Azure Key Vault

1. Key types!

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/fundamentals/key-management-choose

graph TD
A[Azure Key Management]
B[Azure Key Valut Standard]
C[Azure Key Valut Premium]
D[Azure Managed HSM]
E[Azure Dedicated HSM]
F[Azure Payment HSM]

A-->B
A-->C
A-->D
A-->E
A-->F

The following is the flow chart to choose right key for Azure Environment.
HSM stands for Hardware Security Module

2. Enumerate

graph TD
    A[Start: Check Key Vault Access for User] --> B[List all Key Vaults]
    B --> C[Get User Object ID]
    C --> D[Check Access Policies for each Key Vault]
    D --> E{User Object ID Found?}
    E -- Yes --> F[User has access to Key Vault]
    E -- No --> G[User does not have access to Key Vault]
Step Description Command
List all Key Vaults Lists all the Key Vaults in the subscription. az keyvault list --query "[].{Name:name, Location:location}" --output table
Get UserPrincipalName az ad user list --query "[].{Name:displayName, UPN:userPrincipalName}" --output table
Get User Object ID Retrieves the Object ID for the specific user. az ad user show --id <UserPrincipalName> --query "id"
Check Access Policies Shows the access policies of a specific Key Vault. az keyvault show --name <KeyVaultName> --query "properties.accessPolicies"
Filter for User's Access Filters the Key Vault’s access policies to check for the user. az keyvault show --name <KeyVaultName> --query "properties.accessPolicies[?objectId=='<UserObjectId>']"

2.1 Azure Key Secrets

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/keyvault?view=azure-cli-latest

az keyvault secret list --vault-name <name>

az keyvault secret show --vault-name <vault-Name> --name <keyname>

az keyvault secret download  --vault-name Devices-new --name AUTOMAT01 --file AUTOMAT01.pem




Good examples are located ../PwnedLabs/5. Unmask Privileged Access in Azure