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MySQL servers should have public network access disabled

Disable the public network access property so your Azure Database for MySQL can only be accessed from a private endpoint. This configuration strictly disables access from any public address space outside of Azure IP range.

What this control checks

MySQL servers must have public network access set to Disabled

Framework mappings

The clauses this control is mapped to in each framework.

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5

  • Information Flow Enforcement (AC-4)
  • SC-7: Boundary Protection
  • SC-7(3) Access Points

FedRAMP Moderate Baseline Rev 4

  • AC-4 Information Flow Enforcement
  • SC-7: Boundary Protection
  • SC-7(3) Access Points

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 2

  • 3.1.3 Control the flow of CUI in accordance with approved authorizations
  • 3.13.1: Monitor, control, and protect communications (i.e., information transmitted or received by organizational systems) at the external boundaries and key internal boundaries of organizational systems.
  • 3.13.2 Employ architectural designs, software development techniques, and systems engineering principles that promote effective information security within organizational systems
  • 3.13.5 Implement subnetworks for publicly accessible system components that are physically or logically separated from internal networks
  • 3.13.6: Deny network communications traffic by default and allow network communications traffic by exception (i.e., deny all, permit by exception).

CIS Azure Benchmark v4.0.0

  • 2.2.1.1 Ensure public network access is Disabled

CMMC 2.0 Level 2

  • AC.L2-3.1.3 Control the flow of CUI in accordance with approved authorizations
  • SC.L1-3.13.1 Monitor, control, and protect communications (i.e., information transmitted or received by organizational systems) at the external boundaries and key internal boundaries of organizational systems
  • SC.L1-3.13.5 Implement subnetworks for publicly accessible system components that are physically or logically separated from internal networks
  • SC.L2-3.13.2 Employ architectural designs, software development techniques, and systems engineering principles that promote effective information security within organizational systems
  • SC.L2-3.13.6 Deny network communications traffic by default and allow network communications traffic by exception (i.e., deny all, permit by exception)

FedRAMP High

  • AC-4 Information Flow Enforcement
  • SC-7 Boundary Protection
  • SC-7(3) Access Points

Tool mappings

Use these identifiers to cross-reference this control across tools, reports, and evidence.

  • Compliance.tf Control: mysql_server_public_network_access_disabled
  • Checkov Check: CKV_AZURE_53
  • Powerpipe Control: azure_compliance.control.mysql_server_public_network_access_disabled
  • Azure Policy Definition: d9844e8a-1437-4aeb-a32c-0c992f056095
  • KICS Query: f118890b-2468-42b1-9ce9-af35146b425b
  • Trivy Check: AZU-0022

Last reviewed: 2026-10-13

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