Skip to content

zt_data_013 — Storage account soft delete not enabled for blobs

Summary

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

Description

Storage accounts without blob soft delete cannot recover accidentally or maliciously deleted data. Enabling soft delete provides a retention window during which deleted blobs can be restored, mitigating ransomware and insider threat scenarios.

Mapping

Framework Control / Reference
NIST 800-53 CP-9
NIST 800-207 Tenet 1 - All data sources and computing services are considered resources
CIS Azure
MITRE ATT&CK Technique T1485
MITRE ATT&CK Tactic Impact
Zero-Trust Tenet Tenet 1
Framework tags nist-800-207, argus-zt

Source

Rule defined at policies/azure/zt/data/zt_data_013.rego.

View on GitHub