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Description

Create an activity log alert for the Create Policy Assignment event.

Rationale

Monitoring for create policy assignment events gives insight into changes done in "Azure policy - assignments" and can reduce the time it takes to detect unsolicited changes.

Audit

This policy evaluates Azure Subscriptions for the presence of an Azure Activity Log Alert that captures Create Policy Assignment events. A subscription is marked as INCOMPLIANT if it does not have an Activity Log Alert whose Condition JSON filters on the Microsoft.Authorization/policyAssignments/write operation.

Default Value

By default, no monitoring alerts are created.

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
  4. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-in/rest/api/monitor/activitylogalerts/listbysubscriptionid
  5. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/security/benchmark/azure/mcsb-logging-threat-detection#lt-3-enable-logging-for-security-investigation
  6. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-in/rest/api/policy/policy-assignments
  7. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/alerts/alerts-log