Ensure VM serial console access is logged
Serial console access to VMs should be monitored and logged.
Security Impact
Unmonitored serial console access could be used for unauthorized access.
How to Remediate
Enable diagnostic settings to log serial console access events.
Affected Resources
Compliance Frameworks
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Check Details
- Check ID
- azure-compute-20
- Service
- Azure Virtual Machines
- Category
- Logging
- Severity
- LOW
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