Governance Anti Patterns Storage

Storage

Storage account access and data exposure detection

Domain: storage

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Checks (2)

Check	Description
ANTI-STOR-001	Storage account shared key access enabled — disable shared key and use Entra ID RBAC with managed identity.
ANTI-STOR-002	Blob public access enabled — set allowBlobPublicAccess = false.

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ANTI-STOR-001

Storage account shared key access enabled — disable shared key and use Entra ID RBAC with managed identity.

Rationale: Shared key authentication is a legacy pattern that bypasses Entra ID conditional access, PIM, and per-identity audit trails.
Agents: terraform-agent, bicep-agent

Targets

Services	Triggers On	Correct Patterns
Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts	'account-level keys' 'account_key_enabled' 'shared_key_access = true'	'shared_access_key_enabled = false' 'allowSharedKeyAccess = false' '# Use Microsoft Entra RBAC with managed identity'

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ANTI-STOR-002

Blob public access enabled — set allowBlobPublicAccess = false.

Rationale: Public blob access allows anonymous internet users to read container contents without any authentication.
Agents: terraform-agent, bicep-agent

Targets

Services	Triggers On	Correct Patterns
Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts	'allow_blob_public_access = true' 'public_access = "blob"' 'public_access = "container"'	'allow_blob_public_access = false' 'allowBlobPublicAccess = false' 'public_access = "none"'

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