id: azure-monitor-diagnostic-unrestricted info: name: Azure Monitor Diagnostic Settings for Subscription Activity Log Export Check author: princechaddha severity: medium description: | Ensure that Azure Monitor Diagnostic Settings are configured to export activity logs for the selected Microsoft Azure subscription. This helps in maintaining a record of all operational actions which are crucial for security and operational auditing. impact: | Not having diagnostic settings configured to export activity logs can lead to a lack of visibility into operational actions within the subscription, increasing the risk of undetected malicious activities or misconfigurations. remediation: | Configure Azure Monitor Diagnostic Settings to export activity logs. Refer to the Azure documentation on how to set up diagnostic settings for activity log export. reference: - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/essentials/activity-log tags: cloud,devops,azure,microsoft,monitor,azure-cloud-config self-contained: true code: - engine: - sh - bash source: | az monitor diagnostic-settings subscription list --query 'value[*].id' --output json matchers: - type: word words: - '[]' extractors: - type: dsl dsl: - '"Azure Monitor Diagnostic Settings for Subscription Activity Log Export are not configured."' # digest: 4a0a0047304502201beeae0368ad9e358c55f3337c6dd75d5eada2f2798fce3a719f2339273598f2022100955f605f5e73592c777ded6e85b113ea06416b64118eca587907422e873072e0:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950