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{
"items": [
{
"category": "Azure Billing and Microsoft Entra ID Tenants",
"subcategory": "Microsoft Entra ID Tenants",
"text": "Use one Entra tenant for managing your Azure resources, unless you have a clear regulatory or business requirement for multi-tenants.",
"waf": "Operations",
"service": "Entra",
"guid": "70c15989-c726-42c7-b0d3-24b7375b9201",
"id": "A01.01",
"severity": "Medium",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/design-area/multi-tenant/considerations-recommendations",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/deploy-resources-scopes-bicep/2-understand-deployment-scopes"
},
{
"category": "Azure Billing and Microsoft Entra ID Tenants",
"subcategory": "Microsoft Entra ID Tenants",
"text": "Use Multi-Tenant Automation approach to managing your Microsoft Entra ID Tenants.",
"waf": "Operations",
"service": "Entra",
"guid": "6309957b-821a-43d1-b9d9-7fcf1802b747",
"id": "A01.02",
"severity": "Low",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/design-area/multi-tenant/automation",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/entra/architecture/multi-tenant-user-management-introduction/"
},
{
"category": "Azure Billing and Microsoft Entra ID Tenants",
"subcategory": "Microsoft Entra ID Tenants",
"text": "Use Azure Lighthouse for Multi-Tenant Management with the same IDs.",
"waf": "Operations",
"service": "Entra",
"guid": "78e11934-499a-45ed-8ef7-aae5578f0ecf",
"id": "A01.03",
"severity": "High",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/design-area/multi-tenant/lighthouse",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/lighthouse/concepts/cross-tenant-management-experience"
},
{
"category": "Azure Billing and Microsoft Entra ID Tenants",
"subcategory": "Cloud Solution Provider",
"text": "If you give a partner access to administer your tenant, use Azure Lighthouse.",
"waf": "Cost",
"service": "Entra",
"guid": "5d82e6df-6f61-42f2-82e2-3132d293be3d",
"id": "A02.01",
"severity": "High",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/design-area/azure-billing-microsoft-customer-agreement#design-recommendations",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/lighthouse/how-to/onboard-customer"
},
{
"category": "Azure Billing and Microsoft Entra ID Tenants",
"subcategory": "Cloud Solution Provider",
"text": "If you have a CSP partner, define and document your support request and escalation process.",
"waf": "Cost",
"guid": "a24d0de3-d4b9-4dfb-8ddd-bbfaf123fa01",
"id": "A02.02",
"severity": "Low",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/design-area/azure-billing-cloud-solution-provider#design-recommendations"
},
{
"category": "Azure Billing and Microsoft Entra ID Tenants",
"subcategory": "Cloud Solution Provider",
"text": "Setup Cost Reporting and Views with Azure Cost Management.",
"waf": "Cost",
"guid": "32952499-58c8-4e6f-ada5-972e67893d55",
"id": "A02.03",
"severity": "Medium",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/design-area/azure-billing-microsoft-customer-agreement#design-recommendations",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/analyze-costs-create-budgets-azure-cost-management/"
},
{
"category": "Azure Billing and Microsoft Entra ID Tenants",
"subcategory": "Enterprise Agreement",
"text": "Configure Notification Contacts to a group mailbox.",
"waf": "Cost",
"guid": "685cb4f2-ac9c-4b19-9167-993ed0b32415",
"id": "A03.01",
"severity": "Medium",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/direct-ea-administration#manage-notification-contacts"
},
{
"category": "Azure Billing and Microsoft Entra ID Tenants",
"subcategory": "Enterprise Agreement",
"text": "Use departments and accounts to map your organization's structure to your enrollment hierarchy which can help with separating billing.",
"waf": "Cost",
"guid": "12cd499f-96e2-4e41-a243-231fb3245a1c",
"id": "A03.02",
"severity": "Low",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/design-area/azure-billing-enterprise-agreement#design-considerations",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/understand-ea-roles"
},
{
"category": "Azure Billing and Microsoft Entra ID Tenants",
"subcategory": "Enterprise Agreement",
"text": "Enable both DA View Charges and AO View Charges on your EA Enrollments to allow users with the correct perms review Cost and Billing Data.",
"waf": "Security",
"guid": "ca0fe401-12ad-46fc-8a7e-86293866a9f6",
"id": "A03.04",
"severity": "Medium",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/design-area/azure-billing-enterprise-agreement#design-recommendations",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cost-management-billing/costs/assign-access-acm-data#enable-access-to-costs-in-the-azure-portal"
},
{
"category": "Azure Billing and Microsoft Entra ID Tenants",
"subcategory": "Enterprise Agreement",
"text": "Use of Enterprise Dev/Test Subscriptions to reduce costs for non-production workloads.",
"waf": "Cost",
"guid": "5cf9f485-2784-49b3-9824-75d9b8bdb57b",
"id": "A03.05",
"severity": "Low",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/design-area/azure-billing-enterprise-agreement#design-considerations",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/devtest/offer/how-to-manage-monitor-devtest"
},
{
"category": "Azure Billing and Microsoft Entra ID Tenants",
"subcategory": "Microsoft Customer Agreement",
"text": "Configure Agreement billing account notification contact email.",
"waf": "Cost",
"guid": "6ad5c3dd-e5ea-4ff1-81a4-7886ff87845c",
"id": "A04.01",
"severity": "Low",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/design-area/azure-billing-microsoft-customer-agreement#design-recommendations",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/mca-setup-account"
},
{
"category": "Azure Billing and Microsoft Entra ID Tenants",
"subcategory": "Microsoft Customer Agreement",
"text": "Use Billing Profiles and Invoice sections to structure your agreements billing for effective cost management.",
"waf": "Cost",
"guid": "90e87802-602f-4dfb-acea-67c60689f1d7",
"id": "A04.02",
"severity": "Low",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/mca-section-invoice",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cost-management-billing/understand/mca-overview#billing-profiles"
},
{
"category": "Azure Billing and Microsoft Entra ID Tenants",
"subcategory": "Microsoft Customer Agreement",
"text": "Make use of Microsoft Azure plan for dev/test offer to reduce costs for non-production workloads.",
"waf": "Cost",
"guid": "e81a73f0-84c4-4641-b406-14db3b4d1f50",
"id": "A04.03",
