Vendor services misconfigurations

Vm uses unmanaged disk.

Risk Level

Informational (4)

Platform(s)
Compliance Frameworks

Description

VM - {AzureComputeVm} - uses unmanaged Blob based VHD. Managed disks in contrast to unmanaged disks have default features. The features include: 1. Default Disk Encryption 2. Resilience as Microsoft will managed the disk storage and move around if underlying hardware goes faulty 3. Reduction of costs over storage accounts. It is recommended to move VHD's to managed disks both from a security and cost management perspective.

  • Recommended Mitigation

    It is recommended to move VHD's to managed disks both from a security and cost management perspective. In Azure portal: 1. Go to virtual machines 2. Select Disks in the menu of VM 3. AAt the top select Migrate to managed disks

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