Control: Azure > CIS v5.0 > 8 - Security Services > 8.01 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud > 8.01.07 - Defender Plan: Databases > 8.01.07.03 - Ensure That Microsoft Defender for (Managed Instance) Azure SQL Databases Is Set To 'On'

Configures auditing against a CIS Benchmark item.

Level: 2

Turning on Microsoft Defender for Azure SQL Databases enables threat detection for Managed Instance Azure SQL databases, providing threat intelligence, anomaly detection, and behavior analytics in Microsoft Defender for Cloud.

Enabling Microsoft Defender for Azure SQL Databases allows for greater defense-in-depth, includes functionality for discovering and classifying sensitive data, surfacing and mitigating potential database vulnerabilities, and detecting anomalous activities that could indicate a threat to your database.

By default, Microsoft Defender plan is off.

Resource Types

This control targets the following resource types:

Azure > Security Center > Security Center

Policies

This control type relies on these other policies when running actions:

In Your Workspace

Developers

Control Type URI

tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv5-0#/control/types/r08010703

Category URI

tmod:@turbot/cis#/control/categories/v070301

GraphQL

query controlType(id: "tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv5-0#/control/types/r08010703") { … }

query controls(filter: "controlTypeId:'tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv5-0#/control/types/r08010703'") { … }

CLI

Get Controls

turbot graphql controls --filter "controlTypeId:tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv5-0#/control/types/r08010703"