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zt_data_014 — Key Vault does not have purge protection enabled

Summary

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

Description

Key Vaults without purge protection allow permanently deleted keys, secrets, and certificates to be irrecoverably lost immediately. Enabling purge protection enforces a mandatory retention period, preventing malicious or accidental permanent deletion of cryptographic material.

Mapping

Framework Control / Reference
NIST 800-53 SC-12
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_014.rego.

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