Checklist Summary:

The Azure Security Benchmark (ASB) provides prescriptive guidance that will help you to meet security and compliance control requirements for your Azure cloud services. The Azure Security Benchmark covers security controls based on Center for Internet Security (CIS) Controls Framework (version 7.1)

Checklist Role:

• Virtualization Server

Known Issues:

No known issues

Target Audience:

This document is intended for Risk/Cloud Assessment Team, Cloud & Security Architects, Compliance Auditors, Security and IT Professionals who plan to develop, deploy, assess, or secure solutions in Azure.

Target Operational Environment:

• Managed

Testing Information:

Benchmark was developed and tested on Microsoft Azure subscriptions

Regulatory Compliance:

The checklist is consistent with the Center for Internet Security [CIS] Controls v7.1

Comments/Warnings/Miscellaneous:

None

Disclaimer:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/third-party-notices

Product Support:

Microsoft Corporation will accept support calls for this checklist. Support requests can also be made through: asbfeedback@microsoft.com

Point of Contact:

asbfeedback@microsoft.com

Sponsor:

None

Licensing:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License

Change History:

updated to FINAL - 5/26/2020
updated ref link - 4/22/2021
updated ref links - 9/19/2022

Dependency/Requirements:

URL	Description
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/security/benchmark/azure/	Azure Security Benchmark Documentation

References:

Reference URL	Description

NIST checklist record last modified on 09/19/2022