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last sync: 2020-Oct-01 14:15:17 UTC

Azure Policy

Service principals should be used to protect your subscriptions instead of management certificates

Policy DisplayName Service principals should be used to protect your subscriptions instead of management certificates
Policy Id 6646a0bd-e110-40ca-bb97-84fcee63c414
Policy Category Security Center
Policy Description Management certificates allow anyone who authenticates with them to manage the subscription(s) they are associated with. To manage subscriptions more securely, use of service principals with Resource Manager is recommended to limit the impact of a certificate compromise.
Policy Mode All
Policy Type BuiltIn
Policy in Preview FALSE
Policy Deprecated FALSE
Policy Effect Default: AuditIfNotExists
Allowed: (AuditIfNotExists,Disabled)
Roles used none
Policy Changes
Date/Time (UTC ymd) (i) Change Change detail
2020-09-09 11:24:03 add: Policy 6646a0bd-e110-40ca-bb97-84fcee63c414
Used in Policy Initiative(s)
Initiative DisplayName Initiative Id
Enable Monitoring in Azure Security Center 1f3afdf9-d0c9-4c3d-847f-89da613e70a8
Policy Rule 
{
  "properties": {
    "displayName": "Service principals should be used to protect your subscriptions instead of management certificates",
    "policyType": "BuiltIn",
    "mode": "All",
    "description": "Management certificates allow anyone who authenticates with them to manage the subscription(s) they are associated with. To manage subscriptions more securely, use of service principals with Resource Manager is recommended to limit the impact of a certificate compromise.",
    "metadata": {
      "version": "1.0.0",
      "category": "Security Center"
    },
    "parameters": {
      "effect": {
        "type": "String",
        "metadata": {
          "displayName": "Effect",
          "description": "Enable or disable the execution of the policy"
        },
        "allowedValues": [
          "AuditIfNotExists",
          "Disabled"
        ],
        "defaultValue": "AuditIfNotExists"
      }
    },
    "policyRule": {
      "if": {
        "field": "type",
        "in": [
          "Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions"
        ]
      },
      "then": {
      "effect": "[parameters('effect')]",
        "details": {
          "type": "Microsoft.Security/assessments",
          "name": "2acd365d-e8b5-4094-bce4-244b7c51d67c",
          "existenceCondition": {
            "field": "Microsoft.Security/assessments/status.code",
            "in": [
              "NotApplicable",
              "Healthy"
            ]
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "id": "/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/policyDefinitions/6646a0bd-e110-40ca-bb97-84fcee63c414",
  "type": "Microsoft.Authorization/policyDefinitions",
  "name": "6646a0bd-e110-40ca-bb97-84fcee63c414"
}