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Policy: Azure > CIS v2.0 > 02 - Microsoft Defender

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.” Microsoft Defender products addressed in this section include: • Microsoft Defender for Cloud • Microsoft Defender for IoT • Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management

Targets

This policy targets the following resource types:

  • Azure > Active Directory > Directory
  • Azure > Subscription
  • Azure > Tenant

Primary Policy

This policy is used with the following primary policy:

  • Azure > CIS v2.0

Related Policies

  • 2.01 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  • 2.02 - Microsoft Defender for IoT
  • 2.03 - Microsoft Defender for External Attack Surface Monitoring
  • Maximum Attestation Duration

Controls

Setting this policy configures these controls:

  • Azure > CIS v2.0 > 02 - Microsoft Defender > 2.01 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud > 2.01.01 - Ensure That Microsoft Defender for Servers Is Set to 'On'
  • Azure > CIS v2.0 > 02 - Microsoft Defender > 2.01 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud > 2.01.02 - Ensure That Microsoft Defender for App Services Is Set To 'On'
  • Azure > CIS v2.0 > 02 - Microsoft Defender > 2.01 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud > 2.01.03 - Ensure That Microsoft Defender for Databases Is Set To 'On'
  • Azure > CIS v2.0 > 02 - Microsoft Defender > 2.01 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud > 2.01.04 - Ensure That Microsoft Defender for Azure SQL Databases Is Set To 'On'
  • Azure > CIS v2.0 > 02 - Microsoft Defender > 2.01 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud > 2.01.05 - Ensure That Microsoft Defender for SQL Servers on Machines Is Set To 'On'
  • Azure > CIS v2.0 > 02 - Microsoft Defender > 2.01 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud > 2.01.06 - Ensure That Microsoft Defender for Open-Source Relational Databases Is Set To 'On'
  • Azure > CIS v2.0 > 02 - Microsoft Defender > 2.01 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud > 2.01.07 - Ensure That Microsoft Defender for Storage Is Set To 'On'
  • Azure > CIS v2.0 > 02 - Microsoft Defender > 2.01 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud > 2.01.08 - Ensure That Microsoft Defender for Containers Is Set To 'On'
  • Azure > CIS v2.0 > 02 - Microsoft Defender > 2.01 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud > 2.01.09 - Ensure That Microsoft Defender for Azure Cosmos DB Is Set To 'On'
  • Azure > CIS v2.0 > 02 - Microsoft Defender > 2.01 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud > 2.01.10 - Ensure That Microsoft Defender for Key Vault Is Set To 'On'
  • Azure > CIS v2.0 > 02 - Microsoft Defender > 2.01 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud > 2.01.11 - Ensure That Microsoft Defender for DNS Is Set To 'On'
  • Azure > CIS v2.0 > 02 - Microsoft Defender > 2.01 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud > 2.01.12 - Ensure That Microsoft Defender for Resource Manager Is Set To 'On'
  • Azure > CIS v2.0 > 02 - Microsoft Defender > 2.01 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud > 2.01.13 - Ensure that Microsoft Defender Recommendation for 'Apply system updates' status is 'Completed'
  • Azure > CIS v2.0 > 02 - Microsoft Defender > 2.01 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud > 2.01.14 - Ensure Any of the ASC Default Policy Settings are Not Set to 'Disabled'
  • Azure > CIS v2.0 > 02 - Microsoft Defender > 2.01 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud > 2.01.15 - Ensure that Auto provisioning of 'Log Analytics agent for Azure VMs' is Set to 'On'
  • Azure > CIS v2.0 > 02 - Microsoft Defender > 2.01 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud > 2.01.16 - Ensure that Auto provisioning of 'Vulnerability assessment for machines' is Set to 'On'
  • Azure > CIS v2.0 > 02 - Microsoft Defender > 2.01 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud > 2.01.17 - Ensure that Auto provisioning of 'Microsoft Defender for Containers components' is Set to 'On'
  • Azure > CIS v2.0 > 02 - Microsoft Defender > 2.01 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud > 2.01.18 - Ensure That 'All users with the following roles' is set to 'Owner'
  • Azure > CIS v2.0 > 02 - Microsoft Defender > 2.01 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud > 2.01.19 - Ensure 'Additional email addresses' is Configured with a Security Contact Email
  • Azure > CIS v2.0 > 02 - Microsoft Defender > 2.01 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud > 2.01.20 - Ensure That 'Notify about alerts with the following severity' is Set to 'High'
  • Azure > CIS v2.0 > 02 - Microsoft Defender > 2.01 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud > 2.01.21 - Ensure that Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps integration with Microsoft Defender for Cloud is Selected
  • Azure > CIS v2.0 > 02 - Microsoft Defender > 2.01 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud > 2.01.22 - Ensure that Microsoft Defender for Endpoint integration with Microsoft Defender for Cloud is selected
  • Azure > CIS v2.0 > 02 - Microsoft Defender > 2.02 - Microsoft Defender for IoT > 2.02.01 - Ensure That Microsoft Defender for IoT Hub Is Set To 'On'

Policy Specification

Schema Type
string
Default
Per Azure > CIS v2.0
Valid Values [YAML]
  • Per Azure > CIS v2.0
    
  • Skip
    
  • Check: All CIS Benchmarks except attestations
    
  • Check: All CIS Benchmarks
    
Examples [YAML]
  • Skip
    

Category

  • CIS

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Developers

    Category URI
    • tmod:@turbot/cis#/control/categories/cis
  • Policy Type URI
    • tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv2-0#/policy/types/s02
  • GraphQL
    • query policyType(id: "tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv2-0#/policy/types/s02") { … }
    • query policySettings(filter: "policyTypeId:'tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv2-0#/policy/types/s02'") { … }
    • query policyValues(filter: "policyTypeId:'tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv2-0#/policy/types/s02'") { … }
  • CLI
    • Get Policy Type
    • turbot graphql policy-type --id "tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv2-0#/policy/types/s02"
    • Get Policy Settings
    • turbot graphql policy-settings --filter "policyTypeId:tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv2-0#/policy/types/s02"
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