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# Key vault does not enable soft-delete misconfiguration detected in code

## Rule Details

|                        |                                       |
| ---------------------- | ------------------------------------- |
| Cortex AppSec Rule ID  | APPSEC\_AZURE\_111                    |
| Category - Subcategory | Storage - Backups                     |
| Provider               | AZURE                                 |
| Severity               | LOW                                   |
| Framework              | ARM, Bicep, Terraform, Terraform Plan |

## Impact

Deleting a key vault without soft delete enabled permanently deletes all secrets, keys, and certificates stored in the key vault. Accidental deletion of a key vault can lead to permanent data loss. Soft delete allows you to recover an accidentally deleted key vault for a configurable retention period.

## How to Fix

*Resource:* azurerm\_key\_vault

* *Arguments:* soft\_delete\_retention\_days - (Optional) The number of days that items should be retained for once soft-deleted.

## This value can be between 7 and 90 (the default) days. \[source,go]

resource "azurerm\_key\_vault" "example" { ...

* soft\_delete\_retention\_days = 7 }

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