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title: Security contact email
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# Security contact email

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## Metadata{% #metadata %}

**Id:** `34664094-59e0-4524-b69f-deaa1a68cce3`

**Cloud Provider:** Azure

**Platform:** Terraform

**Severity:** Medium

**Category:** Best Practices

#### Learn More{% #learn-more %}

- [Provider Reference](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/azurerm/latest/docs/resources/security_center_contact#email)

### Description{% #description %}

Defining a security contact email in the `azurerm_security_center_contact` resource is essential for ensuring that security alerts and notifications from Azure are sent to the correct personnel. If the `email` attribute is omitted, as shown below, important security incidents may go unnoticed, increasing the risk of delayed responses to threats:

```
resource "azurerm_security_center_contact" "insecure" {
  phone = "+1-555-555-5555"
  alert_notifications = true
  alerts_to_admins    = true
}
```

To address this, always specify the `email` attribute to ensure security alerts reach a monitored mailbox:

```
resource "azurerm_security_center_contact" "secure" {
  email = "contact@example.com"
  phone = "+1-555-555-5555"
  alert_notifications = true
  alerts_to_admins    = true
}
```

## Compliant Code Examples{% #compliant-code-examples %}

```terraform
resource "azurerm_security_center_contact" "negative" {
  email = "contact@example.com"
  phone = "+1-555-555-5555"

  alert_notifications = true
  alerts_to_admins    = true
}
```

## Non-Compliant Code Examples{% #non-compliant-code-examples %}

```terraform
resource "azurerm_security_center_contact" "positive" {
  phone = "+1-555-555-5555"

  alert_notifications = true
  alerts_to_admins    = true
}
```