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Framework/Core/SubscriptionSecurity/SecurityCenter.ps1

using namespace System.Management.Automation
Set-StrictMode -Version Latest 
class SecurityCenter: AzSKRoot
{        
    [PSObject] $PolicyObject = $null;
    [PSObject] $CurrentPolicyObject = $null;
    [bool] $PolicyAPIFail = $false;
    [string] $Off = "Off";
    [string] $On = "On";
    [string] $ContactPhoneNumber;
    [string] $ContactEmail;
    [string] $AlertNotifStatus;
    [string] $AlertAdminStatus;
    [string] $AutoProvisioningSettings = "";
    [string] $ASCTier = "";
    SecurityCenter([string] $subscriptionId,[bool]$registerASCProvider): 
        Base($subscriptionId)
    {         
        if($registerASCProvider)
        {
            [SecurityCenterHelper]::RegisterResourceProvider();
        }
        $this.LoadPolicies(); 
        $this.LoadCurrentPolicy();
    }
    SecurityCenter([string] $subscriptionId): 
        Base($subscriptionId)
    { 
        [SecurityCenterHelper]::RegisterResourceProvider();
        $this.LoadPolicies(); 
        $this.LoadCurrentPolicy();
        #calling this function as it would fetch the current contact phone number settings
        $this.CheckSecurityContactSettings();
        #this function would fetch auto provisioning settings
        $this.CheckAutoProvisioningSettings();
        #this function would fetch ASC Tier details
        $this.CheckASCTierSettings();
    }

    SecurityCenter([string] $subscriptionId, [string] $securityContactEmail, [string] $securityContactPhoneNumber): 
        Base($subscriptionId)
    { 
        [SecurityCenterHelper]::RegisterResourceProvider();
        $this.LoadPolicies();
        $this.LoadCurrentPolicy();
        #calling this function as it would fetch the current contact phone number settings
        $this.CheckSecurityContactSettings();
        if(-not [string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($securityContactPhoneNumber))
        {
            $this.ContactPhoneNumber = $securityContactPhoneNumber;
        }
        if(-not [string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($securityContactEmail))
        {
            $this.ContactEmail = $securityContactEmail;
        }        
        #this function would fetch auto provisioning settings
        $this.CheckAutoProvisioningSettings();
        #this function would fetch ASC Tier details
        $this.CheckASCTierSettings();
    }


    hidden [string[]] CheckASCCompliance()
    {
        $statuses = @();
        $response = $this.CheckAutoProvisioningSettings();
        if(-not [string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($response))
        {
            $statuses += $response;
        }
        $response = $this.CheckSecurityContactSettings();
        if(-not [string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($response))
        {
            $statuses += $response;
        }

        $response = $this.CheckSecurityPolicySettings();
        if(($response | Measure-Object).Count -gt 0)
        {
            $statuses += $response;
        }

        $this.CheckASCTierSettings();

        return $statuses;
    }

    hidden [void] LoadCurrentPolicy()
    {
        if($null -ne $this.PolicyObject -and $null -ne $this.PolicyObject.policySettings)
        {
            #Fetching all the ASC initiative assignments.
            $policyDefinitionId = $this.PolicyObject.policySettings.properties.policyDefinitionId;

            try {
                $this.CurrentPolicyObject = Get-AzPolicyAssignment -PolicyDefinitionId $policyDefinitionId
            }
            catch {
                $this.PolicyAPIFail = $true;
            }        
        }
    }
    
    hidden [void] LoadPolicies()
    {
        $this.PolicyObject = [ConfigurationManager]::LoadServerConfigFile("SecurityCenter.json");
    }

    [MessageData[]] SetPolicies([bool] $updateProvisioningSettings, [bool] $updatePolicies, [bool] $updateSecurityContacts, [bool] $setOptionalPolicy)
    {                
        [MessageData[]] $messages = @();
        $this.PublishCustomMessage("Updating SecurityCenter policies...`n" + [Constants]::SingleDashLine, [MessageType]::Warning);

