Policy: Azure > CIS v5.0 > 8 - Security Services > 8.01 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud > 8.01.02 - Defender Plan: APIs > 8.01.02.01 - Ensure Microsoft Defender for APIs is set to 'On'

Configures auditing against a CIS Benchmark item.

Level: 2

Microsoft Defender for APIs offers full lifecycle protection, detection, and response coverage for APIs.

Enabling Microsoft Defender for APIs provides threat detection and security monitoring for API traffic, helping to identify and respond to API-specific attacks and vulnerabilities.

Targets

This policy targets the following resource types:

Azure > Security Center > Security Center

Primary Policy

This policy is used with the following primary policy:

Azure > CIS v5.0 > 8 - Security Services > 8.01 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud > 8.01.02 - Defender Plan: APIs

Controls

Setting this policy configures this control:

Azure > CIS v5.0 > 8 - Security Services > 8.01 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud > 8.01.02 - Defender Plan: APIs > 8.01.02.01 - Ensure Microsoft Defender for APIs is set to 'On'

Policy Specification

Schema Type	`string`
Default	`Per Azure > CIS v5.0 > 08 - Security Services`
Valid Values [YAML]	`Per Azure > CIS v5.0 > 08 - Security Services` `Skip` `Check: Benchmark`

In Your Workspace

Policy Settings by Type report

Developers

Category URI

tmod:@turbot/cis#/control/categories/v071808

Policy Type URI

tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv5-0#/policy/types/r08010201

GraphQL

query policyType(id: "tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv5-0#/policy/types/r08010201") { … }

query policySettings(filter: "policyTypeId:'tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv5-0#/policy/types/r08010201'") { … }

query policyValues(filter: "policyTypeId:'tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv5-0#/policy/types/r08010201'") { … }

CLI

Get Policy Type

turbot graphql policy-type --id "tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv5-0#/policy/types/r08010201"

Get Policy Settings

turbot graphql policy-settings --filter "policyTypeId:tmod:@turbot/azure-cisv5-0#/policy/types/r08010201"