Azure Security Benchmark
Data Protection

Azure Security Benchmark DP-2: Monitor anomalies and threats targeting sensitive data

Enable Microsoft Defender for Storage, SQL, and Databases to detect anomalous access patterns and data exfiltration attempts.

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 43 controls across 21 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

PCI DSS 4.0 · 4 controls

  • 10.2.1.1 10.2.1.1 Logs capture individual user access to cardholder data
  • 10.4.1 10.4.1 Daily review of security-relevant logs
  • 11.5.1.1 11.5.1.1 Service providers detect covert malware channels
  • 7.2.6 7.2.6 Query access to stored cardholder data restricted

FedRAMP High · 3 controls

  • IR-9 Information Spillage Response (IR-9)
  • SI-4 System Monitoring
  • SI-4(18) System Monitoring | Analyze Traffic and Covert Exfiltration (SI-4(18))

FedRAMP Moderate · 3 controls

  • IR-9 Information Spillage Response (IR-9)
  • SI-4 System Monitoring
  • SI-4(18) System Monitoring | Analyze Traffic and Covert Exfiltration (SI-4(18))

ISO 27001:2022 · 3 controls

  • 8.12 Data leakage prevention
  • 8.16 Monitoring activities
  • 8.3 Information access restriction

ISO 27002:2022 · 3 controls

  • 8.12 Data leakage prevention
  • 8.16 Monitoring activities
  • 8.3 Information access restriction

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 3 controls

  • AUCDR-IS-3 Securely manage information assets over their lifecycle
  • AUCDR-PS-12 Privacy Safeguard 12 - Security of CDR data and destruction or de-identification of redundant CDR data

CIS Controls v8 · 2 controls

  • CIS-3.13 Deploy a Data Loss Prevention Solution
  • CIS-3.14 Log Sensitive Data Access

CMMC 2.0 · 2 controls

NIST SP 800-161 Rev 1 · 2 controls

SOC 2 · 2 controls

  • SOC2-CC6.7 CC6.7 Restricting and protecting information in transmission, movement and removal
  • SOC2-CC7.2 CC7.2 Monitoring system components for anomalies
  • ASD37-27 Outbound data loss prevention (Very Good)

C5 (Germany) · 1 control

  • C5-OPS-13 Logging and Monitoring - Identification of Events

HIPAA Security Rule · 1 control

  • NIST-CSF-DE.CM-09 Computing hardware and software, runtime environments, and their data are monitored to find potentially adverse events

NIST SP 800-172 · 1 control

Every mapping shown was judged rather than inferred from wording similarity, and the ones that failed review are published too. See the coverage reports and what was rejected.

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You are reading one control. How much of Azure Security Benchmark have you already done?

Azure Security Benchmark DP-2 is one control. If you already hold one of the frameworks below, a reviewed crosswalk already says how much of Azure Security Benchmark your existing evidence covers. Hold NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 and 71 of 85 Azure Security Benchmark controls already carry evidence.

Each report names every control your existing framework evidences, every one it does not, the reasoning behind each claim, and the claims that were argued against and rejected. 0 were rejected on the NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 pair alone.

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