Control: Azure > CIS v5.0 > 8 - Security Services > 8.01 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud > 8.01.14 - Ensure that 'Notify about alerts with the following severity (or higher)' is enabled

Configures auditing against a CIS Benchmark item.

Level: 1

Enables emailing security alerts to the subscription owner or other designated security contact.

Enabling security alert emails ensures that security alert emails are sent by Microsoft. This ensures that the right people are aware of any potential security issues and can mitigate the risk.

By default, subscription owners receive email notifications for high-severity alerts.

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/r080114

Category URI

tmod:@turbot/cis#/control/categories/v070608

GraphQL

query controlType(id: "tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv5-0#/control/types/r080114") { … }

query controls(filter: "controlTypeId:'tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv5-0#/control/types/r080114'") { … }

CLI

Get Controls

turbot graphql controls --filter "controlTypeId:tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv5-0#/control/types/r080114"