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[Preview]: Australian Government ISM PROTECTED

Azure BuiltIn Policy Initiative (PolicySet)

Source Azure Portal
Display name[Preview]: Australian Government ISM PROTECTED
Id27272c0b-c225-4cc3-b8b0-f2534b093077
Version8.9.0-preview
Details on versioning
Versioning Versions supported for Versioning: 9
8.9.0-preview
8.8.0-preview
8.7.0-preview
8.6.0-preview
8.5.0-preview
8.4.0-preview
8.3.0-preview
8.2.2-preview
8.2.1-preview
Built-in Versioning [Preview]
CategoryRegulatory Compliance
Microsoft Learn
DescriptionThis initiative includes policies that address a subset of Australian Government Information Security Manual (ISM) controls. Additional policies will be added in upcoming releases. For more information, visit https://aka.ms/auism-initiative.
Cloud environmentsAzureCloud = true
AzureChinaCloud = unknown
AzureUSGovernment = unknown
Available in AzUSGovUnknown, no evidence if PolicySet definition is/not available in AzureUSGovernment
TypeBuiltIn
DeprecatedFalse
PreviewTrue
Policy-used summary
Policy types Policy states Policy categories
Total Policies: 40
Builtin Policies: 40
Static Policies: 0
GA: 40
9 categories:
App Service: 7
Cache: 1
Compute: 2
Guest Configuration: 9
Monitoring: 1
Security Center: 11
Service Fabric: 1
SQL: 6
Storage: 2
Policy-used
Policy DisplayName Policy Id Category Version Versioning Effect Roles# Roles State policy in AzUSGov
A maximum of 3 owners should be designated for your subscription 4f11b553-d42e-4e3a-89be-32ca364cad4c Security Center 3.0.0 1x
3.0.0		 Default
AuditIfNotExists
Allowed
AuditIfNotExists, Disabled		 0 GA true
A vulnerability assessment solution should be enabled on your virtual machines 501541f7-f7e7-4cd6-868c-4190fdad3ac9 Security Center 3.0.0 1x
3.0.0		 Default
AuditIfNotExists
Allowed
AuditIfNotExists, Disabled		 0 GA true
Add system-assigned managed identity to enable Guest Configuration assignments on virtual machines with no identities 3cf2ab00-13f1-4d0c-8971-2ac904541a7e Guest Configuration 4.1.0 2x
4.1.0, 4.0.0		 Fixed
modify		 1 Contributor GA true
Add system-assigned managed identity to enable Guest Configuration assignments on VMs with a user-assigned identity 497dff13-db2a-4c0f-8603-28fa3b331ab6 Guest Configuration 4.1.0 2x
4.1.0, 4.0.0		 Fixed
modify		 1 Contributor GA true
An Azure Active Directory administrator should be provisioned for SQL servers 1f314764-cb73-4fc9-b863-8eca98ac36e9 SQL 1.0.0 1x
1.0.0		 Default
AuditIfNotExists
Allowed
AuditIfNotExists, Disabled		 0 GA true
App Service apps should have remote debugging turned off cb510bfd-1cba-4d9f-a230-cb0976f4bb71 App Service 2.0.0 1x
2.0.0		 Default
AuditIfNotExists
Allowed
AuditIfNotExists, Disabled		 0 GA true
App Service apps should not have CORS configured to allow every resource to access your apps 5744710e-cc2f-4ee8-8809-3b11e89f4bc9 App Service 2.0.0 1x
2.0.0		 Default
AuditIfNotExists
Allowed
AuditIfNotExists, Disabled		 0 GA true
App Service apps should only be accessible over HTTPS a4af4a39-4135-47fb-b175-47fbdf85311d App Service 4.0.0 1x
4.0.0		 Default
Audit
Allowed
Audit, Disabled, Deny		 0 GA true
App Service apps should use the latest TLS version f0e6e85b-9b9f-4a4b-b67b-f730d42f1b0b App Service 2.1.0 2x
2.1.0, 2.0.1		 Default
AuditIfNotExists
Allowed
AuditIfNotExists, Disabled		 0 GA true