        $this.PublishCustomMessage("Updating Security Center version...", [MessageType]::Warning);
        $this.SetSecurityCenterVersion();        
        $this.PublishCustomMessage("Completed updating Security Center version.", [MessageType]::Update);

        if($updateProvisioningSettings)
        {
            $this.PublishCustomMessage("Updating AutoProvision settings...", [MessageType]::Warning);
            $this.SetAutoProvisioningSettings();                        
            $this.PublishCustomMessage("Completed updating AutoProvision settings.", [MessageType]::Update);
        }
        if($updatePolicies)
        {
            $this.PublishCustomMessage("Updating SecurityPolicy settings...", [MessageType]::Warning);
            $this.SetSecurityPolicySettings();                        
            $this.PublishCustomMessage("Completed updating SecurityPolicy settings.", [MessageType]::Update);
        }
        if($setOptionalPolicy)
        {
            $this.PublishCustomMessage("Updating optional SecurityPolicy settings...", [MessageType]::Warning);
            $this.SetSecurityOptionalPolicySettings();                        
            $this.PublishCustomMessage("Completed optional SecurityPolicy settings.", [MessageType]::Update);
        }
        if($updateSecurityContacts)
        {
            $this.PublishCustomMessage("Updating SecurityContact settings...", [MessageType]::Warning);
            $this.SetSecurityContactSettings();    
            $this.PublishCustomMessage("Completed updating SecurityContact settings.", [MessageType]::Update);                    
        }
        $this.PublishCustomMessage([Constants]::SingleDashLine + "`nCompleted configuring SecurityCenter.", [MessageType]::Update);
        return $messages;
    }

    [MessageData[]] SetSecurityCenterVersion()
    {
        [MessageData[]] $messages = @();
        if($null -ne $this.PolicyObject -and $null -ne $this.PolicyObject.autoProvisioning)
        {            
            $azskRGName = [ConfigurationManager]::GetAzSKConfigData().AzSKRGName;
            [ResourceGroupHelper]::SetResourceGroupTags($azskRGName,@{[Constants]::SecurityCenterConfigVersionTagName=$this.PolicyObject.Version},$false)                
        }
        return $messages;
    }

    [MessageData[]] SetAutoProvisioningSettings()
    {
        [MessageData[]] $messages = @();
        if($null -ne $this.PolicyObject -and $null -ne $this.PolicyObject.autoProvisioning)
        {            
            $ResourceAppIdURI = [WebRequestHelper]::GetResourceManagerUrl()
            $autoProvisioningUri = $ResourceAppIdURI + "subscriptions/$($this.SubscriptionContext.SubscriptionId)/providers/$([SecurityCenterHelper]::ProviderNamespace)/$([SecurityCenterHelper]::AutoProvisioningSettingsApi)/default$([SecurityCenterHelper]::ApiVersionNew)";
            $body = $this.PolicyObject.autoProvisioning | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 10
            $body = $body.Replace("{0}",$this.SubscriptionContext.SubscriptionId) | ConvertFrom-Json;
              [WebRequestHelper]::InvokeWebRequest([Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WebRequestMethod]::Put, $autoProvisioningUri, $body);
        }
        return $messages;
    }

    [string] CheckAutoProvisioningSettings()
    {        
        if($null -ne $this.PolicyObject -and $null -ne $this.PolicyObject.autoProvisioning)
        {    
            $ResourceAppIdURI = [WebRequestHelper]::GetResourceManagerUrl()        
            $autoProvisioningUri = $ResourceAppIdURI + "subscriptions/$($this.SubscriptionContext.SubscriptionId)/providers/$([SecurityCenterHelper]::ProviderNamespace)/$([SecurityCenterHelper]::AutoProvisioningSettingsApi)/default$([SecurityCenterHelper]::ApiVersionNew)";
            try
            {
                $response = [WebRequestHelper]::InvokeGetWebRequest($autoProvisioningUri);
                if([Helpers]::CheckMember($response, "properties.autoProvision"))
                {
                    $this.AutoProvisioningSettings = $response.properties.autoProvision;
                }            
            }
            catch
            {
                #return failure status if api throws exception.
                return "AutoProvisioning: [ASC is either not configured or not able to fetch ASC provisioning status due to access issue]"
            }
            $autoProvisionObject = $this.PolicyObject.autoProvisioning
            if(-not (-not ([Helpers]::CheckMember($autoProvisionObject,"properties.autoProvision",$false)) -or ([Helpers]::CheckMember($response,"properties.autoProvision") -and ($response.properties.autoProvision -eq $autoProvisionObject.properties.autoProvision))))
            {
                return "AutoProvisioning: [Failed]"
            }
        }
        return $null;
    }