"severity": "Low",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/design-area/azure-billing-microsoft-customer-agreement#design-recommendations",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/devtest/offer/overview-what-is-devtest-offer-visual-studio"
},
{
"category": "Azure Billing and Microsoft Entra ID Tenants",
"subcategory": "Microsoft Customer Agreement",
"text": "Define and document a process to periodically audit the agreement billing RBAC role assignments to review who has access to your MCA billing account.",
"waf": "Cost",
"guid": "ae757485-92a4-482a-8bc9-eefe6f5b5ec3",
"id": "A04.04",
"severity": "Medium",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/design-area/azure-billing-microsoft-customer-agreement#design-recommendations",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/understand-mca-roles"
},
{
"category": "Identity and Access Management",
"subcategory": "Identity",
"text": "Enforce a RBAC model that aligns to your cloud operating model. Scope and Assign across Management Groups and Subscriptions.",
"waf": "Security",
"service": "Entra",
"guid": "348ef254-c27d-442e-abba-c7571559ab91",
"id": "B03.01",
"severity": "High",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/role-based-access-control/overview",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/implement-resource-mgmt-security/"
},
{
"category": "Identity and Access Management",
"subcategory": "Microsoft Entra ID and Hybrid Identity",
"text": "Use managed identities instead of service principals for authentication to Azure services. You can check for existing service principals via Entra ID > Sign in Logs > Service principal logins.",
"waf": "Security",
"guid": "4348bf81-7573-4512-8f46-9061cc198fea",
"id": "B03.02",
"severity": "High",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/design-area/identity-access-landing-zones#identity-and-access-management-in-the-azure-landing-zone-accelerator",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/managed-identities-azure-resources/overview"
},
{
"category": "Identity and Access Management",
"subcategory": "Identity",
"text": "Only use the authentication type Work or school account for all account types. Avoid using the Microsoft account",
"waf": "Security",
"service": "Entra",
"guid": "12e7f983-f630-4472-8dd6-9c5b5c2622f5",
"id": "B03.02",
"severity": "High",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/explore-basic-services-identity-types/",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/roles/security-planning#identify-microsoft-accounts-in-administrative-roles-that-need-to-be-switched-to-work-or-school-accounts"
},
{
"category": "Identity and Access Management",
"subcategory": "Identity",
"text": "Only use groups to assign permissions. Add on-premises groups to the Entra ID only group if a group management system is already in place.",
"waf": "Security",
"service": "Entra",
"guid": "4b69bad3-3aad-45e8-a68e-1d76667313b4",
"id": "B03.03",
"severity": "Medium",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/manage-identity-and-access/",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/fundamentals/active-directory-groups-create-azure-portal"
},
{
"category": "Identity and Access Management",
"subcategory": "Identity",
"text": "Enforce Microsoft Entra ID Conditional Access policies for any user with rights to Azure environments.",
"waf": "Security",
"service": "Entra",
"guid": "53e8908a-e28c-484c-93b6-b7808b9fe5c4",
"id": "B03.04",
"severity": "High",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/plan-implement-administer-conditional-access/",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/conditional-access/overview"
},
{
"category": "Identity and Access Management",
"subcategory": "Identity",
"text": "Enforce multi-factor authentication for any user with rights to the Azure environments.",
"waf": "Security",
"service": "Entra",
"guid": "1049d403-a923-4c34-94d0-0018ac6a9e01",
"id": "B03.05",
"severity": "High",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/secure-aad-users-with-mfa/",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/authentication/concept-mfa-howitworks"
},
{
"category": "Identity and Access Management",
"subcategory": "Identity",
"text": "Enforce centralized and delegated responsibilities to manage resources deployed inside the landing zone, based on role and security requirements.",
"waf": "Security",
"guid": "e6a83de5-de32-4c19-a248-1607d5d1e4e6",
"id": "B03.06",
"severity": "High",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/azure-administrator-manage-identities-governance/",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/manage/centralize-operations"
},
{
"category": "Identity and Access Management",
"subcategory": "Identity",
"text": "Enforce Microsoft Entra ID Privileged Identity Management (PIM) to establish zero standing access and least privilege.",
"waf": "Security",
"service": "Entra",
"guid": "14658d35-58fd-4772-99b8-21112df27ee4",
"id": "B03.07",
"severity": "Medium",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/azure-ad-privileged-identity-management/",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/privileged-identity-management/pim-configure"
},
{
"category": "Identity and Access Management",
"subcategory": "Identity",
"text": "When deploying Active Directory Domain Controllers, use a location with Availability Zones and deploy at least two VMs across these zones. If not available, deploy in an Availability Set.",
"waf": "Reliability",
"guid": "1559ab91-53e8-4908-ae28-c84c33b6b780",
"id": "B03.09",
"severity": "High",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/azure-active-directory/",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/reference-architectures/identity/adds-extend-domain#vm-recommendations"
},
{
"category": "Identity and Access Management",
"subcategory": "Identity",
"text": "Use Azure custom RBAC roles for the following key roles to provide fine-grain access across your ALZ: Azure platform owner, network management, security operations, subscription owner, application owner. Align these roles to teams and responsibilities within your business.",
"waf": "Security",
"guid": "f5664b5e-984a-4859-a773-e7d261623a76",
"id": "B03.10",
"severity": "Medium",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/create-custom-azure-roles-with-rbac/",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/design-area/identity-access#prerequisites-for-a-landing-zone---design-recommendations"
},
{
"category": "Identity and Access Management",
"subcategory": "Identity",
"text": "If planning to switch from Active Directory Domain Services to Entra domain services, evaluate the compatibility of all workloads.",
"waf": "Security",
"service": "Entra",
"guid": "8b9fe5c4-1049-4d40-9a92-3c3474d00018",
"id": "B03.11",
