🛡️ Microsoft Defender Agentless Scanning for Machines Component is not enabled🟢⚪

• Contextual name: 🛡️ Agentless Scanning for Machines Component is not enabled🟢⚪
• ID: /ce/ca/azure/microsoft-defender/agentless-scanning-for-machines
• Tags:
  • ⚪ Impossible policy
  • 🟢 Policy with categories
  • 🟢 Policy with type
• Policy Type: COMPLIANCE_POLICY
• Policy Categories: SECURITY

Description

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Description

Using disk snapshots, the agentless scanner scans for installed software, vulnerabilities, and plain text secrets.

Rationale

The Microsoft Defender for Cloud agentless machine scanner provides threat detection, vulnerability detection, and discovery of sensitive information.

Impact

Agentless scanning for machines requires licensing and is included in these plans:

• Defender CSPM
• Defender for Servers plan 2

Audit

From Azure Portal

1. From the Azure Portal Home page, select Microsoft Defender for Cloud.
2. Under Management select Environment Settings.
3. Select a subscription.
4. Under Settings > Defender Plans, click Settings & monitoring.
5. Under the Component column, locate the row for Agentless scanning for machines.
6. Ensure that On is selected.

Repeat the above for any additional subscriptions.

Default Value

By default, Agentless scanning for machines is off.

References

1. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/defender-for-cloud/concept-agentless-data-collection
2. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/security/benchmark/azure/mcsb-incident-response#ir-2-preparation---setup-incident-notification

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Remediation

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Remediation

From Azure Portal

1. From the Azure Portal Home page, select Microsoft Defender for Cloud.
2. Under Management select Environment Settings.
3. Select a subscription.
4. Under Settings > Defender Plans, click Settings & monitoring.
5. Under the Component column, locate the row for Agentless scanning for machines.
6. Select On.
7. Click Continue in the top left.

Repeat the above for any additional subscriptions.

policy.yaml

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Linked Framework Sections

Section	Sub Sections	Internal Rules	Policies	Flags	Compliance
💼 CIS Azure v3.0.0 → 💼 3.1.3.5 Ensure that 'File Integrity Monitoring' component status is set to 'On' (Manual)			1		no data
💼 CIS Azure v4.0.0 → 💼 9.1.3.4 Ensure that 'Agentless scanning for machines' component status is set to 'On' (Manual)			1		no data
💼 Cloudaware Framework → 💼 Microsoft Defender Configuration			26		no data