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cis_7_2 — Ensure encryption at host is enabled on VMs

Summary

Severity: High · Pillar: Workload · Chain role: ENABLER

Description

Encryption at host encrypts data stored on the VM host including temp disks and OS/data disk caches. Without it, data may be written in plaintext to shared infrastructure.

Mapping

Framework Control / Reference
NIST 800-53 SC-28(1)
NIST 800-207 Tenet 3 - Per-session authenticated access
CIS Azure 7.2
MITRE ATT&CK Technique T1486
MITRE ATT&CK Tactic Impact
Zero-Trust Tenet Tenet 3
Framework tags nist-800-207, cis-azure-2.0, nist-800-53

Source

Rule defined at policies/azure/cis/vms/cis_7_2.rego.

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