Maps account should disable local authentication

Applies to

• Microsoft.Maps/accounts

What CGPulse checks

A resource passes this rule when disableLocalAuth must equal true. Anything else is reported as a finding with the evaluated property value attached as evidence.

How to fix it

Disable shared key authentication and use Azure AD for scoped, auditable access. In Azure Portal: Maps account > Authentication > disable shared key. See: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-maps/azure-maps-authentication

Careful: Disabling shared key authentication breaks all apps using subscription keys. Ensure all clients use Azure AD tokens

CLI

az maps account update --ids "{id}" --disable-local-auth true

Terraform

resource "azurerm_maps_account" "{name}" {
  name                       = "{name}"
  resource_group_name        = "{rg}"
  sku_name                   = "G2"
  local_authentication_enabled = false
}

Compliance frameworks

• Cloud Security: Azure Foundations

Related Azure rules

• Action Group should be enabled
• Activity Log Alert should be enabled
• AKS cluster logs should be sent to Log Analytics
• AKS cluster must enable RBAC
• AKS cluster must enable RBAC
• AKS cluster should be a private cluster
• AKS cluster should disable local accounts
• AKS cluster should enable Azure RBAC for Kubernetes