---
names:
  full: Microsoft Cloud Security Benchmark policies are disabled
  contextual: Microsoft Cloud Security Benchmark policies are disabled
description: "The Microsoft Cloud Security Benchmark (or 'MCSB') is an Azure Policy\
  \ Initiative containing many security policies to evaluate resource configuration\
  \ against best practice recommendations. If a non-deprecated policy in the MCSB is\
  \ set with effect type Disabled, it is not evaluated and may prevent administrators\
  \ from being informed of valuable security recommendations."
impossible: true
type: COMPLIANCE_POLICY
categories:
  - SECURITY
frameworkMappings:
  - "/frameworks/cis-azure-v6.0.0/08/01/11"
  - "/frameworks/cloudaware/resource-security/microsoft-defender-configuration"