    [MessageData[]] SetSecurityContactSettings()
    {
        [MessageData[]] $messages = @();
        if($null -ne $this.PolicyObject -and $null -ne $this.PolicyObject.securityContacts)
        {    
            $ResourceAppIdURI = [WebRequestHelper]::GetResourceManagerUrl()        
            $securityContactsUri = $ResourceAppIdURI + "subscriptions/$($this.SubscriptionContext.SubscriptionId)/providers/$([SecurityCenterHelper]::ProviderNamespace)/$([SecurityCenterHelper]::SecurityContactsApi)/default1$([SecurityCenterHelper]::ApiVersionNew)";
            $body = $this.PolicyObject.securityContacts | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 10
            $body = $body.Replace("{0}",$this.SubscriptionContext.SubscriptionId).Replace("{1}",$this.ContactEmail).Replace("{2}",$this.ContactPhoneNumber) | ConvertFrom-Json;
              [WebRequestHelper]::InvokeWebRequest([Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WebRequestMethod]::Put, $securityContactsUri, $body);
        }
        return $messages;
    }

    [string] CheckSecurityContactSettings()
    {
        if($null -ne $this.PolicyObject -and $null -ne $this.PolicyObject.securityContacts)
        {
            $ResourceAppIdURI = [WebRequestHelper]::GetResourceManagerUrl()
            $securityContactsUri = $ResourceAppIdURI + "subscriptions/$($this.SubscriptionContext.SubscriptionId)/providers/$([SecurityCenterHelper]::ProviderNamespace)/$([SecurityCenterHelper]::SecurityContactsApi)/default1$([SecurityCenterHelper]::ApiVersionNew)";
            
            try
            {
                $response = [WebRequestHelper]::InvokeGetWebRequest($securityContactsUri);
            }
            catch
            {
                #return failure status if api throws exception.
                return "SecurityContactsConfig: [Security contact details is either not configured or not able to fetch configuration due to access issue]"
            }
            $secContactObject = $this.PolicyObject.securityContacts
            if([Helpers]::CheckMember($response,"properties.email") -and -not [string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($response.properties.email) `
                -and [Helpers]::CheckMember($response,"properties.phone") -and -not [string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($response.properties.phone))                
            {
                $this.ContactEmail = $response.properties.email;
                $this.ContactPhoneNumber = $response.properties.phone;
                if([Helpers]::CheckMember($response, "properties.alertNotifications"))
                {
                    $this.AlertNotifStatus = $response.properties.alertNotifications;
                }
                if([Helpers]::CheckMember($response, "properties.alertsToAdmins"))
                {
                    $this.AlertAdminStatus = $response.properties.alertsToAdmins;
                }
                if(-not ((-not ([Helpers]::CheckMember($secContactObject,"properties.email",$false)) -or ([Helpers]::CheckMember($response,"properties.email") -and -not [string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($response.properties.email)))`
                     -and (-not ([Helpers]::CheckMember($secContactObject,"properties.phone",$false)) -or ([Helpers]::CheckMember($response,"properties.phone") -and -not [string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($response.properties.phone)))`
                     -and (-not ([Helpers]::CheckMember($secContactObject,"properties.alertNotifications",$false)) -or ([Helpers]::CheckMember($response,"properties.alertNotifications") -and ($response.properties.alertNotifications -eq $secContactObject.properties.alertNotifications)))`
                     -and (-not ([Helpers]::CheckMember($secContactObject,"properties.alertsToAdmins",$false)) -or ([Helpers]::CheckMember($response,"properties.alertsToAdmins") -and ($response.properties.alertsToAdmins -eq $secContactObject.properties.alertsToAdmins)))))
                {                   
                    return "SecurityContactsConfig: [Failed. One of the configuration(Email,Phone,SendEmailAlertNotification,SendEmailAlertsToAdmin) is missing]"
                }                
            }
            else
            {
                return "SecurityContactsConfig: [Not able to find either email or phone number contact details]"
            }
        }
        return $null;
    }

    [void] CheckASCTierSettings()
    {
        $ResourceUrl= [WebRequestHelper]::GetResourceManagerUrl()
        $validatedUri ="$ResourceUrl/subscriptions/$($this.SubscriptionContext.SubscriptionId)/providers/Microsoft.Security/pricings/default?api-version=2017-08-01-preview"
        $ascTierContentDetails = [WebRequestHelper]::InvokeGetWebRequest($validatedUri)

         if([Helpers]::CheckMember($ascTierContentDetails,"properties.pricingTier"))
        {
            $this.ASCTier = $ascTierContentDetails.properties.pricingTier
        }
    }
    