"severity": "Medium",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/implement-hybrid-identity-windows-server/",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/entra/identity/domain-services/overview"
},
{
"category": "Identity and Access Management",
"subcategory": "Identity",
"text": "When using Microsoft Entra Domain Services use replica sets. Replica sets will improve the resiliency of your managed domain and allow you to deploy to additional regions. ",
"waf": "Reliability",
"service": "Entra",
"guid": "0dd4e625-9c4b-4a56-b54a-4357bac12761",
"id": "B03.12",
"graph": "resources | where type == 'microsoft.aad/domainservices' | extend replicaSets = properties.replicaSets | where array_length(replicaSets) < 2 | project name=name, id=id, tags=tags, param1=strcat('replicaSetLocation:', replicaSets[0].location)",
"severity": "Medium",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/understand-azure-active-directory/6-examine-azure-domain-services",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/entra/identity/domain-services/overview"
},
{
"category": "Identity and Access Management",
"subcategory": "Identity",
"text": "Integrate Microsoft Entra ID logs with the platform-central Azure Monitor. Azure Monitor allows for a single source of truth around log and monitoring data in Azure, giving organizations a cloud native options to meet requirements around log collection and retention.",
"waf": "Security",
"service": "Entra",
"guid": "1cf0b8da-70bd-44d0-94af-8d99cfc89ae1",
"id": "B03.13",
"severity": "Medium",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/reports-monitoring/concept-activity-logs-azure-monitor",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/entra/identity/monitoring-health/howto-integrate-activity-logs-with-azure-monitor-logs"
},
{
"category": "Identity and Access Management",
"subcategory": "Identity",
"text": "Implement an emergency access or break-glass accounts to prevent tenant-wide account lockout.",
"waf": "Security",
"service": "Entra",
"guid": "984a859c-773e-47d2-9162-3a765a917e1f",
"id": "B03.14",
"ammp": true,
"severity": "High",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/azure-ad-privileged-identity-management/",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/roles/security-emergency-access"
},
{
"category": "Identity and Access Management",
"subcategory": "Microsoft Entra ID",
"text": "When deploying Microsoft Entra Connect, use a staging sever for high availability/disaster recovery.",
"waf": "Reliability",
"guid": "cd163e39-84a5-4b39-97b7-6973abd70d94",
"id": "B03.15",
"severity": "Medium",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/hybrid/how-to-connect-sync-staging-server",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/entra/identity/hybrid/connect/plan-connect-topologies"
},
{
"category": "Identity and Access Management",
"subcategory": "Identity",
"text": "Do not use on-premises synced accounts for Microsoft Entra ID role assignments, unless you have a scenario that specifically requires it.",
"waf": "Security",
"service": "Entra",
"guid": "35037e68-9349-4c15-b371-228514f4cdff",
"id": "B03.16",
"severity": "Medium",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/design-identity-security-strategy/",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/roles/best-practices"
},
{
"category": "Identity and Access Management",
"subcategory": "Identity",
"text": "When using Microsoft Entra ID Application Proxy to give remote users access to applications, manage it as a Platform resource as you can only have one instance per tenant.",
"waf": "Security",
"service": "Entra",
"guid": "d5d1e4e6-1465-48d3-958f-d77249b82111",
"id": "B03.17",
"severity": "Medium",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/implement-applications-external-access-azure-ad/",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/app-proxy/application-proxy"
},
{
"category": "Identity and Access Management",
"subcategory": "Landing zones",
"text": "Configure Identity network segmentation through the use of a virtual Network and peer back to the hub. Providing authentication inside application landing zone (legacy).",
"waf": "Security",
"guid": "9cf5418b-1520-4b7b-add7-88eb28f833e8",
"id": "B04.01",
"severity": "High",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/example-scenario/identity/adds-extend-domain",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/design-area/identity-access-landing-zones#identity-and-access-management-in-the-azure-landing-zone-accelerator"
},
{
"category": "Identity and Access Management",
"subcategory": "Landing zones",
"text": "Use Azure RBAC to manage data plane access to resources, if possible. E.g. Data Operations across Key Vault, Storage Account and Database Services.",
"waf": "Security",
"guid": "d4d1ad54-1abc-4919-b267-3f342d3b49e4",
"id": "B04.02",
"severity": "Medium",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/role-based-access-control/overview",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/design-area/identity-access-landing-zones#rbac-recommendations"
},
{
"category": "Identity and Access Management",
"subcategory": "Landing zones",
"text": "Use Microsoft Entra ID PIM access reviews to periodically validate resource entitlements.",
"waf": "Security",
"guid": "d505ebcb-79b1-4274-9c0d-a27c8bea489c",
"id": "B04.03",
"severity": "Medium",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/privileged-identity-management/pim-create-roles-and-resource-roles-review",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/entra/id-governance/privileged-identity-management/pim-perform-roles-and-resource-roles-review"
},
{
"category": "Resource Organization",
"subcategory": "Naming and tagging",
"text": "Use a well defined naming scheme for resources, such as Microsoft Best Practice Naming Standards.",
"description": "Consider using the Azure naming tool available at https://aka.ms/azurenamingtool",
"waf": "Security",
"guid": "cacf55bc-e4e4-46be-96bc-57a5f23a269a",
"id": "C01.01",
"severity": "High",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/azure-best-practices/resource-naming"
},
{
"category": "Resource Organization",
"subcategory": "Subscriptions",
"text": "Enforce reasonably flat management group hierarchy with no more than four levels.",
"waf": "Security",
"guid": "2df27ee4-12e7-4f98-9f63-04722dd69c5b",
"id": "C02.01",
"severity": "Medium",
"graph": "resourcecontainers| where type == 'microsoft.resources/subscriptions'| extend ManagementGroup = tostring(tags),mgmtChain = properties.managementGroupAncestorsChain| extend compliant =( array_length(mgmtChain) <= 4 and array_length(mgmtChain) > 1)",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/azure-architecture-fundamentals/",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/design-area/resource-org-management-groups"
