Control: 4.4.1 Ensure 'Enforce SSL connection' is set to 'Enabled' for Standard MySQL Database Server

Description

Enable SSL connection on MYSQL Servers.

SSL connectivity helps to provide a new layer of security by connecting database server to client applications using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). Enforcing SSL connections between database server and client applications helps protect against "man in the middle" attacks by encrypting the data stream between the server and application.

Remediation

From Azure Portal

Login to Azure Portal using https://portal.azure.com.
Go to Azure Database for MySQL servers.
For each database, click on Connection security.
In SSL settings, click on ENABLED to Enforce SSL connections.

From Azure CLI

Use the below command to set MYSQL Databases to Enforce SSL connection.

az mysql server update --resource-group <resourceGroupName> --name <serverName> --ssl-enforcement Enabled

Default Value

Azure Database for MySQL when provisioned through the Azure portal or CLI will require SSL connections by default.

Usage

Run the control in your terminal:

powerpipe control run azure_compliance.control.cis_v210_4_4_1

Snapshot and share results via Turbot Pipes:

powerpipe login
powerpipe control run azure_compliance.control.cis_v210_4_4_1 --share

SQL

This control uses a named query:

mysql_ssl_enabled