Control: 8.3 Ensure that Resource Locks are set for mission critical Azure resources

Description

Resource Manager Locks provide a way for administrators to lock down Azure resources to prevent deletion of, or modifications to, a resource. These locks sit outside of the Role Based Access Controls (RBAC) hierarchy and, when applied, will place restrictions on the resource for all users. These locks are very useful when there is an important resource in a subscription that users should not be able to delete or change. Locks can help prevent accidental and malicious changes or deletion.

The lock level can be set to to CanNotDelete or ReadOnly to achieve this purpose.

• CanNotDelete means authorized users can still read and modify a resource, but they can't delete the resource.
• ReadOnly means authorized users can read a resource, but they can't delete or update the resource. Applying this lock is similar to restricting all authorized users to the permissions granted by the Reader role.

As default, no locks are set on the resource.

Remediation

From Console

Perform the following action to check lock is set on the resource:

1. Navigate to the specific Azure Resource or Resource Group.
2. Click on Locks.
3. Ensure the lock is defined with name and description, type as CanNotDelete or ReadOnly as appropriate.

Perform the following action to set lock on the resource:

1. Navigate to the specific Azure Resource or Resource Group.
2. For each of the mission critical resource, click on Locks.
3. Click Add.
4. Give the lock a name and a description, then select the type, CanNotDelete or ReadOnly as appropriate.

From Command Line

To lock a resource, provide the name of the resource, its resource type, and its resource group name.

az lock create --name <LockName> --lock-type <CanNotDelete/Read-only> -- resource-group <resourceGroupName> --resource-name <resourceName> --resource- type <resourceType>