    [MessageData[]] SetSecurityPolicySettings()
    {
        [MessageData[]] $messages = @();

        if($null -ne $this.PolicyObject -and $null -ne $this.PolicyObject.policySettings)
        {    
            $ResourceAppIdURI = [WebRequestHelper]::GetResourceManagerUrl()        
            
            $defaultPoliciesNames = Get-Member -InputObject $this.PolicyObject.policySettings.properties.parameters -MemberType NoteProperty | Select-Object Name
            $configuredPolicyObject = $this.PolicyObject.policySettings.properties.parameters;    

            $this.UpdatePolicyObject();
            
            $policySettingsUri = $ResourceAppIdURI + "subscriptions/$($this.SubscriptionContext.SubscriptionId)/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/policyAssignments/SecurityCenterBuiltIn$([SecurityCenterHelper]::ApiVersionLatest)";
            $body = $this.PolicyObject.policySettings | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 10
            $body = $body.Replace("{0}",$this.SubscriptionContext.SubscriptionId) | ConvertFrom-Json;
              [WebRequestHelper]::InvokeWebRequest([Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WebRequestMethod]::Put, $policySettingsUri, $body);

            if($null -ne $this.CurrentPolicyObject)
            {
            
                [PSObject] $defaultDisabledPoliciesNames = @(); # This will store the mandatory policies name that require 'Disabled' policy effect.
                $defaultPoliciesNames | ForEach-Object{
                    $policyName = $_.Name;
                    if($configuredPolicyObject.$policyName.value -eq "Disabled"){
                        $defaultDisabledPoliciesNames += $policyName; 
                    }
                }


                $this.CurrentPolicyObject | where{
                    $currentPolicyObj = $_.Properties.parameters #For each ASC policy assignment, we will set the policies in $defaultDisabledPoliciesNames to 'Disabled' effect so that overall effect across sub is 'Disabled'.
                    $defaultDisabledPoliciesNames | where{
                        $policyName = $_;
                        if([Helpers]::CheckMember($currentPolicyObj,$policyName) -and ($currentPolicyObj.$policyName.value -ne $configuredPolicyObject.$policyName.value))
                        {
                            $currentPolicyObj.$policyName.value = $configuredPolicyObject.$policyName.value
                        }
                    }

                    
                    $_.Properties.parameters = $currentPolicyObj;
                    $policySettingsUri = $ResourceAppIdURI + "subscriptions/$($_.SubscriptionId)/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/policyAssignments/$($_.Name)$([SecurityCenterHelper]::ApiVersionLatest)";

                    $body = New-Object PSObject
                    $body | Add-Member -NotePropertyName sku -NotePropertyValue $_.sku
                    $body | Add-Member -NotePropertyName id -NotePropertyValue $_.PolicyAssignmentId
                    $body | Add-Member -NotePropertyName type -NotePropertyValue $_.ResourceType
                    $body | Add-Member -NotePropertyName name -NotePropertyValue $_.Name
                    $body | Add-Member -NotePropertyName properties -NotePropertyValue $_.properties

                    [WebRequestHelper]::InvokeWebRequest([Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WebRequestMethod]::Put, $policySettingsUri, $body);
                }
            } 
        }

        return $messages;
    }

    [MessageData[]] SetSecurityOptionalPolicySettings()
    {
        [MessageData[]] $messages = @();

        if($null -ne $this.PolicyObject -and $null -ne $this.PolicyObject.optionalPolicySettings)
        {    
            $ResourceAppIdURI = [WebRequestHelper]::GetResourceManagerUrl()        

            $optionalPoliciesNames = Get-Member -InputObject $this.PolicyObject.optionalPolicySettings.properties.parameters -MemberType NoteProperty | Select-Object Name
            $configuredOptionalPolicyObject = $this.PolicyObject.optionalPolicySettings.properties.parameters;

            $this.UpdateOptionalPolicyObject();
            
