---
names:
  full: Azure SQL Server Auditing is not enabled
  contextual: Server Auditing is not enabled
description: Auditing tracks database events and writes them to an audit log in the
  Azure storage account. Enabling auditing at the server level ensures that all existing
  and newly created databases on the SQL server instance are audited.
type: COMPLIANCE_POLICY
categories:
  - "RELIABILITY"
  - "SECURITY"
frameworkMappings:
  - "/frameworks/cis-azure-v2.1.0/04/01/01"
  - "/frameworks/cis-azure-v3.0.0/05/01/01"
  - "/frameworks/cloudaware/logging-and-monitoring/logging-and-monitoring-configuration"
similarPolicies:
  internal:
    - dec-x-36ced3d1
  cloudConformity:
    - url: https://www.trendmicro.com/cloudoneconformity/knowledge-base/azure/Sql/auditing.html
      name: Enable Auditing for SQL Servers