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cis_9_13 — App Service uses managed identity for authentication

Summary

Severity: Medium · Pillar: Identity · Chain role: ENABLER

Description

App Services without managed identity must store credentials in configuration or code. Managed identity eliminates credential management and reduces the risk of credential leakage.

Mapping

Framework Control / Reference
NIST 800-53 IA-2
NIST 800-207
CIS Azure 9.13
MITRE ATT&CK Technique T1078
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/appservice/cis_9_13.rego.

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