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[Deprecated]: Audit VMs with insecure password security settings

Azure BuiltIn Policy Initiative (PolicySet)

Source Azure Portal
Display name[Deprecated]: Audit VMs with insecure password security settings
Id3fa7cbf5-c0a4-4a59-85a5-cca4d996d5a6
Version1.1.1-deprecated
Details on versioning
Versioning Versions supported for Versioning: 1
1.1.1 (1.1.1-deprecated)
Built-in Versioning [Preview]
CategoryGuest Configuration
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DescriptionThis initiative deploys the policy requirements and audits virtual machines with insecure password security settings. For more information on Guest Configuration policies, please visit https://aka.ms/gcpol
Cloud environmentsAzureCloud = true
AzureChinaCloud = unknown
AzureUSGovernment = true
Available in AzUSGovThe PolicySet is available in AzureUSGovernment cloud. Version: '1.1.0-deprecated'
Repository: Azure-Policy 3fa7cbf5-c0a4-4a59-85a5-cca4d996d5a6
TypeBuiltIn
DeprecatedTrue
PreviewFalse
Policy-used summary
Policy types Policy states Policy categories
Total Policies: 18
Builtin Policies: 18
Static Policies: 0
Deprecated: 18
1 categories:
Guest Configuration: 18
Policy-used
Policy DisplayName Policy Id Category Version Versioning Effect Roles# Roles State policy in AzUSGov
[Deprecated]: Deploy prerequisites to audit Linux VMs that allow remote connections from accounts without passwords ec49586f-4939-402d-a29e-6ff502b20592 Guest Configuration 4.0.0 (4.0.0-deprecated) 1x
4.0.0
Fixed
deployIfNotExists
1 Contributor Deprecated true
[Deprecated]: Deploy prerequisites to audit Linux VMs that do not have the passwd file permissions set to 0644 f19aa1c1-6b91-4c27-ae6a-970279f03db9 Guest Configuration 4.0.0 (4.0.0-deprecated) 1x
4.0.0
Fixed
deployIfNotExists
1 Contributor Deprecated true
[Deprecated]: Deploy prerequisites to audit Linux VMs that have accounts without passwords 3470477a-b35a-49db-aca5-1073d04524fe Guest Configuration 4.0.0 (4.0.0-deprecated) 1x
4.0.0
Fixed
deployIfNotExists
1 Contributor Deprecated true
[Deprecated]: Deploy prerequisites to audit Windows VMs that allow re-use of the previous 24 passwords 726671ac-c4de-4908-8c7d-6043ae62e3b6 Guest Configuration 2.2.0 (2.2.0-deprecated) 1x
2.2.0
Fixed
deployIfNotExists
1 Contributor Deprecated true
[Deprecated]: Deploy prerequisites to audit Windows VMs that do not have a maximum password age of 70 days 356a906e-05e5-4625-8729-90771e0ee934 Guest Configuration 2.2.0 (2.2.0-deprecated) 1x
2.2.0
Fixed
deployIfNotExists
1 Contributor Deprecated true
[Deprecated]: Deploy prerequisites to audit Windows VMs that do not have a minimum password age of 1 day 16390df4-2f73-4b42-af13-c801066763df Guest Configuration 2.2.0 (2.2.0-deprecated) 1x
2.2.0
Fixed
deployIfNotExists
1 Contributor Deprecated true
[Deprecated]: Deploy prerequisites to audit Windows VMs that do not have the password complexity setting enabled 7ed40801-8a0f-4ceb-85c0-9fd25c1d61a8 Guest Configuration 2.2.0 (2.2.0-deprecated) 1x
2.2.0
Fixed
deployIfNotExists
1 Contributor Deprecated true
[Deprecated]: Deploy prerequisites to audit Windows VMs that do not restrict the minimum password length to 14 characters 23020aa6-1135-4be2-bae2-149982b06eca Guest Configuration 2.2.0 (2.2.0-deprecated) 1x
2.2.0
Fixed
deployIfNotExists
1 Contributor Deprecated true
[Deprecated]: Deploy prerequisites to audit Windows VMs that do not store passwords using reversible encryption 8ff0b18b-262e-4512-857a-48ad0aeb9a78 Guest Configuration 2.2.0 (2.2.0-deprecated) 1x
2.2.0
Fixed
deployIfNotExists
1 Contributor Deprecated true
