---
names:
  full: Azure Storage Account Private Endpoints are not used
  contextual: Private Endpoints are not used
description: Use private endpoints for your Azure Storage accounts to allow clients
  and services to securely access data located over a network via an encrypted Private
  Link.   Securing traffic between services through encryption protects the data from
  easy interception and reading.
type: COMPLIANCE_POLICY
categories:
  - SECURITY
frameworkMappings:
  - "/frameworks/cis-azure-v6.0.0/09/03/02/01"
  - "/frameworks/cloudaware/resource-security/secure-access"
similarPolicies:
  internal:
    - dec-x-a7d8f0e7
  cloudConformity:
    - url: https://www.trendmicro.com/cloudoneconformity/knowledge-base/azure/StorageAccounts/private-endpoints.html
      name: Private Endpoint in Use