Azure Security Benchmark
Logging and Threat Detection

Azure Security Benchmark LT-4: Enable network logging for security investigation

Enable NSG flow logs, firewall logs, and DNS query logging to support network forensics and threat hunting.

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This control maps to 32 controls across 20 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

CIS Controls v8 · 3 controls

  • CIS-13.6 Collect Network Traffic Flow Logs
  • CIS-8.6 Collect DNS Query Audit Logs
  • CIS-8.7 Collect URL Request Audit Logs

FedRAMP High · 3 controls

  • AU-2 Event Logging
  • SI-4(18) System Monitoring | Analyze Traffic and Covert Exfiltration (SI-4(18))
  • SI-4(4) Inbound and Outbound Communications Traffic

FedRAMP Moderate · 3 controls

  • AU-2 Event Logging
  • SI-4(18) System Monitoring | Analyze Traffic and Covert Exfiltration (SI-4(18))
  • SI-4(4) Inbound and Outbound Communications Traffic

CMMC 2.0 · 2 controls

ISO 27002:2022 · 2 controls

ISO 27701:2019 · 2 controls

  • 7.4.9 PII transmission controls
  • 8.4.3 PII transmission controls

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 · 2 controls

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 2 controls

  • ASD37-33 Capture network traffic (Limited)
  • SEC04-BP01 Configure service and application logging

C5 (Germany) · 1 control

  • C5-COS-03 Monitoring of connections in the Cloud Service Provider's network

HIPAA Security Rule · 1 control

ISO 27001:2022 · 1 control

  • NIST-CSF-DE.CM-01 Networks and network services are monitored to find potentially adverse events

NIST SP 800-172 · 1 control

SOC 2 · 1 control

  • SOC2-CC6.6 CC6.6 Protection against threats from outside the system boundary

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