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# Virtual Machines are not backed up using Azure Backup misconfiguration detected in code

## Rule Details

|                        |                                      |
| ---------------------- | ------------------------------------ |
| Cortex AppSec Rule ID  | APPSEC2\_AZURE\_12                   |
| Category - Subcategory | Storage - Backups                    |
| Provider               | AZURE                                |
| Severity               | LOW                                  |
| Framework              | Terraform, Terraform Plan            |
| Mapped CSPM/KSPM Rule  | b312bd01-fc58-43a3-aa37-d67fe3bd01eb |

## Impact

Ensure that Azure Backup service is enabled and configured to create server backups for your Microsoft Azure virtual machines (VMs), in order to follow data security best practices and compliance requirements. Azure Backup service is a cost-effective, one-click backup solution, that simplifies virtual machine data recovery in your Azure cloud account. Once Azure Backup service is configured, your virtual machines are backed up according to a precise schedule defined within the appropriate backup policy, then recovery points are created from those backups and stored in the Azure Recovery Services vaults.

## How to Fix

## *Resource:* azurerm\_backup\_protected\_vm, azurerm\_virtual\_machine \[source,go]

resource "azurerm\_virtual\_machine" "example\_ok" { name = "${var.prefix}-vm" location = azurerm\_resource\_group.main.location resource\_group\_name = azurerm\_resource\_group.main.name network\_interface\_ids = \[azurerm\_network\_interface.main.id] vm\_size = "Standard\_DS1\_v2" }

## resource "azurerm\_backup\_protected\_vm" "vm\_protected\_backup" { resource\_group\_name = azurerm\_resource\_group.example\_ok.name recovery\_vault\_name = azurerm\_recovery\_services\_vault.example\_ok.name source\_vm\_id = azurerm\_virtual\_machine.example\_ok.id backup\_policy\_id = azurerm\_backup\_policy\_vm.example\_ok.id }


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