Azure Policy Regulatory Compliance controls for Azure RBAC

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Azure Policy can enforce rules for your Azure resources so that your infrastructure is compliant with business standards.

provides Microsoft created and managed initiative definitions, known as built-ins, for the compliance domains and security controls related to different compliance standards. This page lists the compliance domains and security controls for Azure role-based access control (Azure RBAC). You can assign the built-ins for a security control individually to help make your Azure resources compliant with the specific standard.

The title of each built-in policy definition links to the policy definition in the Azure portal. Use the link in the Policy Version column to view the source on the Azure Policy GitHub repo.

Important

Each control is associated with one or more Azure Policy definitions. These policies might help you assess compliance with the control. However, there often isn't 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 policies themselves. This doesn't ensure that 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 controls and Azure Policy Regulatory Compliance definitions for these compliance standards can change over time.

Azure Security Benchmark

The Azure Security Benchmark provides recommendations on how you can secure your cloud solutions on Azure. To see how this service completely maps to the Azure Security Benchmark, see the Azure Security Benchmark mapping files.

Domain Control ID Control Title Policy
(Azure portal)		 Policy Version
(GitHub)
Data Protection 4.6 Use Azure RBAC to control access to resources Audit usage of custom RBAC rules 1.0.0

CIS Azure Foundations Benchmark

For more information about this compliance standard, see CIS Azure Foundations Benchmark.

Domain Control ID Control Title Policy
(Azure portal)		 Policy Version
(GitHub)
Identity and Access Management 1.23 Ensure that no custom subscription owner roles are created Custom subscription owner roles should not exist 2.0.0

NIST SP 800-53 R4

For more information about this compliance standard, see NIST SP 800-53 R4.

Domain Control ID Control Title Policy
(Azure portal)		 Policy Version
(GitHub)
Access Control AC-2 (7) Account Management | Role-Based Schemes Audit usage of custom RBAC rules 1.0.0

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