Audit diagnostic setting for selected resource types 7f89b1eb-583c-429a-8828-af049802c1d9 Monitoring 2.0.1 1x
2.0.1		 Fixed
AuditIfNotExists		 0 GA true
Audit Linux machines that allow remote connections from accounts without passwords ea53dbee-c6c9-4f0e-9f9e-de0039b78023 Guest Configuration 3.1.0 2x
3.1.0, 3.0.0		 Default
AuditIfNotExists
Allowed
AuditIfNotExists, Disabled		 0 GA true
Audit Linux machines that have accounts without passwords f6ec09a3-78bf-4f8f-99dc-6c77182d0f99 Guest Configuration 3.1.0 2x
3.1.0, 3.0.0		 Default
AuditIfNotExists
Allowed
AuditIfNotExists, Disabled		 0 GA true
Audit virtual machines without disaster recovery configured 0015ea4d-51ff-4ce3-8d8c-f3f8f0179a56 Compute 1.0.0 1x
1.0.0		 Fixed
auditIfNotExists		 0 GA true
Audit Windows machines that have the specified members in the Administrators group 69bf4abd-ca1e-4cf6-8b5a-762d42e61d4f Guest Configuration 2.0.0 1x
2.0.0		 Fixed
auditIfNotExists		 0 GA true
Azure DDoS Protection should be enabled a7aca53f-2ed4-4466-a25e-0b45ade68efd Security Center 3.0.1 2x
3.0.1, 3.0.0		 Default
AuditIfNotExists
Allowed
AuditIfNotExists, Disabled		 0 GA true
Azure Defender for SQL should be enabled for unprotected Azure SQL servers abfb4388-5bf4-4ad7-ba82-2cd2f41ceae9 SQL 2.0.1 1x
2.0.1		 Default
AuditIfNotExists
Allowed
AuditIfNotExists, Disabled		 0 GA true
Azure Defender for SQL should be enabled for unprotected SQL Managed Instances abfb7388-5bf4-4ad7-ba99-2cd2f41cebb9 SQL 1.0.2 1x
1.0.2		 Default
AuditIfNotExists
Allowed
AuditIfNotExists, Disabled		 0 GA true
Blocked accounts with owner permissions on Azure resources should be removed 0cfea604-3201-4e14-88fc-fae4c427a6c5 Security Center 1.0.0 1x
1.0.0		 Default
AuditIfNotExists
Allowed
AuditIfNotExists, Disabled		 0 GA true
Blocked accounts with read and write permissions on Azure resources should be removed 8d7e1fde-fe26-4b5f-8108-f8e432cbc2be Security Center 1.0.0 1x
1.0.0		 Default
AuditIfNotExists
Allowed
AuditIfNotExists, Disabled		 0 GA true
Deploy the Linux Guest Configuration extension to enable Guest Configuration assignments on Linux VMs 331e8ea8-378a-410f-a2e5-ae22f38bb0da Guest Configuration 3.2.0 3x
3.2.0, 3.1.0, 3.0.0		 Fixed
deployIfNotExists		 1 Contributor GA true
Deploy the Windows Guest Configuration extension to enable Guest Configuration assignments on Windows VMs 385f5831-96d4-41db-9a3c-cd3af78aaae6 Guest Configuration 1.3.0 2x
1.3.0, 1.2.0		 Fixed
deployIfNotExists		 1 Contributor GA true
Function apps should have remote debugging turned off 0e60b895-3786-45da-8377-9c6b4b6ac5f9 App Service 2.0.0 1x
2.0.0		 Default
AuditIfNotExists
Allowed
AuditIfNotExists, Disabled		 0 GA true
Function apps should only be accessible over HTTPS 6d555dd1-86f2-4f1c-8ed7-5abae7c6cbab App Service 5.0.0 1x
5.0.0		 Default
Audit
Allowed
Audit, Disabled, Deny		 0 GA true
Function apps should use the latest TLS version f9d614c5-c173-4d56-95a7-b4437057d193 App Service 2.1.0 2x
2.1.0, 2.0.1		 Default
AuditIfNotExists
Allowed
AuditIfNotExists, Disabled		 0 GA true
Guest accounts with owner permissions on Azure resources should be removed 339353f6-2387-4a45-abe4-7f529d121046 Security Center 1.0.0 1x
1.0.0		 Default
AuditIfNotExists
Allowed
AuditIfNotExists, Disabled		 0 GA true
Guest accounts with write permissions on Azure resources should be removed 94e1c2ac-cbbe-4cac-a2b5-389c812dee87 Security Center 1.0.0 1x
