Network misconfigurations

Azure Application Gateway without Web Application Firewall

Platform(s)
Compliance Frameworks

CCPA, cis_8, CPRA, HITRUST, iso_27001_2022, iso_27002_2022, Microsoft Cloud Security Benchmark, mpa, New Zealand Information Security Manual, NIST 800-171, NIST 800-53, PDPA, UK Cyber Essentials

Description

Azure Application Gateway is a web traffic load balancer that enables you to manage traffic to your web applications, offering various Layer 7 load-balancing capabilities. Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF) on Azure Application Gateway provides centralized protection of your web applications from common exploits and vulnerabilities, like SQL injections, Cross-Site Scripting, malware uploads, and DDoS attacks. The Azure Application Gateway - {AzureApplicationGateway} is configured without Azure Web Application Firewall, which leaves the Azure Application Gateway`s backend instances not secured.