.48 Ensure that web application firewall is set to enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.49 Ensure that monitoring of permissive network access to app-services is enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.5 Ensure that Cluster Protection level in Service Fabric is set to enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.51 Ensure that monitoring of SQL managed server without Advanced Data Security is enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.53 Ensure that all Advanced Threat Protection types on SQL server is enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.54 Ensure that monitoring of access rules in Event Hub namespaces is enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.55 Ensure that monitoring of the use of HTTPS in API app is enable in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.57 Ensure that the Audit monitoring of SQL Servers is enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.58 Ensure that monitoring of using built-in RBAC rules is enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.59 Ensure that monitoring of access rules in Event Hubs is enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.6 Ensure that monitoring of Kubernetes Services without authorized IP ranges is enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.61 Ensure that monitoring of Automation Account Encryption is enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.63 Ensure that monitoring of CORS restrictions for API Function is enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.64 Ensure that monitoring of CORS restrictions for API Web is enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.65 Ensure that monitoring of DDoS protection for virtual network is enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.66 Ensure that monitoring of diagnostics logs in selective app services is enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.67 Ensure that monitoring of diagnostic logs in IoT Hubs is enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.68 Ensure that endpoint protection monitoring for virtual machine scale sets is enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.69 Ensure that 'Send alerts to' is set in SQL server Advanced Data Security settings is enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.7 Ensure that diagnostics logs in Data Lake Analytics is set to enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.71 Ensure that IP Forwarding monitoring on virtual machines is disabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.72 Ensure that monitoring of network just In time access is enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.73 Ensure that monitoring of Open Management Ports on virtual machines is enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.74 Ensure that monitoring of IP restrictions for API App is enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.75 Ensure that monitoring of IP restrictions for Function App is enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.76 Ensure that monitoring of IP restrictions for Web App is enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.77 Ensure that monitoring of diagnostics logs in App Services is enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.78 Ensure that monitoring of web sockets for API App is enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.79 Ensure that monitoring of web sockets for Function App is enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.8 Ensure that diagnostics logs in Data Lake Store is set to enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.81 Ensure that monitoring of Endpoint Protection is enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.82 Ensure that monitoring of custom domain use in API App is enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.83 Ensure that monitoring of custom domain use in Function App is enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.84 Ensure that monitoring of custom domain use in Web App is enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.85 Ensure that monitoring of .Net version in API App is enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.86 Ensure that monitoring of .Net version in Web App is enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.87 Ensure that monitoring of Java version in API App is enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.88 Ensure that monitoring of Java version in web app is enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.89 Ensure that monitoring of Node.js version in Web App is enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.9 Ensure that diagnostics logs in Event Hub is set to enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.91 Ensure that monitoring of PHP version in Web App is enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.92 Ensure that monitoring of Python version in API App is enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.93 Ensure that monitoring of Python version in Web App is enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.94 Ensure that monitoring of Internet-facing VM for NSG traffic hardening is enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.95 Ensure that monitoring of NSG for virtual machines is enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.96 Ensure that monitoring of NSG for Subnet is enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.97 Ensure that monitoring of Kubernetes Services without pod security policy is enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.98 Ensure that monitoring of remote debugging for API App is enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.99 Ensure that monitoring of remote debugging for Function App is enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.10 Ensure that diagnostics logs in Key Vault is set to enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.100 Ensure that monitoring of remote debugging for Web App is enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.110 Ensure that required diagnostic logs retention period in days in Stream Analytics is set in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.120 Ensure that Vulnerability Assessment on your SQL managed instances is enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.16 Ensure that diagnostics logs in Logic Apps is set to enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.30 Ensure that JIT network access policy is set to enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.50 Ensure that monitoring of SQL managed instances without Advanced Data Security is enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.52 Ensure that all Advanced Threat Protection types on SQL managed instance is enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.56 Ensure that monitoring of auditing policy Action-Groups and Actions setting is enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.60 Ensure that diagnostics logs in Batch Account is set to enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.62 Ensure that monitoring of CORS restrictions for API App is enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.70 Ensure that monitoring of the use of HTTPS in function app is enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.80 Ensure that monitoring of web sockets for Web App is enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center
2100.90 Ensure that monitoring of PHP version in the API App is enabled in ASC Azure - Security Center

Configure Activity Alerts : Logging and Auditing

Control No Policy Title Category
1900.5 Ensure that Activity Log Alert exists for Create Policy Assignment Azure - Logging and Auditing
1900.6 Ensure Activity Log Alert exists for Create or Update Network Security Group Azure - Logging and Auditing
1900.7 Ensure Activity Log Alert exists for Delete Network Security Group Azure - Logging and Auditing
1900.8 Ensure Activity Log Alert exists for Create or Update Network Security Group Rule Azure - Logging and Auditing
1900.9 Ensure Activity Log Alert exists for Delete Network Security Group Rule Azure - Logging and Auditing
1900.10 Ensure Activity Log Alert exists for Create or Update Security Solution Azure - Logging and Auditing
1900.11 Ensure Activity Log Alert exists for Delete Security Solution Azure - Logging and Auditing
1900.12 Ensure Activity Log Alert(s) have configured for Create or Update SQL Server Firewall Rule Azure - Logging and Auditing
1900.13 Ensure Activity Log Alert exists for Delete SQL Server Firewall Rule Azure - Logging and Auditing
1900.14 Ensure Activity Log Alert exists for Update Security Policy Azure - Logging and Auditing

Configure Activity Log Profile : Logging and Auditing

Control No Policy Title Category
1900.3 Ensure that a Log Profile exists for Azure Monitor Azure - Logging and Auditing
1900.4 Ensure that retention period is set to 365 days or greater for Activity Logs Azure - Logging and Auditing
1900.21 Ensure Audit Profile captures all the Activities Azure - Logging and Auditing
1900.22 Ensure Log Profile captures activity logs for all Regions including global Azure - Logging and Auditing
1900.23 Ensure Storage Container storing activity logs is not Publicly accessible Azure - Logging and Auditing

Configure Storage Account : Storage and Databases

Control No Policy Title Category
2200.10 Ensure that 'Secure transfer required' is 'Enabled' for Storage Account Azure - Storage and Databases
2200.14 Ensure that 'Geo-redundant' is enabled for Azure Storage Azure - Storage and Databases