[Deprecated]: Show audit results from Linux VMs that allow remote connections from accounts without passwords 2d67222d-05fd-4526-a171-2ee132ad9e83 Guest Configuration 4.0.0 (4.0.0-deprecated) 1x
4.0.0
Fixed
auditIfNotExists
0 Deprecated true
[Deprecated]: Show audit results from Linux VMs that do not have the passwd file permissions set to 0644 b18175dd-c599-4c64-83ba-bb018a06d35b Guest Configuration 4.0.0 (4.0.0-deprecated) 1x
4.0.0
Fixed
auditIfNotExists
0 Deprecated true
[Deprecated]: Show audit results from Linux VMs that have accounts without passwords c40c9087-1981-4e73-9f53-39743eda9d05 Guest Configuration 4.0.0 (4.0.0-deprecated) 1x
4.0.0
Fixed
auditIfNotExists
0 Deprecated true
[Deprecated]: Show audit results from Windows VMs that allow re-use of the previous 24 passwords cdbf72d9-ac9c-4026-8a3a-491a5ac59293 Guest Configuration 1.0.0 (1.0.0-deprecated) 1x
1.0.0
Fixed
auditIfNotExists
0 Deprecated true
[Deprecated]: Show audit results from Windows VMs that do not have a maximum password age of 70 days 24dde96d-f0b1-425e-884f-4a1421e2dcdc Guest Configuration 1.0.0 (1.0.0-deprecated) 1x
1.0.0
Fixed
auditIfNotExists
0 Deprecated true
[Deprecated]: Show audit results from Windows VMs that do not have a minimum password age of 1 day 5aa11bbc-5c76-4302-80e5-aba46a4282e7 Guest Configuration 1.0.0 (1.0.0-deprecated) 1x
1.0.0
Fixed
auditIfNotExists
0 Deprecated true
[Deprecated]: Show audit results from Windows VMs that do not have the password complexity setting enabled f48b2913-1dc5-4834-8c72-ccc1dfd819bb Guest Configuration 1.0.0 (1.0.0-deprecated) 1x
1.0.0
Fixed
auditIfNotExists
0 Deprecated true
[Deprecated]: Show audit results from Windows VMs that do not restrict the minimum password length to 14 characters 5aebc8d1-020d-4037-89a0-02043a7524ec Guest Configuration 1.0.0 (1.0.0-deprecated) 1x
1.0.0
Fixed
auditIfNotExists
0 Deprecated true
[Deprecated]: Show audit results from Windows VMs that do not store passwords using reversible encryption 2d60d3b7-aa10-454c-88a8-de39d99d17c6 Guest Configuration 1.0.0 (1.0.0-deprecated) 1x
1.0.0
Fixed
auditIfNotExists
0 Deprecated true
Roles used Total Roles usage: 9
Total Roles unique usage: 1
Role Role Id #Policies Policies
Contributor b24988ac-6180-42a0-ab88-20f7382dd24c 9 [Deprecated]: Deploy prerequisites to audit Linux VMs that allow remote connections from accounts without passwords, [Deprecated]: Deploy prerequisites to audit Linux VMs that do not have the passwd file permissions set to 0644, [Deprecated]: Deploy prerequisites to audit Linux VMs that have accounts without passwords, [Deprecated]: Deploy prerequisites to audit Windows VMs that allow re-use of the previous 24 passwords, [Deprecated]: Deploy prerequisites to audit Windows VMs that do not have a maximum password age of 70 days, [Deprecated]: Deploy prerequisites to audit Windows VMs that do not have a minimum password age of 1 day, [Deprecated]: Deploy prerequisites to audit Windows VMs that do not have the password complexity setting enabled, [Deprecated]: Deploy prerequisites to audit Windows VMs that do not restrict the minimum password length to 14 characters, [Deprecated]: Deploy prerequisites to audit Windows VMs that do not store passwords using reversible encryption
History
Date/Time (UTC ymd) (i) Changes
2020-09-09 11:24:08 Name change: 'Audit VMs with insecure password security settings' to '[Deprecated]: Audit VMs with insecure password security settings'
2020-06-11 19:46:04 Name change: '[Preview]: Audit VMs with insecure password security settings' to 'Audit VMs with insecure password security settings'
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