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zt_data_028 — Synapse Dedicated SQL Pool has no Transparent Data Encryption

Summary

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

Description

Synapse Dedicated SQL pools contain warehouse data that commonly includes customer PII, transaction history, and analytic aggregates. Without TDE enabled, the on-disk storage for the pool is unencrypted — any stolen database-file backup is readable in cleartext. TDE is free, has zero performance cost on modern storage, and is expected by every audit.

Mapping

Framework Control / Reference
NIST 800-53 SC-28(1)
NIST 800-207 Tenet 4 - Access to individual enterprise resources is granted on a per-session basis
CIS Azure
MITRE ATT&CK Technique T1005
MITRE ATT&CK Tactic Collection
Zero-Trust Tenet Tenet 4
Framework tags nist-800-207, argus-zt

Source

Rule defined at policies/azure/zt/data/zt_data_028.rego.

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