1.0.0		 Default
AuditIfNotExists
Allowed
AuditIfNotExists, Disabled		 0 GA true
Internet-facing virtual machines should be protected with network security groups f6de0be7-9a8a-4b8a-b349-43cf02d22f7c Security Center 3.0.0 1x
3.0.0		 Default
AuditIfNotExists
Allowed
AuditIfNotExists, Disabled		 0 GA true
Management ports of virtual machines should be protected with just-in-time network access control b0f33259-77d7-4c9e-aac6-3aabcfae693c Security Center 3.0.0 1x
3.0.0		 Default
AuditIfNotExists
Allowed
AuditIfNotExists, Disabled		 0 GA true
Microsoft IaaSAntimalware extension should be deployed on Windows servers 9b597639-28e4-48eb-b506-56b05d366257 Compute 1.1.0 1x
1.1.0		 Default
AuditIfNotExists
Allowed
AuditIfNotExists, Disabled		 0 GA true
Only secure connections to your Azure Cache for Redis should be enabled 22bee202-a82f-4305-9a2a-6d7f44d4dedb Cache 1.0.0 1x
1.0.0		 Default
Audit
Allowed
Audit, Deny, Disabled		 0 GA true
Secure transfer to storage accounts should be enabled 404c3081-a854-4457-ae30-26a93ef643f9 Storage 2.0.0 1x
2.0.0		 Default
Audit
Allowed
Audit, Deny, Disabled		 0 GA true
Service Fabric clusters should only use Azure Active Directory for client authentication b54ed75b-3e1a-44ac-a333-05ba39b99ff0 Service Fabric 1.1.0 1x
1.1.0		 Default
Audit
Allowed
Audit, Deny, Disabled		 0 GA true
SQL databases should have vulnerability findings resolved feedbf84-6b99-488c-acc2-71c829aa5ffc Security Center 4.1.0 1x
4.1.0		 Default
AuditIfNotExists
Allowed
AuditIfNotExists, Disabled		 0 GA true
Storage accounts should restrict network access 34c877ad-507e-4c82-993e-3452a6e0ad3c Storage 1.1.1 1x
1.1.1		 Default
Audit
Allowed
Audit, Deny, Disabled		 0 GA true
There should be more than one owner assigned to your subscription 09024ccc-0c5f-475e-9457-b7c0d9ed487b Security Center 3.0.0 1x
3.0.0		 Default
AuditIfNotExists
Allowed
AuditIfNotExists, Disabled		 0 GA true
Transparent Data Encryption on SQL databases should be enabled 17k78e20-9358-41c9-923c-fb736d382a12 SQL 2.0.0 1x
2.0.0		 Default
AuditIfNotExists
Allowed
AuditIfNotExists, Disabled		 0 GA true
Vulnerability assessment should be enabled on SQL Managed Instance 1b7aa243-30e4-4c9e-bca8-d0d3022b634a SQL 1.0.1 1x
1.0.1		 Default
AuditIfNotExists
Allowed
AuditIfNotExists, Disabled		 0 GA true
Vulnerability assessment should be enabled on your SQL servers ef2a8f2a-b3d9-49cd-a8a8-9a3aaaf647d9 SQL 3.0.0 1x
3.0.0		 Default
AuditIfNotExists
Allowed
AuditIfNotExists, Disabled		 0 GA true
Windows machines should be configured to use secure communication protocols 5752e6d6-1206-46d8-8ab1-ecc2f71a8112 Guest Configuration 4.1.1 1x
4.1.1		 Default
AuditIfNotExists
Allowed
AuditIfNotExists, Disabled		 0 GA true
Windows machines should meet requirements for 'Security Settings - Account Policies' f2143251-70de-4e81-87a8-36cee5a2f29d Guest Configuration 3.0.0 1x
3.0.0		 Default
AuditIfNotExists
Allowed
AuditIfNotExists, Disabled		 0 GA true
Roles used Total Roles usage: 4
Total Roles unique usage: 1
Role Role Id #Policies Policies
Contributor b24988ac-6180-42a0-ab88-20f7382dd24c 4 Add system-assigned managed identity to enable Guest Configuration assignments on virtual machines with no identities, Add system-assigned managed identity to enable Guest Configuration assignments on VMs with a user-assigned identity, Deploy the Linux Guest Configuration extension to enable Guest Configuration assignments on Linux VMs, Deploy the Windows Guest Configuration extension to enable Guest Configuration assignments on Windows VMs