},
{
"category": "Resource Organization",
"subcategory": "Subscriptions",
"text": "Enforce a sandbox management group to allow users to immediately experiment with Azure.",
"waf": "Security",
"guid": "667313b4-f566-44b5-b984-a859c773e7d2",
"id": "C02.02",
"severity": "Medium",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/enterprise-scale-architecture/",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/design-area/resource-org-management-groups#management-group-recommendations"
},
{
"category": "Resource Organization",
"subcategory": "Subscriptions",
"text": "Enforce a platform management group under the root management group to support common platform policy and Azure role assignment.",
"waf": "Security",
"guid": "61623a76-5a91-47e1-b348-ef254c27d42e",
"id": "C02.03",
"severity": "Medium",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/enterprise-scale-architecture/",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/design-area/resource-org-management-groups#management-group-recommendations"
},
{
"category": "Resource Organization",
"subcategory": "Subscriptions",
"text": "Enforce a dedicated connectivity subscription in the Connectivity management group to host an Azure Virtual WAN hub, private non-AD Domain Name System (DNS), ExpressRoute circuit, and other networking resources.",
"waf": "Security",
"guid": "8bbac757-1559-4ab9-853e-8908ae28c84c",
"id": "C02.04",
"severity": "Medium",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/enterprise-scale-architecture/",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/landing-zone/design-area/resource-org-management-groups#management-group-recommendations"
},
{
"category": "Resource Organization",
"subcategory": "Subscriptions",
"text": "Enforce no subscriptions are placed under the root management group.",
"waf": "Security",
"guid": "33b6b780-8b9f-4e5c-9104-9d403a923c34",
"id": "C02.05",
"severity": "Medium",
"graph": "resourcecontainers| where type == 'microsoft.resources/subscriptions'| extend ManagementGroup = tostring(tags),mgmtChain = properties.managementGroupAncestorsChain| extend compliant = (array_length(mgmtChain) > 1)",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/governance/management-groups/how-to/protect-resource-hierarchy#setting---default-management-group",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/governance/management-groups/overview"
},
{
"category": "Resource Organization",
"subcategory": "Subscriptions",
"text": "Enforce that only privileged users can operate management groups in the tenant by enabling Azure RBAC authorization in the management group hierarchy settings.",
"waf": "Security",
"guid": "74d00018-ac6a-49e0-8e6a-83de5de32c19",
"id": "C02.06",
"severity": "Medium",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/governance/management-groups/how-to/protect-resource-hierarchy#setting---require-authorization",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/configure-role-based-access-control/"
},
{
"category": "Resource Organization",
"subcategory": "Subscriptions",
"text": "Enforce management groups under the root-level management group to represent the types of workloads, based on their security, compliance, connectivity, and feature needs.",
"waf": "Security",
"guid": "92481607-d5d1-4e4e-9146-58d3558fd772",
"id": "C02.07",
"severity": "Medium",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/governance/management-groups/overview"
},
{
"category": "Resource Organization",
"subcategory": "Subscriptions",
"text": "Enforce a process to make resource owners aware of their roles and responsibilities, access review, budget review, policy compliance and remediate when necessary.",
"waf": "Security",
"guid": "49b82111-2df2-47ee-912e-7f983f630472",
"id": "C02.08",
"severity": "High",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/entra/id-governance/access-reviews-overview",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/plan-implement-manage-access-review/"
},
{
"category": "Resource Organization",
"subcategory": "Subscriptions",
"text": "Ensure that all subscription owners and IT core team are aware of subscription quotas and the impact they have on provision resources for a given subscription.",
"waf": "Security",
"guid": "2dd69c5b-5c26-422f-94b6-9bad33aad5e8",
"id": "C02.09",
"severity": "Medium",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-resource-manager/management/azure-subscription-service-limits",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/configure-subscriptions/"
},
{
"category": "Resource Organization",
"subcategory": "Subscriptions",
"text": "Use Reserved Instances where appropriate to optimize cost and ensure available capacity in target regions.",
"waf": "Security",
"guid": "c68e1d76-6673-413b-9f56-64b5e984a859",
"id": "C02.10",
"severity": "High",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/improve-reliability-modern-operations/",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/save-compute-costs-reservations"
},
{
"category": "Resource Organization",
"subcategory": "Subscriptions",
"text": "Establish dashboards and/or visualizations to monitor compute and storage capacity metrics. (i.e. CPU, memory, disk space)",
"waf": "Security",
"guid": "c773e7d2-6162-43a7-95a9-17e1f348ef25",
"id": "C02.11",
"ammp": true,
"severity": "Medium",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/visualize-data-workbooks/",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-portal/azure-portal-dashboards"
},
{
"category": "Resource Organization",
"subcategory": "Subscriptions",
"text": "As part of your cloud adoption, implement a detailed cost management plan using the 'Managed cloud costs' process.",
"waf": "Security",
"guid": "ae28c84c-33b6-4b78-88b9-fe5c41049d40",
"id": "C02.12",
"severity": "High",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/control-spending-manage-bills/",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/get-started/manage-costs"
},
{
"category": "Resource Organization",
"subcategory": "Subscriptions",
"text": "If servers will be used for Identity services, like domain controllers, establish a dedicated identity subscription in the identity management group, to host these services. Make sure that resources are set to use the domain controllers available in their region.",
"waf": "Security",
"guid": "3a923c34-74d0-4001-aac6-a9e01e6a83de",
"id": "C02.13",
"severity": "Medium",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/enterprise-scale-architecture/",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/governance/management-groups/overview"
},
{
"category": "Resource Organization",