            $policySettingsUri = $ResourceAppIdURI + "subscriptions/$($this.SubscriptionContext.SubscriptionId)/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/policyAssignments/SecurityCenterBuiltIn$([SecurityCenterHelper]::ApiVersionLatest)";
            $body = $this.PolicyObject.optionalPolicySettings | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 10
            $body = $body.Replace("{0}",$this.SubscriptionContext.SubscriptionId) | ConvertFrom-Json;
              [WebRequestHelper]::InvokeWebRequest([Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WebRequestMethod]::Put, $policySettingsUri, $body);

            if($null -ne $this.CurrentPolicyObject)
            {

                [PSObject] $optionalDisabledPoliciesNames = @(); # This will store the optional policies name that require 'Disabled' policy effect.
                $optionalPoliciesNames | ForEach-Object{
                    $policyName = $_.Name;
                    if($configuredOptionalPolicyObject.$policyName.value -eq "Disabled"){
                        $optionalDisabledPoliciesNames += $policyName; 
                    }
                }

                $this.CurrentPolicyObject | where{
                    $currentPolicyObj = $_.Properties.parameters #For each ASC policy assignment, we will set the policies in $optionalDisabledPoliciesNames to 'Disabled' effect so that overall effect across sub is 'Disabled'.
                    $optionalDisabledPoliciesNames | where{
                        $policyName = $_;
                        if([Helpers]::CheckMember($currentPolicyObj,$policyName) -and ($currentPolicyObj.$policyName.value -ne $configuredOptionalPolicyObject.$policyName.value))
                        {
                            $currentPolicyObj.$policyName.value = $configuredOptionalPolicyObject.$policyName.value
                        }
                    }

                    $_.Properties.parameters = $currentPolicyObj;
                    $policySettingsUri = $ResourceAppIdURI + "subscriptions/$($_.SubscriptionId)/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/policyAssignments/$($_.Name)$([SecurityCenterHelper]::ApiVersionLatest)";

                    $body = New-Object PSObject
                    $body | Add-Member -NotePropertyName sku -NotePropertyValue $_.sku
                    $body | Add-Member -NotePropertyName id -NotePropertyValue $_.PolicyAssignmentId
                    $body | Add-Member -NotePropertyName type -NotePropertyValue $_.ResourceType
                    $body | Add-Member -NotePropertyName name -NotePropertyValue $_.Name
                    $body | Add-Member -NotePropertyName properties -NotePropertyValue $_.properties

                    [WebRequestHelper]::InvokeWebRequest([Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WebRequestMethod]::Put, $policySettingsUri, $body);
                }
            }   
        }

        return $messages;
    }

    [string[]] CheckSecurityPolicySettings()
    {
        if($null -ne $this.PolicyObject -and $null -ne $this.PolicyObject.policySettings)
        {    
            return $this.ValidatePolicyObject();                                            
        }
        return $null;
    }

    [string[]] CheckOptionalSecurityPolicySettings()
    {
        if($null -ne $this.PolicyObject -and $null -ne $this.PolicyObject.optionalPolicySettings)
        {    
            return $this.ValidateOptionalPolicyObject();                                            
        }
        return $null;
    }

    [void] UpdatePolicyObject()
    {
        if($null -ne $this.CurrentPolicyObject -and $null -ne $this.PolicyObject.policySettings)    
        {
            $ASCAssignment = $this.CurrentPolicyObject | where {$_.Name -eq $this.PolicyObject.policySettings.name}
            $ASCcount = ($ASCAssignment | Measure-Object).Count
            if($ASCcount -eq 1)
            {
                $currentPolicyObj = $ASCAssignment.Properties.parameters;
                $defaultPoliciesNames = Get-Member -InputObject $this.PolicyObject.policySettings.properties.parameters -MemberType NoteProperty | Select-Object Name
                $configuredPolicyObject = $this.PolicyObject.policySettings.properties.parameters;
                $defaultPoliciesNames | ForEach-Object {
                    $policyName = $_.Name;
                    if([Helpers]::CheckMember($currentPolicyObj,$policyName))
                    {
                        $currentPolicyObj.$policyName.value = $configuredPolicyObject.$policyName.value
                    }else
                    {
                        $currentPolicyObj | Add-Member -NotePropertyName $policyName -NotePropertyValue $configuredPolicyObject.$policyName
                    }                
                    
                }
                $this.PolicyObject.policySettings.properties.parameters = $currentPolicyObj;
            }
        }        
    }    

