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VM Disk Snapshot Public Access Disabled

HIGH

Source

CloudSploit

vm-disk-snapshot-public-access-disabled

management console

VM Disk Snapshot Public Access Disabled

Ensures that Azure virtual machine disk snapshot are not publicly accessible.

A snapshot is a full, read-only copy of a virtual hard disk (VHD). You can use a snapshot as a point-in-time backup. Stopping public access to Snapshot ensure that your backups are protected at all times.

Recommended Actions

Modify snapshots and disable public access

Links

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/backup/security-overview

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