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Network Watcher Flow Disabled
AZU-0073
Service: networkSeverity: medium
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Without NSG flow logs, network activity is not auditable, hindering incident investigation.
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Enable NSG flow logs via Network Watcher and configure a storage account for log export.
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# METADATA
# title: Network Watcher Flow Disabled
# description: |
# Without NSG flow logs, network activity is not auditable, hindering incident investigation.
# scope: package
# schemas:
# - input: schema["cloud"]
# related_resources:
# - https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/azurerm/latest/docs/resources/network_watcher_flow_log
# custom:
# id: AZU-0073
# long_id: azure-network-network-watcher-flow-disabled
# aliases:
# - AVD-AZU-0073
# - network-watcher-flow-disabled
# - azure-network-watcher-flow-disabled
# - azure-network-network-watcher-flow-disabled
# provider: azure
# service: network
# severity: MEDIUM
# minimum_trivy_version: 0.68.0
# recommended_action: Enable NSG flow logs via Network Watcher and configure a storage account for log export.
# input:
# selector:
# - type: cloud
# subtypes:
# - service: network
# provider: azure
# examples: checks/cloud/azure/network/network_watcher_flow_disabled.yaml
package builtin.azure.network.azure0073
import rego.v1
import data.lib.cloud.metadata
import data.lib.cloud.value
deny contains res if {
some flowlog in input.azure.network.networkwatcherflowlogs
value.is_false(flowlog.enabled)
res := result.new(
"Network Watcher flow log is disabled.",
metadata.obj_by_path(flowlog, ["enabled"]),
)
}