    [void] UpdateOptionalPolicyObject()
    {
        if($null -ne $this.CurrentPolicyObject -and $null -ne $this.PolicyObject.optionalPolicySettings)    
        {
            $ASCAssignment = $this.CurrentPolicyObject | where {$_.Name -eq $this.PolicyObject.policySettings.name}
            $ASCcount = ($ASCAssignment | Measure-Object).Count
            if($ASCcount -eq 1)
            {
                $currentPolicyObj = $ASCAssignment.Properties.parameters;
                $optionalPoliciesNames = Get-Member -InputObject $this.PolicyObject.optionalPolicySettings.properties.parameters -MemberType NoteProperty | Select-Object Name
                $configuredOptionalPolicyObject = $this.PolicyObject.optionalPolicySettings.properties.parameters;
                $optionalPoliciesNames | ForEach-Object {
                    $policyName = $_.Name;
                    if([Helpers]::CheckMember($currentPolicyObj,$policyName))
                    {
                        $currentPolicyObj.$policyName.value = $configuredOptionalPolicyObject.$policyName.value
                    }else
                    {
                        $currentPolicyObj | Add-Member -NotePropertyName $policyName -NotePropertyValue $configuredOptionalPolicyObject.$policyName
                    }                
                    
                }
                $this.PolicyObject.optionalPolicySettings.properties.parameters = $currentPolicyObj;
            }
        }        
    }    

    [string[]] ValidatePolicyObject()
    {
        [string[]] $MisConfiguredPolicies = @();

        if($null -ne $this.CurrentPolicyObject -and $null -ne $this.PolicyObject.policySettings)
        {
            $assignCount = ($this.CurrentPolicyObject | Measure-Object).Count # Total no. of ASC initiative assignments (duplicates).
            $defaultPoliciesNames = Get-Member -InputObject $this.PolicyObject.policySettings.properties.parameters -MemberType NoteProperty | Select-Object Name
            $configuredPolicyObject = $this.PolicyObject.policySettings.properties.parameters;

            $defaultPoliciesNames | ForEach-Object {
                $policyName = $_.Name;        
                $counter = 0;                     # count of misconfigured instances of the policy under iteration.
                $polNotFoundCounter = 0;        # count of assignments in which the policy under iteration is absent.

                if($configuredPolicyObject.$policyName.value -ne "Disabled")                # If the desired effect of a policy is not "Disabled" i.e. "Audit/AuditIfNotExists", then atleast one initiative assignment should have the correct effect so that the policy is correctly configured on the sub.
                {
                    $enabledAssignments = $this.CurrentPolicyObject | where{[Helpers]::CheckMember($_.Properties.parameters,$policyName) -and $_.Properties.parameters.$policyName.value -eq $configuredPolicyObject.$policyName.value}    
                    $counter = ($enabledAssignments | Measure-Object).Count

                    if($counter -eq 0) # If policy is absent/misconfigured in all the assignments, then the overall effect of the policy is opposite of what is required (Here "Audit/AuditIfNotExists").
                    {
                        $MisConfiguredPolicies += ("Misconfigured Mandatory Policy: [" + $policyName + "]");
                    }

                }
                elseif($configuredPolicyObject.$policyName.value -eq "Disabled")           # If the desired effect of a policy is "Disabled", then no initiative assignments should have a stronger effect (Audit / AuditIfNotExists) for the policy under consideration.
                {
        
                    $enabledAssignments = $this.CurrentPolicyObject | where{[Helpers]::CheckMember($_.Properties.parameters,$policyName) -and $_.Properties.parameters.$policyName.value -ne $configuredPolicyObject.$policyName.value}    
                    $counter = ($enabledAssignments | Measure-Object).Count

                    if($counter -gt 0)        # This means in atleast one assignment, the effect is not 'Disabled', i.e it is "Audit/AuditIfNotExists" making the stronger effect win.
                    {
                        $MisConfiguredPolicies += ("Misconfigured Mandatory Policy: [" + $policyName + "]");
                    }
                    else                    # This means either the policy is absent in all the assignments or it is configured correctly wherever present.
                    {
                        $absentAssignments = $this.CurrentPolicyObject | where{-not [Helpers]::CheckMember($_.Properties.parameters,$policyName)}
                        $polNotFoundCounter = ($absentAssignments | Measure-Object).Count
                        if($polNotFoundCounter -eq $assignCount)        # This means policy is absent across all assignments meaning it is not in effect on the sub.
                        {
                            $MisConfiguredPolicies += ("Misconfigured Mandatory Policy: [" + $policyName + "]");
                        }
                    }
                }
            }

