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Set 'Enforce SSL connection' to 'Enabled' for Standard MySQL Database Server (Automated)

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Description

Enable SSL connection on MySQL Servers.

Rationale

SSL connectivity helps to provide a new layer of security by connecting database server to client applications using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). Enforcing SSL connections between database server and client applications helps protect against "man in the middle" attacks by encrypting the data stream between the server and application.

Audit

From Azure Portal

  1. Login to Azure Portal using https://portal.azure.com
  2. Go to Azure Database for MySQL servers
  3. For each database, click on Connection security
  4. In SSL settings, ensure Enforce SSL connection is set to ENABLED.

From Azure CLI

Ensure the output of the below command returns ENABLED.

az mysql server show --resource-group <resourceGroupName> --name <serverName> --query sslEnforcement

Remediation

From Azure Portal

  1. Login to Azure Portal using https://portal.azure.com.
  2. Go to Azure Database for MySQL servers.
  3. For each database, click Connection security.
  4. In SSL settings, click ENABLED to Enforce SSL connections.

From Azure CLI

Use the below command to set MySQL Databases to Enforce SSL connection:

 az mysql server update --resource-group <resourceGroupName> --name <serverName> --ssl-enforcement Enabled

References

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/mysql/single-server/concepts-ssl-connection-security
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/mysql/single-server/how-to-configure-ssl
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security/benchmark/azure/security-controls-v3-data-protection#dp-3-encrypt-sensitive-data-in-transit