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💼 2 Microsoft Defender for Cloud

  • Contextual name: 💼 2 Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  • ID: /frameworks/cis-azure-v1.5.0/02
  • Located in: 💼 CIS Azure v1.5.0

Description​

This section covers recommendations to consider for tenant-wide security policies and plans related to Microsoft Defender. Please note that because Microsoft Defender products require additional licensing, all Microsoft Defender plan recommendations in subsection 2.1 are assigned as “Level 2.”

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Sub Sections​

SectionSub SectionsInternal RulesPoliciesFlags
💼 2.1 Defender Plans13
    💼 2.1.1 Ensure That Microsoft Defender for Servers Is Set to 'On' - Level 2 (Manual)11
    💼 2.1.2 Ensure That Microsoft Defender for App Services Is Set To 'On' - Level 2 (Manual)11
    💼 2.1.3 Ensure That Microsoft Defender for Databases Is Set To 'On' - Level 2 (Manual)
    💼 2.1.4 Ensure That Microsoft Defender for Azure SQL Databases Is Set To 'On' - Level 2 (Manual)11
    💼 2.1.5 Ensure That Microsoft Defender for SQL Servers on Machines Is Set To 'On' - Level 2 (Manual)11
    💼 2.1.6 Ensure That Microsoft Defender for Open-Source Relational Databases Is Set To 'On' - Level 2 (Manual)
    💼 2.1.7 Ensure That Microsoft Defender for Storage Is Set To 'On' - Level 2 (Manual)11
    💼 2.1.8 Ensure That Microsoft Defender for Containers Is Set To 'On' - Level 2 (Manual)
    💼 2.1.9 Ensure That Microsoft Defender for Cosmos DB Is Set To 'On' - Level 2 (Manual)
    💼 2.1.10 Ensure That Microsoft Defender for Key Vault Is Set To 'On' - Level 2 (Manual)11
    💼 2.1.11 Ensure That Microsoft Defender for DNS Is Set To 'On' - Level 2 (Manual)11
    💼 2.1.12 Ensure That Microsoft Defender for IoT Is Set To 'On' - Level 2 (Manual)
    💼 2.1.13 Ensure That Microsoft Defender for Resource Manager Is Set To 'On' - Level 2 (Manual)
💼 2.2 Auto provisioning3
    💼 2.2.1 Ensure that Auto provisioning of 'Log Analytics agent for Azure VMs' is Set to 'On' - Level 1 (Automated)
    💼 2.2.2 Ensure that Auto provisioning of 'Vulnerability assessment for machines' is Set to 'On' - Level 2 (Automated)
    💼 2.2.3 Ensure that Auto provisioning of 'Microsoft Defender for Containers components' is Set to 'On' - Level 2 (Automated)
💼 2.3 Email notifications3
    💼 2.3.1 Ensure That 'All users with the following roles' is set to 'Owner' - Level 1 (Automated)11
    💼 2.3.2 Ensure 'Additional email addresses' is Configured with a Security Contact Email - Level 1 (Automated)11
    💼 2.3.3 Ensure That 'Notify about alerts with the following severity' is Set to 'High' - Level 1 (Automated)
💼 2.4 Integrations2
    💼 2.4.1 Ensure that Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps integration with Microsoft Defender for Cloud is Selected - Level 2 (Manual)
    💼 2.4.2 Ensure that Microsoft Defender for Endpoint integration with Microsoft Defender for Cloud is selected - Level 2 (Manual)
💼 2.5 Ensure that Microsoft Defender Recommendation for 'Apply system updates' status is 'Completed' - Level 1 (Manual)
💼 2.6 Ensure Any of the ASC Default Policy Settings are Not Set to 'Disabled' - Level 1 (Manual)