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Enable Storage logging for Blob Service for 'Read', 'Write', and 'Delete' requests (Manual)​

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This rule has been changed to manual, see Permanently Manual Policies for CIS Azure 1.5.0 for details.

Profile Applicability​

• Level 2

Description​

The Storage Blob service provides scalable, cost-efficient object storage in the cloud. Storage Logging happens server-side and records details for both successful and failed requests in the storage account. These logs allow users to see the details of read, write, and delete operations against the blobs. Storage Logging log entries contain the following information about individual requests: timing information such as start time, end-to-end latency, and server latency; authentication details; concurrency information; and the sizes of the request and response messages.

Rationale​

Storage Analytics logs contain detailed information about successful and failed requests to a storage service. This information can be used to monitor each individual request to a storage service for increased security or diagnostics. Requests are logged on a best-effort basis.

Storage Analytics logging is not enabled by default for your storage account.

Impact​

Being a level 2, enabling this setting can have a high impact on the cost of data storage used for logging more data per each request. Do not enable this without determining your need for this level of logging or forget to check in on data usage and projected cost.

Audit​

From Azure Portal​

  1. From the default portal page select Storage Accounts.
  2. Select the specific Storage Account.
  3. Click the Diagnostics settings under the Monitoring section in the left column.
  4. Select the 'blob' tab indented below the storage account. Then select the diagnostic setting listed.
  5. Ensure Read, Write, and Delete options are selected under the Logging section and that they are sent to the correct destination.

From Azure CLI​

Ensure the below command's output contains properties delete, read and write set to true.

az storage logging show --services b --account-name <storageAccountName>

Remediation​

From Azure Portal​

  1. From the default portal page select Storage Accounts.
  2. Select the specific Storage Account.
  3. Click the Diagnostics settings under the Monitoring section in the left column.
  4. Select the 'blob' tab indented below the storage account.
  5. Click '+ Add diagnostic setting'.
  6. Select StorageRead, StorageWrite and StorageDelete options under the Logging section to enable Storage Logging for Blob service.
  7. Select a destination to send logs to.

From Azure CLI​

Use the below command to enable the Storage Logging for Blob service:

az storage logging update --account-name <storageAccountName> --account-key <storageAccountKey> --services b --log rwd --retention 90

References​

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/storageservices/about-storage-analytics-logging
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/storage/logging?view=azure-cli-latest
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security/benchmark/azure/security-controls-v3-logging-threat-detection#lt-3-enable-logging-for-security-investigation

Additional Information​

It is not possible to practically generalize detailed audit log requirements for every blob due to their nature and intent. This recommendation may be applicable to storage account blob service where the security is paramount.

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