History
Date/Time (UTC ymd) (i) Changes
2025-06-09 17:23:47 Version change: '8.8.0-preview' to '8.9.0-preview'
remove Policy [Deprecated]: Virtual machines should be connected to a specified workspace (f47b5582-33ec-4c5c-87c0-b010a6b2e917)
2025-03-12 18:29:00 Version change: '8.7.0-preview' to '8.8.0-preview'
remove Policy [Deprecated]: Vulnerabilities in security configuration on your machines should be remediated (e1e5fd5d-3e4c-4ce1-8661-7d1873ae6b15)
2025-01-28 19:35:17 Version change: '8.6.0-preview' to '8.7.0-preview'
remove Policy [Deprecated]: Accounts with write permissions on Azure resources should be MFA enabled (931e118d-50a1-4457-a5e4-78550e086c52)
remove Policy [Deprecated]: Accounts with read permissions on Azure resources should be MFA enabled (81b3ccb4-e6e8-4e4a-8d05-5df25cd29fd4)
remove Policy [Deprecated]: Accounts with owner permissions on Azure resources should be MFA enabled (e3e008c3-56b9-4133-8fd7-d3347377402a)
2024-10-15 17:53:51 Version change: '8.5.0-preview' to '8.6.0-preview'
remove Policy [Deprecated]: System updates on virtual machine scale sets should be installed (c3f317a7-a95c-4547-b7e7-11017ebdf2fe)
remove Policy [Deprecated]: System updates should be installed on your machines (86b3d65f-7626-441e-b690-81a8b71cff60)
2024-09-05 17:48:45 Version change: '8.4.0-preview' to '8.5.0-preview'
remove Policy [Deprecated]: Vulnerabilities in security configuration on your virtual machine scale sets should be remediated (3c735d8a-a4ba-4a3a-b7cf-db7754cf57f4)
remove Policy [Deprecated]: Adaptive application controls for defining safe applications should be enabled on your machines (47a6b606-51aa-4496-8bb7-64b11cf66adc)
remove Policy [Deprecated]: Vulnerabilities in container security configurations should be remediated (e8cbc669-f12d-49eb-93e7-9273119e9933)
remove Policy [Deprecated]: Adaptive network hardening recommendations should be applied on internet facing virtual machines (08e6af2d-db70-460a-bfe9-d5bd474ba9d6)
2024-08-29 17:47:54 Version change: '8.3.0-preview' to '8.4.0-preview'
remove Policy [Deprecated]: Endpoint protection solution should be installed on virtual machine scale sets (26a828e1-e88f-464e-bbb3-c134a282b9de)
remove Policy [Deprecated]: Monitor missing Endpoint Protection in Azure Security Center (af6cd1bd-1635-48cb-bde7-5b15693900b9)
2024-06-06 18:16:34 Version change: '8.2.2-preview' to '8.3.0-preview'
remove Policy [Deprecated]: Virtual machines should encrypt temp disks, caches, and data flows between Compute and Storage resources (0961003e-5a0a-4549-abde-af6a37f2724d)
2024-01-17 19:06:27 Version change: '8.2.1-preview' to '8.2.2-preview'
2023-12-01 19:16:58 Version change: '8.2.0-preview' to '8.2.1-preview'
2023-05-04 17:45:12 add Policy [Deprecated]: Accounts with read permissions on Azure resources should be MFA enabled (81b3ccb4-e6e8-4e4a-8d05-5df25cd29fd4)
add Policy [Deprecated]: Accounts with owner permissions on Azure resources should be MFA enabled (e3e008c3-56b9-4133-8fd7-d3347377402a)
add Policy Guest accounts with owner permissions on Azure resources should be removed (339353f6-2387-4a45-abe4-7f529d121046)