"subcategory": "Subscriptions",
"text": "Ensure tags are used for billing and cost management.",
"waf": "Security",
"guid": "5de32c19-9248-4160-9d5d-1e4e614658d3",
"id": "C02.14",
"severity": "Medium",
"graph": "resources | extend compliant = isnotnull(['tags']) | project name, id, subscriptionId, resourceGroup, tags, compliant",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/implement-resource-mgmt-security/",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/azure-best-practices/track-costs"
},
{
"category": "Resource Organization",
"subcategory": "Subscriptions",
"text": "For Sovereign Landing Zone, have a 'confidential corp' and 'confidential online' management group directly under the 'landing zones' MG.",
"waf": "Security",
"guid": "6cc0ea22-42bb-441e-a345-804ab0a09666",
"id": "C02.15",
"severity": "Medium",
"link": "https://github.com/Azure/sovereign-landing-zone/blob/main/docs/02-Architecture.md",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/industry/sovereignty/slz-overview"
},
{
"category": "Resource Organization",
"subcategory": "Regions",
"text": "Select the right Azure region/s for your deployment. Azure is a global-scale cloud platform that provide global coverage through many regions and geographies. Different Azure regions have different characteristics, access and availability models, costs, capacity, and services offered, then it is important to consider all criteria and requirements.",
"waf": "Reliability",
"guid": "250d81ce-8bbe-4f85-9051-6a18a8221e50",
"id": "C03.01",
"severity": "High",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/azure-architecture-fundamentals/",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/azure-setup-guide/regions"
},
{
"category": "Resource Organization",
"subcategory": "Regions",
"text": "Deploy your Azure landing zone in a multi-region deployment. Depending on customer size, locations, and users presence, operating in multiple regions can be a common choice to deliver services and run applications closer to them. Using a multi-region deployment is also important to provide geo disaster recovery capabilities, to eliminate the dependency from a single region capacity and diminish the risk of a temporary and localized resource capacity constraint.",
"waf": "Reliability",
"guid": "19ca3f89-397d-44b1-b5b6-5e18661372ac",
"id": "C03.02",
"severity": "Medium",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/azure-architecture-fundamentals/",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/azure-setup-guide/regions#operate-in-multiple-geographic-regions"
},
{
"category": "Resource Organization",
"subcategory": "Regions",
"text": "Ensure required services and features are available within the chosen deployment regions.",
"waf": "Reliability",
"guid": "4c27d42e-8bba-4c75-9155-9ab9153e8908",
"id": "C03.03",
"severity": "Medium",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/azure-architecture-fundamentals/",
"link": "https://azure.microsoft.com/explore/global-infrastructure/products-by-region/"
},
{
"category": "Network Topology and Connectivity",
"subcategory": "App delivery",
"text": "Document a standard for securing the delivery application content from your Workload spokes using Application Gateway and Azure Front Door. You can use the Application Delivery checklist to for recommendations.",
"waf": "Operations",
"guid": "373f482f-3e39-4d39-8aa4-7e566f6082b6",
"id": "D01.01",
"severity": "Medium",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/azure-best-practices/plan-for-app-delivery"
},
{
"category": "Network Topology and Connectivity",
"subcategory": "Hub and spoke",
"text": "Use a hub-and-spoke network topology for network scenarios that require maximum flexibility.",
"waf": "Security",
"service": "VNet",
"guid": "e8bbac75-7155-49ab-a153-e8908ae28c84",
"id": "D01.01",
"severity": "Medium",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/architect-network-infrastructure/",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/enterprise-scale/network-topology-and-connectivity"
},
{
"category": "Network Topology and Connectivity",
"subcategory": "Hub and spoke",
"text": "Deploy shared networking services, including ExpressRoute gateways, VPN gateways, and Azure Firewall or partner NVAs in the central-hub virtual network. If necessary, also deploy DNS services.",
"waf": "Cost",
"service": "VNet",
"guid": "7dd61623-a364-4a90-9eca-e48ebd54cd7d",
"id": "D01.02",
"severity": "High",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/azure-best-practices/traditional-azure-networking-topology",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/hub-and-spoke-network-architecture/"
},
{
"category": "Network Topology and Connectivity",
"subcategory": "App delivery",
"text": "Use a DDoS Network or IP protection plan for all public IP addresses in application landing zones.",
"waf": "Security",
"service": "VNet",
"guid": "143b16c3-1d7a-4a9b-9470-4489a8042d88",
"id": "D01.03",
"severity": "High",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-networking-infrastructure/",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ddos-protection/ddos-protection-overview"
},
{
"category": "Network Topology and Connectivity",
"subcategory": "Hub and spoke",
"text": "When deploying partner networking technologies or NVAs, follow the partner vendor's guidance.",
"waf": "Reliability",
"service": "NVA",
"guid": "e2e8abac-3571-4559-ab91-53e89f89dc7b",
"id": "D01.03",
"severity": "Medium",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/architecture/reference-architectures/dmz/nva-ha"
},
{
"category": "Network Topology and Connectivity",
"subcategory": "Hub and spoke",
"text": "If you need transit between ExpressRoute and VPN gateways in hub and spoke scenarios, use Azure Route Server.",
"waf": "Security",
"service": "ExpressRoute",
"guid": "ce463dbb-bc8a-4c2a-aebc-92a43da1dae2",
"id": "D01.04",
"severity": "Low",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/expressroute/expressroute-howto-coexist-resource-manager#to-enable-transit-routing-between-expressroute-and-azure-vpn",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/intro-to-azure-route-server/"
},
{
"category": "Network Topology and Connectivity",
"subcategory": "Hub and spoke",
"text": "If using Route Server, use a /27 prefix for the Route Server subnet.",
"waf": "Security",
"service": "ARS",
"guid": "91b9d7d5-91e1-4dcb-8f1f-fa7e465646cc",
"id": "D01.05",
"severity": "Low",
