Ensure AKS has audit logging enabled
Kubernetes audit logs should be collected for security analysis.
Security Impact
Without audit logs, API server activity cannot be analyzed.
How to Remediate
Enable diagnostic settings for kube-audit and kube-audit-admin logs.
Affected Resources
Compliance Frameworks
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Check Details
- Check ID
- azure-aks-14
- Service
- Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
- Category
- Logging
- Severity
- MEDIUM
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