AZ-014 Microsoft Azure

Storage account network rules default to Deny with explicit allow-lists.

Storage account network rules default to Deny with explicit allow-lists.

Domain
Microsoft Azure
Area
Storage
Automated / manual
Automated

Risk if it fails

Open network access widens exposure.

If storage accepts connections from anywhere, a leaked key or token can be used from any cafe wifi on earth; locking to known networks shrinks that window.

How Tess tests it

1 test — each concludes only on cited evidence.

Storage account network rules default to Deny with explicit allow-lists.

Automated
Procedure
Confirm networkRuleSet defaultAction=Deny.

Read-only command 

az storage account list --query '[].{Name:name,Default:networkRuleSet.defaultAction}' -o table

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