"graph": "resources | where type=='microsoft.network/virtualnetworks' | project id,subnets=properties.subnets | mv-expand subnets | project id, subnetName = subnets.name, subnetPrefix = subnets.properties.addressPrefix | extend subnetPrefixLength = split(subnetPrefix, '/')[1] | where subnetName == 'RouteServerSubnet' | extend compliant = (subnetPrefixLength <= 27) | distinct id, compliant",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/route-server/quickstart-configure-route-server-portal#create-a-route-server-1",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/intro-to-azure-route-server/"
},
{
"category": "Network Topology and Connectivity",
"subcategory": "Hub and spoke",
"text": "For network architectures with multiple hub-and-spoke topologies across Azure regions, use global virtual network peerings between the hub VNets to connect the regions to each other.",
"waf": "Performance",
"service": "VNet",
"guid": "cc881471-607c-41cc-a0e6-14658dd558f9",
"id": "D01.06",
"severity": "Medium",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/azure-administrator-manage-virtual-networks/",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-network/virtual-networks-faq#can-i-create-a-peering-connection-to-a-vnet-in-a-different-region"
},
{
"category": "Network Topology and Connectivity",
"subcategory": "Hub and spoke",
"text": "Use Azure Monitor for Networks to monitor the end-to-end state of the networks on Azure.",
"waf": "Operations",
"service": "VNet",
"guid": "4722d929-c1b1-4cd6-81f5-4b29bade39ad",
"id": "D01.07",
"severity": "Medium",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/modules/design-implement-network-monitoring/",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/insights/network-insights-overview"
},
{
"category": "Network Topology and Connectivity",
"subcategory": "Hub and spoke",
"text": "If you have more than 400 spoke networks in a region, deploy an additional hub to bypass VNet peering limits (500) and the maximum number of prefixes that can be advertised via ExpressRoute (1000).",
"waf": "Reliability",
"service": "VNet",
"guid": "0e7c28ec-9366-4572-83b0-f4664b1d944a",
"id": "D01.08",
"severity": "Medium",
"graph": "resources | where type == 'microsoft.network/virtualnetworks' | mvexpand properties.virtualNetworkPeerings | summarize peeringcount = count() by id | extend compliant = (peeringcount < 450) | distinct id,compliant",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-resource-manager/management/azure-subscription-service-limits?toc=/azure/virtual-network/toc.json#azure-resource-manager-virtual-networking-limits",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/hub-and-spoke-network-architecture/"
},
{
"category": "Network Topology and Connectivity",
"subcategory": "Hub and spoke",
"text": "Limit the number of routes per route table to 400.",
"waf": "Reliability",
"service": "VNet",
"guid": "3d457936-e9b7-41eb-bdff-314b26450b12",
"id": "D01.09",
"severity": "Medium",
"graph": "resources | where type=='microsoft.network/routetables' | mvexpand properties.routes | summarize routeCount = count() by id | extend compliant = (routeCount < 360) | distinct id,compliant",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-resource-manager/management/azure-subscription-service-limits?toc=/azure/virtual-network/toc.json#azure-resource-manager-virtual-networking-limits",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/hub-and-spoke-network-architecture/"
},
{
"category": "Network Topology and Connectivity",
"subcategory": "Hub and spoke",
"text": "Use the setting 'Allow traffic to remote virtual network' when configuring VNet peerings.",
"waf": "Reliability",
"service": "VNet",
"guid": "c76cb5a2-abe2-11ed-afa1-0242ac120002",
"id": "D01.10",
"severity": "High",
"graph": "resources | where type == 'microsoft.network/virtualnetworks' | mvexpand properties.virtualNetworkPeerings | project id, peeringName=properties_virtualNetworkPeerings.name, compliant = (properties_virtualNetworkPeerings.properties.allowVirtualNetworkAccess == True)",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-network/virtual-network-manage-peering",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/hub-and-spoke-network-architecture/"
},
{
"category": "Network Topology and Connectivity",
"subcategory": "Hub and spoke",
"text": "Use Standard Load Balancer SKU with a zone-redundant deployment, Selecting Standard SKU Load Balancer enhances reliability through availability zones and zone resiliency, ensuring deployments withstand zone and region failures. Unlike Basic, it supports global load balancing and offers an SLA.",
"waf": "Reliability",
"service": "Load Balancers",
"guid": "9dcd6250-9c4a-4382-aa9b-5b84c64fc1fe",
"id": "D01.11",
"severity": "High",
"graph": "resources | where type == 'microsoft.network/loadbalancers' | where tolower(sku.name) != 'basic' | mv-expand feIPconfigs = properties.frontendIPConfigurations | extend feConfigName = (feIPconfigs.name), PrivateSubnetId = toupper(feIPconfigs.properties.subnet.id), PrivateIPZones = feIPconfigs.zones, PIPid = toupper(feIPconfigs.properties.publicIPAddress.id), JoinID = toupper(id) | where isnotempty(PrivateSubnetId) | where isnull(PrivateIPZones) or array_length(PrivateIPZones) < 2 | project name, feConfigName, id | union (resources | where type == 'microsoft.network/loadbalancers' | where tolower(sku.name) != 'basic' | mv-expand feIPconfigs = properties.frontendIPConfigurations | extend feConfigName = (feIPconfigs.name), PIPid = toupper(feIPconfigs.properties.publicIPAddress.id), JoinID = toupper(id) | where isnotempty(PIPid) | join kind=innerunique ( resources | where type == 'microsoft.network/publicipaddresses' | where isnull(zones) or array_length(zones) < 2 | extend LBid = toupper(substring(properties.ipConfiguration.id, 0, indexof(properties.ipConfiguration.id, '/frontendIPConfigurations'))), InnerID = toupper(id) ) on $left.PIPid == $right.InnerID) | project name, id, tags, param1='Zones: No Zone or Zonal', param2=strcat('Frontend IP Configuration:', ' ', feConfigName)",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/reliability/reliability-load-balancer?tabs=graph#zone-redundant"
},
{
"category": "Network Topology and Connectivity",
"subcategory": "Hub and spoke",
"text": "Ensure load balancer backend pool(s) contains at least two instances, Deploying Azure Load Balancers with at least two instances in the backend prevents a single point of failure and supports scalability.",
"waf": "Reliability",
"service": "Load Balancers",
"guid": "48682fb1-1e86-4458-a686-518ebd47393d",
"id": "D01.12",
"severity": "High",