add Policy Guest accounts with write permissions on Azure resources should be removed (94e1c2ac-cbbe-4cac-a2b5-389c812dee87)
add Policy [Deprecated]: Accounts with write permissions on Azure resources should be MFA enabled (931e118d-50a1-4457-a5e4-78550e086c52)
add Policy Blocked accounts with owner permissions on Azure resources should be removed (0cfea604-3201-4e14-88fc-fae4c427a6c5)
add Policy Blocked accounts with read and write permissions on Azure resources should be removed (8d7e1fde-fe26-4b5f-8108-f8e432cbc2be)
Version change: '8.1.0-preview' to '8.2.0-preview'
remove Policy [Deprecated]: MFA should be enabled on accounts with owner permissions on your subscription (aa633080-8b72-40c4-a2d7-d00c03e80bed)
remove Policy [Deprecated]: MFA should be enabled on accounts with read permissions on your subscription (e3576e28-8b17-4677-84c3-db2990658d64)
remove Policy [Deprecated]: MFA should be enabled for accounts with write permissions on your subscription (9297c21d-2ed6-4474-b48f-163f75654ce3)
remove Policy [Deprecated]: External accounts with write permissions should be removed from your subscription (5c607a2e-c700-4744-8254-d77e7c9eb5e4)
remove Policy [Deprecated]: Deprecated accounts with owner permissions should be removed from your subscription (ebb62a0c-3560-49e1-89ed-27e074e9f8ad)
remove Policy [Deprecated]: Deprecated accounts should be removed from your subscription (6b1cbf55-e8b6-442f-ba4c-7246b6381474)
remove Policy [Deprecated]: External accounts with owner permissions should be removed from your subscription (f8456c1c-aa66-4dfb-861a-25d127b775c9)
2023-01-19 18:07:18 Version change: '8.0.0-preview' to '8.1.0-preview'
remove Policy [Deprecated]: Vulnerability Assessment settings for SQL server should contain an email address to receive scan reports (057d6cfe-9c4f-4a6d-bc60-14420ea1f1a9)
2022-07-07 16:32:14 Version change: '7.0.0-preview' to '8.0.0-preview'
remove Policy [Deprecated]: Latest TLS version should be used in your API App (8cb6aa8b-9e41-4f4e-aa25-089a7ac2581e)
remove Policy [Deprecated]: Remote debugging should be turned off for API Apps (e9c8d085-d9cc-4b17-9cdc-059f1f01f19e)
2022-06-10 16:31:22 Version change: '5.1.0-preview' to '7.0.0-preview'
remove Policy [Deprecated]: API App should only be accessible over HTTPS (b7ddfbdc-1260-477d-91fd-98bd9be789a6)
2021-08-12 19:47:01 remove Policy [Deprecated]: Log Analytics Extension should be enabled for listed virtual machine images (32133ab0-ee4b-4b44-98d6-042180979d50)
remove Policy Azure subscriptions should have a log profile for Activity Log (7796937f-307b-4598-941c-67d3a05ebfe7)
remove Policy [Deprecated]: Log Analytics extension should be enabled in virtual machine scale sets for listed virtual machine images (5c3bc7b8-a64c-4e08-a9cd-7ff0f31e1138)
2021-08-11 15:29:42 Description change: 'This initiative includes audit and virtual machine extension deployment policies that address a subset of Australian Government Information Security Manual(ISM) controls. Additional policies will be added in upcoming releases. For more information, visit https://aka.ms/AustralianGovernmentISM-blueprint.' to 'This initiative includes policies that address a subset of Australian Government Information Security Manual (ISM) controls. Additional policies will be added in upcoming releases. For more information, visit https://aka.ms/auism-initiative.'
