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zt_wl_001 — Virtual Machine has no managed identity

Summary

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

Description

VMs without a system or user-assigned managed identity must store credentials locally, creating credential sprawl and privilege escalation opportunities.

Mapping

Framework Control / Reference
NIST 800-53 IA-5
NIST 800-207 Tenet 2 - All communication secured
CIS Azure
MITRE ATT&CK Technique T1552
MITRE ATT&CK Tactic Credential Access
Zero-Trust Tenet Tenet 2
Framework tags nist-800-207, argus-zt

Source

Rule defined at policies/azure/zt/workload/zt_wl_001.rego.

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