"graph": "resources | where type =~ 'Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers' | extend bep = properties.backendAddressPools | extend BackEndPools = array_length(bep) | where BackEndPools == 0 | project name, id, Param1='backendPools', Param2=toint(0), tags | union (resources | where type =~ 'Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers' | where sku.name == 'Standard' | extend bep = properties.backendAddressPools | extend BackEndPools = toint(array_length(bep)) | mv-expand bip = properties.backendAddressPools | extend BackendAddresses = array_length(bip.properties.loadBalancerBackendAddresses) | where toint(BackendAddresses) <= 1 | project name, id, tags, Param1='backendAddresses', Param2=toint(BackendAddresses)) | union ( resources | where type =~ 'Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers' | where sku.name == 'Basic' | mv-expand properties.backendAddressPools | extend backendPoolId = properties_backendAddressPools.id | project id, name, tags, tostring(backendPoolId), Param1='BackEndPools' | join kind = leftouter ( resources | where type =~ 'Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces' | mv-expand properties.ipConfigurations | mv-expand properties_ipConfigurations.properties.loadBalancerBackendAddressPools | extend backendPoolId = tostring(properties_ipConfigurations_properties_loadBalancerBackendAddressPools.id) | summarize poolMembers = count() by backendPoolId | project tostring(backendPoolId), poolMembers ) on backendPoolId | where toint(poolMembers) <= 1 | extend BackendAddresses = poolMembers | project id, name, tags, Param1='backendAddresses', Param2=toint(BackendAddresses))",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/reliability/reliability-load-balancer?tabs=graph#zone-redundant"
},
{
"category": "Network Topology and Connectivity",
"subcategory": "Encryption",
"text": "When you're using ExpressRoute Direct, configure MACsec in order to encrypt traffic at the layer-two level between the organization's routers and MSEE. The diagram shows this encryption in flow.",
"waf": "Security",
"service": "ExpressRoute",
"guid": "de0d5973-cd4c-4d21-a088-137f5e6c4cfd",
"id": "D02.01",
"severity": "Medium",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/expressroute/expressroute-howto-macsec",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/design-implement-azure-expressroute/"
},
{
"category": "Network Topology and Connectivity",
"subcategory": "Encryption",
"text": "For scenarios where MACsec isn't an option (for example, not using ExpressRoute Direct), use a VPN gateway to establish IPsec tunnels over ExpressRoute private peering.",
"waf": "Security",
"service": "ExpressRoute",
"guid": "ed301d6e-872e-452e-9611-cc58b5a4b151",
"id": "D02.02",
"severity": "Medium",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/implement-network-security/",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/vpn-gateway/site-to-site-vpn-private-peering"
},
{
"category": "Network Topology and Connectivity",
"subcategory": "IP plan",
"text": "Ensure no overlapping IP address spaces across Azure regions and on-premises locations are used.",
"waf": "Security",
"service": "ExpressRoute",
"guid": "558fd772-49b8-4211-82df-27ee412e7f98",
"id": "D03.01",
"severity": "High",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/architect-network-infrastructure/",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/azure-best-practices/plan-for-ip-addressing"
},
{
"category": "Network Topology and Connectivity",
"subcategory": "IP plan",
"text": "Use IP addresses from the address allocation ranges for private internets (RFC 1918).",
"waf": "Security",
"service": "VNet",
"guid": "3f630472-2dd6-49c5-a5c2-622f54b69bad",
"id": "D03.02",
"severity": "Medium",
"graph": "resources | where type == 'microsoft.network/virtualnetworks' | extend addressSpace = todynamic(properties.addressSpace) | extend addressPrefix = todynamic(properties.addressSpace.addressPrefixes) | mvexpand addressSpace | mvexpand addressPrefix | project name, id, location, resourceGroup, subscriptionId, cidr = addressPrefix | extend compliant = (cidr matches regex @'^(10\\\\.|172\\\\.(1[6-9]|2[0-9]|3[01])\\\\.|192\\\\.168\\\\.)') | project id, compliant, cidr",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/architect-network-infrastructure/",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/azure-best-practices/plan-for-ip-addressing"
},
{
"category": "Network Topology and Connectivity",
"subcategory": "IP plan",
"text": "Ensure that IP address space isn't wasted, don't create unnecessarily large virtual networks (for example /16).",
"waf": "Performance",
"service": "VNet",
"guid": "33aad5e8-c68e-41d7-9667-313b4f5664b5",
"id": "D03.03",
"severity": "High",
"graph": "resources | where type == 'microsoft.network/virtualnetworks' | extend addressSpace = todynamic(properties.addressSpace) | extend addressPrefix = todynamic(properties.addressSpace.addressPrefixes) | mvexpand addressSpace | mvexpand addressPrefix | extend addressMask = split(addressPrefix,'/')[1] | extend compliant = addressMask > 16 | project name, id, subscriptionId, resourceGroup, addressPrefix, compliant",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/architect-network-infrastructure/",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/azure-best-practices/plan-for-ip-addressing"
},
{
"category": "Network Topology and Connectivity",
"subcategory": "IP plan",
"text": "Do not use overlapping IP address ranges for production and disaster recovery sites.",
"waf": "Reliability",
"service": "VNet",
"guid": "f348ef25-4c27-4d42-b8bb-ac7571559ab9",
"id": "D03.04",
"severity": "High",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/az-104-manage-virtual-networks/",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/site-recovery/concepts-on-premises-to-azure-networking#retain-ip-addresses"
},
{
"category": "Network Topology and Connectivity",
"subcategory": "IP plan",
"text": "Use Standard SKU and Zone-Redundant IPs when applicable, Public IP addresses in Azure can be of standard SKU, available as non-zonal, zonal, or zone-redundant. Zone-redundant IPs are accessible across all zones, resisting any single zone failure, thereby providing higher resilience. ",
"waf": "Reliability",
"service": "Public IP Addresses",
"guid": "0c47f486-656d-4699-8c30-edef5b8a93c4",
"id": "D03.05",
"graph": "Resources | where type =~ 'Microsoft.Network/publicIPAddresses' and sku.tier =~ 'Regional' | where isempty(zones) or array_length(zones) <= 1 | extend az = case(isempty(zones), 'Non-zonal', array_length(zones) <= 1, strcat('Zonal (', strcat_array(zones, ','), ')'), zones) | project name, id, tags, param1 = strcat('sku: ', sku.name), param2 = strcat('availabilityZone: ', az)",
"severity": "High",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/training/modules/configure-virtual-networks/6-create-public-ip-addressing",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-network/ip-services/public-ip-addresses#availability-zone"
},
{
