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Audit logs are an essential part of monitoring and auditing changes made within an Azure subscription. Audit logs capture events such as creating and deleting resources, assigning roles or granting access to administrators, developers, or external applications that interact with the subscription. This helps keep track of and maintain accountability for any changes that occur. In addition, audit logs can be used for reporting, analytics, and investigation purposes; making them invaluable tools in ensuring security is maintained throughout the entire lifecycle of resources in your subscription.
The use of automated security scanning with just-in-time access control is highly recommended to ensure that all accounts have the correct minimum required privileges assigned and regular compliance audits are conducted. Additionally, Security Center can be configured and deployed with solution templates to monitor potential attack vectors in your environment. Utilizing these automated solutions will not only protect your systems, but also ensure that you are adhering to best practices for keeping them secure and compliant.
Azure Security Center Policy is a set of policies and controls that allow organizations to define and enforce security best practices across their cloud environment. It provides a unified view of security posture and enables quick remediation of vulnerabilities.
You can create a custom policy in Azure Security Center by defining a policy rule, creating a policy definition, and then assigning the policy to a scope in your subscription.
An initiative is a collection of related policies that are grouped together to achieve a specific goal. A policy is a single rule that describes a specific security configuration.
A policy initiative is a set of policy definitions that are grouped together to provide a comprehensive set of security controls for a particular scenario or compliance requirement.
You can enable Azure Security Center Policy for your subscription by navigating to the Azure Security Center Policy blade, selecting the subscription you want to enable it for, and clicking on “Enable Policy.”
A policy definition in Azure Security Center is a rule that describes a specific security configuration, such as “Require SSL for Storage Accounts.”
You can create an Azure Security Center Policy definition by defining a policy rule, configuring the settings for the rule, and then publishing the rule to the policy.
You can view the results of a policy in Azure Security Center by navigating to the policy’s “Compliance” tab and reviewing the status of the policy across all resources in the scope.
You can remediate non-compliant resources in Azure Security Center Policy by using the “Remediate” option in the policy’s “Compliance” tab, which will initiate an automated remediation process for the affected resources.
You can monitor your Azure Security Center Policy for changes and updates by configuring email notifications for policy changes and setting up activity logs and alerts for policy-related events.
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