Ensure storage account public access is disabled
Storage accounts should not allow public blob access unless explicitly required.
Security Impact
Public access allows anyone to read blob data without authentication.
How to Remediate
Set 'Allow Blob public access' to disabled at the storage account level.
Affected Resources
Compliance Frameworks
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Check Details
- Check ID
- azure-storage-4
- Service
- Azure Storage Accounts
- Category
- Public Access
- Severity
- CRITICAL
- CIS Benchmark
- 3.7
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