"category": "Network Topology and Connectivity",
"subcategory": "IP plan",
"text": "For environments where name resolution in Azure is all that's required, use Azure Private DNS for resolution with a delegated zone for name resolution (such as 'azure.contoso.com').",
"waf": "Operations",
"service": "DNS",
"guid": "153e8908-ae28-4c84-a33b-6b7808b9fe5c",
"id": "D03.06",
"severity": "Medium",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/az-104-manage-virtual-networks/",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/dns/private-dns-getstarted-portal"
},
{
"category": "Network Topology and Connectivity",
"subcategory": "IP plan",
"text": "For environments where name resolution across Azure and on-premises is required and there is no existing enterprise DNS service like Active Directory, use Azure DNS Private Resolver to route DNS requests to Azure or to on-premises DNS servers.",
"waf": "Security",
"service": "DNS",
"guid": "41049d40-3a92-43c3-974d-00018ac6a9e0",
"id": "D03.07",
"severity": "Medium",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/intro-to-azure-dns-private-resolver/",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/dns/dns-private-resolver-overview"
},
{
"category": "Network Topology and Connectivity",
"subcategory": "IP plan",
"text": "Special workloads that require and deploy their own DNS (such as Red Hat OpenShift) should use their preferred DNS solution.",
"waf": "Operations",
"service": "DNS",
"guid": "1e6a83de-5de3-42c1-a924-81607d5d1e4e",
"id": "D03.08",
"severity": "Low",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-network/virtual-networks-name-resolution-for-vms-and-role-instances",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/courses/az-700t00"
},
{
"category": "Network Topology and Connectivity",
"subcategory": "IP plan",
"text": "Enable auto-registration for Azure DNS to automatically manage the lifecycle of the DNS records for the virtual machines deployed within a virtual network.",
"waf": "Operations",
"service": "DNS",
"guid": "614658d3-558f-4d77-849b-821112df27ee",
"id": "D03.09",
"severity": "High",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/az-104-manage-virtual-networks/",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/dns/private-dns-autoregistration"
},
{
"category": "Network Topology and Connectivity",
"subcategory": "Internet",
"text": "Use Azure Bastion to securely connect to your network.",
"waf": "Security",
"service": "Bastion",
"guid": "ee1ac551-c4d5-46cf-b035-d0a3c50d87ad",
"id": "D05.01",
"severity": "Medium",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/bastion/bastion-overview",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/intro-to-azure-bastion/"
},
{
"category": "Network Topology and Connectivity",
"subcategory": "Internet",
"text": "Use Azure Bastion in a subnet /26 or larger.",
"waf": "Security",
"service": "Bastion",
"guid": "6eab9eb6-762b-485e-8ea8-15aa5dba0bd0",
"id": "D05.02",
"severity": "Medium",
"graph": "resources | where type=='microsoft.network/virtualnetworks' | project id,subnets=properties.subnets | mv-expand subnets | project id, subnetName = subnets.name, subnetPrefix = subnets.properties.addressPrefix | extend subnetPrefixLength = split(subnetPrefix, '/')[1] | where subnetName == 'AzureBastionSubnet' | extend compliant = (subnetPrefixLength <= 26) | distinct id, compliant",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/bastion/bastion-faq#subnet",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/intro-to-azure-bastion/"
},
{
"category": "Network Topology and Connectivity",
"subcategory": "Internet",
"text": "Use Azure Front Door and WAF policies to provide global protection across Azure regions for inbound HTTP/S connections to a landing zone.",
"waf": "Security",
"service": "WAF",
"guid": "1d7aa9b6-4704-4489-a804-2d88e79d17b7",
"id": "D05.03",
"severity": "Medium",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-application-delivery/",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/afds/afds-overview"
},
{
"category": "Network Topology and Connectivity",
"subcategory": "Internet",
"text": "When using Azure Front Door and Azure Application Gateway to help protect HTTP/S apps, use WAF policies in Azure Front Door. Lock down Azure Application Gateway to receive traffic only from Azure Front Door.",
"waf": "Security",
"service": "WAF",
"guid": "3b22a5a6-7e7a-48ed-9b30-e38c3f29812b",
"id": "D05.04",
"severity": "Low",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-application-delivery/",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/ag/ag-overview"
},
{
"category": "Network Topology and Connectivity",
"subcategory": "Internet",
"text": "When WAFs and other reverse proxies are required for inbound HTTP/S connections, deploy them within a landing-zone virtual network and together with the apps that they're protecting and exposing to the internet.",
"waf": "Security",
"service": "WAF",
"guid": "2363cefe-179b-4599-be0d-5973cd4cd21b",
"id": "D05.05",
"severity": "High",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/architect-network-infrastructure/",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/web-application-firewall/ag/ag-overview"
},
{
"category": "Network Topology and Connectivity",
"subcategory": "Internet",
"text": "Use Azure DDoS Network or IP Protection plans to help protect Public IP Addresses endpoints within the virtual networks.",
"waf": "Security",
"service": "VNet",
"guid": "088137f5-e6c4-4cfd-9e50-4547c2447ec6",
"id": "D05.06",
"severity": "High",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/learn/paths/secure-networking-infrastructure/",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ddos-protection/ddos-protection-reference-architectures"
},
{
"category": "Network Topology and Connectivity",
"subcategory": "Internet",
"text": "Plan for how to manage your network outbound traffic configuration and strategy before the upcoming breaking change. On September 30, 2025, default outbound access for new deployments will be retired and only explicit access configurations will be allowed.",
"waf": "Reliability",
"service": "VNet",
"guid": "b034c01e-110b-463a-b36e-e3346e57f225",
"id": "D05.07",
"severity": "High",
"link": "https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-network/ip-services/default-outbound-access",
"training": "https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/configure-virtual-networks/"
},
{
"category": "Network Topology and Connectivity",
"subcategory": "Internet",
"text": "Add diagnostic settings to save DDoS related logs for all the protected public IP addresses (DDoS IP or Network Protection).",
"waf": "Security",
"service": "VNet",
"guid": "b1c82a3f-2320-4dfa-8972-7ae4823c8930",