Control: 2.1 Ensure that Microsoft Defender for Servers is set to 'On'

Description

Enabling Microsoft Defender for App Service allows for greater defense-in-depth, with threat detection provided by the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC).

Remediation

From Console

Perform the following action to check Azure Defender is set to On for Servers:

1. Go to Microsoft Defender for Cloud
2. Select Environment Settings blade
3. Click on the subscription name
4. Select the Defender plans blade
5. On the line in the table for App Service Select On under Plan.
6. Select Save

From Command Line

Command to enable Azure defender for servers

az account get-access-token --query "{subscription:subscription,accessToken:accessToken}" --out tsv | xargs -L1 bash -c 'curl -X PUT -H "Authorization: Bearer $1" -H "Content-Type: application/json" https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/$0/providers/Microsoft.Security/pricings/VirtualMachines?api-version=2018-06-01 -d@"input.json"'

Where input.json contains the request body json data as mentioned below

{
  "id":"/subscriptions/<Your_Subscription_Id>/providers/Microsoft.Security/pricings/ VirtualMachines",
  "name":"VirtualMachines",
  "type":"Microsoft.Security/pricings",
  "properties":{
    "pricingTier":"Standard"
  }
}