        }
        elseif($null -eq $this.CurrentPolicyObject -and  $null -ne $this.PolicyObject.policySettings)
        {
            if($this.PolicyAPIFail)
            {
                $MisConfiguredPolicies += ("Mandatory ASC Policies information can't be fetched beacuse either mandatory ASC policies are not configured or due to API access failure.");
            }
            else
            {
                $MisConfiguredPolicies += ("Mandatory ASC Policies are not configured");    
            }
               
        }
        
        return $MisConfiguredPolicies;        
    }    
    [string[]] ValidateOptionalPolicyObject()
    {
         [string[]] $MisConfiguredOptionalPolicies = @();

        if($null -ne $this.CurrentPolicyObject -and $null -ne $this.PolicyObject.optionalPolicySettings)
        {
            $assignCount = ($this.CurrentPolicyObject | Measure-Object).Count                 # Total no. of ASC initiative assignments (duplicates).
            $optionalPoliciesNames = Get-Member -InputObject $this.PolicyObject.optionalPolicySettings.properties.parameters -MemberType NoteProperty | Select-Object Name
            $configuredOptionalPolicyObject = $this.PolicyObject.optionalPolicySettings.properties.parameters;

            $optionalPoliciesNames | ForEach-Object {
                $policyName = $_.Name;        
                $counter = 0;                            # count of misconfigured instances of the policy under iteration.
                $polNotFoundCounter = 0;                # count of assignments in which the policy under iteration is absent.


                if($configuredOptionalPolicyObject.$policyName.value -ne "Disabled")        # If the desired effect of a policy is not "Disabled" i.e. "Audit/AuditIfNotExists", then atleast one initiative assignment should have the correct effect so that the policy is correctly configured on the sub.
                {

                    $enabledAssignments = $this.CurrentPolicyObject | where{[Helpers]::CheckMember($_.Properties.parameters,$policyName) -and $_.Properties.parameters.$policyName.value -eq $configuredOptionalPolicyObject.$policyName.value}    
                    $counter = ($enabledAssignments | Measure-Object).Count

                    if($counter -eq 0)            # If policy is absent/misconfigured in all the assignments, then the overall effect of the policy is opposite of what is required (Here "Audit/AuditIfNotExists").
                    {
                        $MisConfiguredOptionalPolicies += ("Misconfigured Optional Policy: [" + $policyName + "]");
                    }

                }
                elseif($configuredOptionalPolicyObject.$policyName.value -eq "Disabled")    # If the desired effect of a policy is "Disabled", then no initiative assignments should have a stronger effect (Audit / AuditIfNotExists) for the policy under consideration.
                {
    
                    $enabledAssignments = $this.CurrentPolicyObject | where{[Helpers]::CheckMember($_.Properties.parameters,$policyName) -and $_.Properties.parameters.$policyName.value -ne $configuredOptionalPolicyObject.$policyName.value}    
                    $counter = ($enabledAssignments | Measure-Object).Count

                    if($counter -gt 0)                # This means in atleast one assignment, the effect is not 'Disabled', i.e it is "Audit/AuditIfNotExists" making the stronger effect win.
                    {
                        $MisConfiguredOptionalPolicies += ("Misconfigured Optional Policy: [" + $policyName + "]");
                    }
                    else                            # This means either the policy is absent in all the assignments or it is configured correctly wherever present.
                    {
                        $absentAssignments = $this.CurrentPolicyObject | where{-not [Helpers]::CheckMember($_.Properties.parameters,$policyName)}
                        $polNotFoundCounter = ($absentAssignments | Measure-Object).Count

                        if($polNotFoundCounter -eq $assignCount)        # This means policy is absent across all assignments meaning it is not in effect on the sub.
                        {
                            $MisConfiguredOptionalPolicies += ("Misconfigured Optional Policy: [" + $policyName + "]");
                        }
                    }
                }
            }

        }
        elseif($null -eq $this.CurrentPolicyObject -and  $null -ne $this.PolicyObject.optionalPolicySettings)
        {
            if($this.PolicyAPIFail)
            {
                $MisConfiguredOptionalPolicies += ("Optional ASC Policies information can't be fetched beacuse either mandatory ASC policies are not configured or due to API access failure.");
            }
            else
            {
                $MisConfiguredOptionalPolicies += ("Optional ASC Policies are not configured");    
            }
               
        }
    
         return $MisConfiguredOptionalPolicies;        
    }    
}