Azure Compliance ControlsAzure App Service
App Service API apps should require HTTPS for all access
Use of HTTPS ensures server/service authentication and protects data in transit from network layer eavesdropping attacks. The Azure Policy flags App Service apps where `httpsOnly` is false or does not exist.
What this control checks
API apps in Azure App Service must require HTTPS for all access
Framework mappings
The clauses this control is mapped to in each framework.
- 1.2.5: Network security controls (NSCs) are configured and maintained.
- 2.2.5: System components cannot be compromised by exploiting insecure services, protocols, or daemons
- 2.2.7: System components are configured and managed securely.
- 4.2.1: PAN is protected with strong cryptography during transmission.
- 4.2.1.1: An inventory of the entity's trusted keys and certificates used to protect PAN during transmission is maintained
- 2 Risk management policy
- 5 Supply chain security
- 6 Security in network and information systems acquisition, development and maintenance
NIST Cybersecurity Framework v2.0
- GV.OC-03: Legal, regulatory, and contractual requirements regarding cybersecurity -- including privacy and civil liberties obligations -- are understood and managed.
- PR.DS-02
FedRAMP Moderate Baseline Rev 4
- SC-8 (1): Cryptographic Or Alternate Physical Protection
- SC-8(1) Cryptographic Or Alternate Physical Protection
RBI Cyber Security Framework for UCBs
- Annex I (1.3)
- 3.1.h Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
- 9.2 Ensure Web App Redirects All HTTP traffic to HTTPS in Azure App Service
- 9.2 Ensure Web App Redirects All HTTP traffic to HTTPS in Azure App Service
- 9.1 Ensure 'HTTPS Only' is set to `On`
- SC.L2-3.13.8 Implement cryptographic mechanisms to prevent unauthorized disclosure of CUI during transmission unless otherwise protected by alternative physical safeguards
- SC-8 Transmission Confidentiality And Integrity
- SC-8(1) Cryptographic Or Alternate Physical Protection
- 0809.01n2Organizational.1234-01.n 01.04 Network Access Control
- 0810.01n2Organizational.5-01.n 01.04 Network Access Control
- 0811.01n2Organizational.6-01.n 01.04 Network Access Control
- 0812.01n2Organizational.8-01.n 01.04 Network Access Control
- 0814.01n1Organizational.12-01.n 01.04 Network Access Control
1 more clause
- 0949.09y2Organizational.5-09.y 09.09 Electronic Commerce Services
- 164.312(e)(1) Transmission security
- 164.312(e)(2)(ii) Encryption
- 6.5.3: Insecure cryptographic storage.
- Render PAN unreadable anywhere it is stored (including on portable digital media, backup media, and in logs) by using approaches like one-way hashes based on strong cryptography, truncation etc
- Use strong cryptography and security protocols to safeguard sensitive cardholder data during transmission over open, public networks
Related controls
Tool mappings
Use these identifiers to cross-reference this control across tools, reports, and evidence.
- Compliance.tf Control:
appservice_api_app_use_https - Checkov Check:
CKV_AZURE_14 - Powerpipe Control:
azure_compliance.control.appservice_api_app_use_https - Prowler Check:
app_ensure_http_is_redirected_to_https - Azure Policy Definition:
a4af4a39-4135-47fb-b175-47fbdf85311d - KICS Query:
11e9a948-c6c3-4a0f-8dcf-b5cf1763cdbe - Trivy Check:
AZU-0072
Last reviewed: 2026-10-10