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cis_6_8 — NSG flow logs not enabled for all NSGs

Summary

Severity: Medium · Pillar: Visibility · Chain role: AMPLIFIER

Description

NSG flow logs record all network traffic passing through a Network Security Group. Without flow logs, network-based lateral movement and data exfiltration cannot be detected.

Mapping

Framework Control / Reference
NIST 800-53 AU-12
NIST 800-207
CIS Azure 6.8
MITRE ATT&CK Technique T1562.008
MITRE ATT&CK Tactic Defense Evasion
Zero-Trust Tenet
Framework tags cis-azure-2.0, nist-800-53

Source

Rule defined at policies/azure/cis/networking/cis_6_8.rego.

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