Ensure Azure Firewall is deployed for egress filtering
Azure Firewall should be used for centralized egress traffic filtering and logging.
Security Impact
Without egress filtering, compromised workloads can communicate with malicious destinations.
How to Remediate
Deploy Azure Firewall in hub VNet. Route traffic through firewall for egress filtering.
Affected Resources
Compliance Frameworks
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Check Details
- Check ID
- azure-networking-8
- Service
- Azure Virtual Network
- Category
- Network Security
- Severity
- MEDIUM
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