Overview of the Australian Government ISM PROTECTED blueprint sample

Important

On July 11, 2026, Blueprints (Preview) will be deprecated. Migrate your existing blueprint definitions and assignments to Template Specs and Deployment Stacks. Blueprint artifacts are to be converted to ARM JSON templates or Bicep files used to define deployment stacks. To learn how to author an artifact as an ARM resource, see:

• Policy
• RBAC
• Deployments

ISM Governance blueprint sample provides a set of governance guardrails using Azure Policy which help toward ISM PROTECTED attestation (Feb 2020 version). This Blueprint helps customers deploy a core set of policies for any Azure-deployed architecture requiring accreditation or compliance with the ISM framework.

Control mapping

The control mapping section provides details on policies included within this blueprint and how these policies address various controls in ISM PROTECTED. When assigned to an architecture, resources are evaluated by Azure Policy for non-compliance with assigned policies. For more information, see Azure Policy.

Next steps

You've reviewed the overview and of the ISM PROTECTED blueprint sample. Next, visit the following articles to learn about the control mapping and how to deploy this sample:

ISM PROTECTED blueprint - Control mapping ISM PROTECTED blueprint - Deploy steps

Addition articles about blueprints and how to use them:

• Learn about the blueprint lifecycle.
• Understand how to use static and dynamic parameters.
• Learn to customize the blueprint sequencing order.
• Find out how to make use of blueprint resource locking.
• Learn how to update existing assignments.