2021-01-22 09:14:56 remove Policy [Deprecated]: Vulnerabilities should be remediated by a Vulnerability Assessment solution (760a85ff-6162-42b3-8d70-698e268f648c)
2020-09-09 11:24:08 add Policy Audit Linux machines that have accounts without passwords (f6ec09a3-78bf-4f8f-99dc-6c77182d0f99)
add Policy Deploy the Linux Guest Configuration extension to enable Guest Configuration assignments on Linux VMs (331e8ea8-378a-410f-a2e5-ae22f38bb0da)
add Policy Audit Linux machines that allow remote connections from accounts without passwords (ea53dbee-c6c9-4f0e-9f9e-de0039b78023)
add Policy Windows machines should be configured to use secure communication protocols (5752e6d6-1206-46d8-8ab1-ecc2f71a8112)
add Policy Audit Windows machines that have the specified members in the Administrators group (69bf4abd-ca1e-4cf6-8b5a-762d42e61d4f)
remove Policy [Deprecated]: Show audit results from Linux VMs that have accounts without passwords (c40c9087-1981-4e73-9f53-39743eda9d05)
remove Policy [Deprecated]: Deploy prerequisites to audit Windows VMs if the Administrators group contains any of the specified members (144f1397-32f9-4598-8c88-118decc3ccba)
remove Policy [Deprecated]: Deploy prerequisites to audit Linux VMs that have accounts without passwords (3470477a-b35a-49db-aca5-1073d04524fe)
remove Policy [Deprecated]: Show audit results from Windows VMs if the Administrators group contains any of the specified members (bde62c94-ccca-4821-a815-92c1d31a76de)
remove Policy [Deprecated]: Deploy prerequisites to audit Windows web servers that are not using secure communication protocols (b2fc8f91-866d-4434-9089-5ebfe38d6fd8)
remove Policy [Deprecated]: Show audit results from Linux VMs that allow remote connections from accounts without passwords (2d67222d-05fd-4526-a171-2ee132ad9e83)
remove Policy [Deprecated]: Show audit results from Windows web servers that are not using secure communication protocols (60ffe3e2-4604-4460-8f22-0f1da058266c)
remove Policy [Deprecated]: Deploy prerequisites to audit Linux VMs that allow remote connections from accounts without passwords (ec49586f-4939-402d-a29e-6ff502b20592)
2020-08-21 13:50:30 add Policy Add system-assigned managed identity to enable Guest Configuration assignments on virtual machines with no identities (3cf2ab00-13f1-4d0c-8971-2ac904541a7e)
add Policy Add system-assigned managed identity to enable Guest Configuration assignments on VMs with a user-assigned identity (497dff13-db2a-4c0f-8603-28fa3b331ab6)
add Policy Deploy the Windows Guest Configuration extension to enable Guest Configuration assignments on Windows VMs (385f5831-96d4-41db-9a3c-cd3af78aaae6)
add Policy Windows machines should meet requirements for 'Security Settings - Account Policies' (f2143251-70de-4e81-87a8-36cee5a2f29d)
remove Policy [Deprecated]: Deploy prerequisites to audit Windows VMs configurations in 'Security Settings - Account Policies' (e3d95ab7-f47a-49d8-a347-784177b6c94c)
remove Policy [Deprecated]: Show audit results from Windows VMs configurations in 'Security Settings - Account Policies' (ddb53c61-9db4-41d4-a953-2abff5b66c12)
2020-06-16 14:55:25 Name change: '[Preview]: Audit Australian Government ISM PROTECTED controls and deploy specific VM Extensions to support audit requirements' to '[Preview]: Australian Government ISM PROTECTED'
Description change: 'This initiative includes audit and VM Extension deployment policies that address a subset of Australian Government Information Security Manual (ISM) controls. Additional policies will be added in upcoming releases. For more information, visit https://aka.ms/AustralianGovernmentISM-blueprint' to 'This initiative includes audit and virtual machine extension deployment policies that address a subset of Australian Government Information Security Manual(ISM) controls. Additional policies will be added in upcoming releases. For more information, visit https://aka.ms/AustralianGovernmentISM-blueprint.'
2020-04-22 04:43:14 add Initiative 27272c0b-c225-4cc3-b8b0-f2534b093077
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