Azure Security Benchmark
Data Protection

Azure Security Benchmark DP-4: Enable data at rest encryption by default

Encrypt data at rest using platform-managed or customer-managed keys for all storage services with documented key management.

Maintained by Gerard BlokdykVerified against the published standard Control text last updated

What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 41 controls across 23 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

FedRAMP High · 3 controls

  • SC-13 Cryptographic Protection
  • SC-28 Protection of Information at Rest
  • SC-28(1) Cryptographic Protection

FedRAMP Moderate · 3 controls

  • SC-13 Cryptographic Protection
  • SC-28 Protection of Information at Rest
  • SC-28(1) Cryptographic Protection
  • ANSSI-HYG-11 Protect Passwords Stored on Systems
  • ANSSI-HYG-31 Encrypt Sensitive Data, in Particular on Equipment That May Be Lost
  • CBPR-06 Security Safeguards
  • CBPR-PR-27 Physical, technical and administrative safeguards

APPI · 2 controls

  • APPI-A23 Security Control Measures
  • APPI-A46 Security and Proper Handling of Anonymized Personal Information
  • AUCDR-IS-2 Secure the network and systems within the data environment
  • AUCDR-PS-12 Privacy Safeguard 12 - Security of CDR data and destruction or de-identification of redundant CDR data

CMMC 2.0 · 2 controls

ISO 27701:2019 · 2 controls

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 2 controls

PCI DSS 4.0 · 2 controls

  • 3.5.1 3.5.1 Stored PAN rendered unreadable
  • 3.5.1.2 3.5.1.2 Disk or partition encryption only on removable media

SOC 2 · 2 controls

  • SOC2-C1.1 C1.1 Identifying and maintaining confidential information
  • SOC2-CC6.1 CC6.1 Logical access security over protected information assets

C5 (Germany) · 1 control

  • C5-CRY-03 Encryption of sensitive data for storage
  • CFTC-SS-37 Protection of Swap Data Repository Data

CIS Controls v8 · 1 control

HIPAA Security Rule · 1 control

ISO 27001:2022 · 1 control

  • 8.24 Use of cryptography

ISO 27002:2022 · 1 control

  • 8.24 Use of cryptography
  • NIST-CSF-PR.DS-01 The confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data-at-rest are protected

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