📝 Azure Subscription Activity Log Alert for Create or Update Public IP Address Rule does not exist 🟢

• Contextual name: 📝 Activity Log Alert for Create or Update Public IP Address Rule does not exist 🟢
• ID: /ce/ca/azure/subscription/activity-log-alert-for-create-or-update-public-ip-address-rule
• Located in: 📁 Azure Subscription

Flags

• 🟢 Policy with categories
• 🟢 Policy with type
• 🟢 Production policy

Our Metadata

• Policy Type: COMPLIANCE_POLICY
• Policy Category:
  • SECURITY

Similar Policies

• Cloud Conformity
  • Create Alert for 'Create or Update Public IP Address' Events

Logic

• 🧠 prod.logic.yaml 🟢
  • 📗 Azure Subscription
  • 🔌 Azure Activity Log Alert - object.extracts.yaml
  • 🧪 test-data.json

Description

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Description

Create an activity log alert for the Create or Update Public IP Addresses event.

Rationale

Monitoring for Create or Update Public IP Address events gives insight into network access changes and may reduce the time it takes to detect suspicious activity.

Impact

There will be a substantial increase in log size if there are a large number of administrative actions on a server.

Audit

This policy evaluates Azure Subscriptions for the presence of an Azure Activity Log Alert that captures Create or Update Public IP Addresses events. A subscription is marked as INCOMPLIANT if it does not have an Activity Log Alert whose Condition JSON filters on the Microsoft.Network/publicIPAddresses/write operation.

Default Value

By default, no monitoring alerts are created or active.

References

1. https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/classic-alerting-monitoring-retirement
2. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-in/azure/azure-monitor/platform/alerts-activity-log
3. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-in/rest/api/monitor/activitylogalerts/createorupdate

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Remediation

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Remediation

From Azure Portal

1. Navigate to the Monitor blade.
2. Select Alerts.
3. Select Create.
4. Select Alert rule.
5. Choose a subscription.
6. Select Apply.
7. Select the Condition tab.
8. Click See all signals.
9. Select Create or Update Public Ip Address (Public Ip Address).
10. Click Apply.
11. Select the Actions tab.
12. Click Select action groups to select an existing action group, or Create action group to create a new action group.
13. Follow the prompts to choose or create an action group.
14. Select the Details tab.
15. Select a Resource group, provide an Alert rule name and an optional Alert rule description.
16. Click Review + create.
17. Click Create.

From Azure CLI

az monitor activity-log alert create --resource-group "<resource group name>" --condition category=Administrative and operationName=Microsoft.Network/publicIPAddresses/write and level=<verbose | information | warning | error | critical> --scope "/subscriptions/<subscription ID>" --name "<activity log rule name>" --subscription <subscription id> --action-group <action group ID>

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policy.yaml

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Linked Framework Sections

Section	Sub Sections	Internal Rules	Policies	Flags
💼 CIS Azure v2.1.0 → 💼 5.2.9 Ensure that Activity Log Alert exists for Create or Update Public IP Address rule - Level 1 (Automated)			1
💼 CIS Azure v3.0.0 → 💼 6.2.9 Ensure that Activity Log Alert exists for Create or Update Public IP Address rule (Automated)			1
💼 CIS Azure v4.0.0 → 💼 7.1.2.9 Ensure that Activity Log Alert exists for Create or Update Public IP Address rule (Automated)			1
💼 Cloudaware Framework → 💼 Alerting and Notification			26