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Audit machines with insecure password security settings

Azure BuiltIn Policy Initiative (PolicySet)

Source Azure Portal
Display nameAudit machines with insecure password security settings
Id095e4ed9-c835-4ab6-9439-b5644362a06c
Version1.1.0
Details on versioning
Versioning Versions supported for Versioning: 1
1.1.0
Built-in Versioning [Preview]
CategoryGuest Configuration
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DescriptionThis initiative deploys the policy requirements and audits machines with insecure password security settings. For more information on Guest Configuration policies, please visit https://aka.ms/gcpol
Cloud environmentsAzureCloud = true
AzureChinaCloud = unknown
AzureUSGovernment = true
Available in AzUSGovThe PolicySet is available in AzureUSGovernment cloud. Version: '1.1.0'
Repository: Azure-Policy 095e4ed9-c835-4ab6-9439-b5644362a06c
TypeBuiltIn
DeprecatedFalse
PreviewFalse
Policy-used summary
Policy types Policy states Policy categories
Total Policies: 9
Builtin Policies: 9
Static Policies: 0
GA: 9
1 categories:
Guest Configuration: 9
Policy-used
Policy DisplayName Policy Id Category Version Versioning Effect Roles# Roles State policy in AzUSGov
Audit Linux machines that allow remote connections from accounts without passwords ea53dbee-c6c9-4f0e-9f9e-de0039b78023 Guest Configuration 3.1.0 2x
3.1.0, 3.0.0
Default
AuditIfNotExists
Allowed
AuditIfNotExists, Disabled
0 GA true
Audit Linux machines that do not have the passwd file permissions set to 0644 e6955644-301c-44b5-a4c4-528577de6861 Guest Configuration 3.1.0 2x
3.1.0, 3.0.0
Default
AuditIfNotExists
Allowed
AuditIfNotExists, Disabled
0 GA true
Audit Linux machines that have accounts without passwords f6ec09a3-78bf-4f8f-99dc-6c77182d0f99 Guest Configuration 3.1.0 2x
3.1.0, 3.0.0
Default
AuditIfNotExists
Allowed
AuditIfNotExists, Disabled
0 GA true
Audit Windows machines that allow re-use of the passwords after the specified number of unique passwords 5b054a0d-39e2-4d53-bea3-9734cad2c69b Guest Configuration 2.1.0 1x
2.1.0
Default
AuditIfNotExists
Allowed
AuditIfNotExists, Disabled
0 GA true
Audit Windows machines that do not have the maximum password age set to specified number of days 4ceb8dc2-559c-478b-a15b-733fbf1e3738 Guest Configuration 2.1.0 1x
2.1.0
Default
AuditIfNotExists
Allowed
AuditIfNotExists, Disabled
0 GA true
Audit Windows machines that do not have the minimum password age set to specified number of days 237b38db-ca4d-4259-9e47-7882441ca2c0 Guest Configuration 2.1.0 1x
2.1.0
Default
AuditIfNotExists
Allowed
AuditIfNotExists, Disabled
0 GA true
Audit Windows machines that do not have the password complexity setting enabled bf16e0bb-31e1-4646-8202-60a235cc7e74 Guest Configuration 2.0.0 1x
2.0.0
Default
AuditIfNotExists
Allowed
AuditIfNotExists, Disabled
0 GA true
Audit Windows machines that do not restrict the minimum password length to specified number of characters a2d0e922-65d0-40c4-8f87-ea6da2d307a2 Guest Configuration 2.1.0 1x
2.1.0
Default
AuditIfNotExists
Allowed
AuditIfNotExists, Disabled
0 GA true
Audit Windows machines that do not store passwords using reversible encryption da0f98fe-a24b-4ad5-af69-bd0400233661 Guest Configuration 2.0.0 1x
2.0.0
Default
AuditIfNotExists
Allowed
AuditIfNotExists, Disabled
0 GA true
Roles used No Roles used
History
Date/Time (UTC ymd) (i) Changes
2023-05-14 19:01:56 Version change: '1.0.0' to '1.1.0'
2020-09-09 11:24:08 add Initiative 095e4ed9-c835-4ab6-9439-b5644362a06c
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