---
names:
  full: "Azure Network Security Perimeter is used to secure Azure PaaS resources"
  contextual: "Network Security Perimeter is used to secure Azure PaaS resources"
description: "Azure Network Security Perimeter creates a logical boundary around Azure platform-as-a-service (PaaS)\
  \ resources outside of virtual networks. By default, the network security perimeter denies public\
  \ access to associated PaaS resources, with the ability to define explicit rules for inbound and\
  \ outbound traffic."
impossible: true
type: COMPLIANCE_POLICY
categories:
  - SECURITY
frameworkMappings:
  - "/frameworks/cis-azure-v5.0.0/07/16"
  - "/frameworks/cloudaware/resource-security/secure-access"