Control: 2.9 Ensure that Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (WDATP) integration with Microsoft Defender for Cloud is selected

Description

This setting enables Windows Defender ATP (WDATP) integration with Security Center. WDATP integration brings comprehensive Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) capabilities within security center. This integration helps to spot abnormalities, detect and respond to advanced attacks on Windows server endpoints monitored by Azure Security Center.

Windows Defender ATP in Security Center supports detection on Windows Server 2016, 2012 R2, and 2008 R2 SP1 operating systems in a Standard service subscription. WDATP works only with Standard Tier subscriptions.

Remediation

From Console

Perform the following action to check Azure Defender is set to On for Endpoint (WDATP):

1. Go to Microsoft Defender for Cloud
2. Select Environment Settings blade
3. Select Security policy blade
4. Click On Edit Settings to alter the the security policy for a subscription
5. Select the Integrations blade
6. Check/Enable option Allow Microsoft Defender for Endpoint to access my data
7. Select Save

From Command Line

Command to enable Azure defender

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/settings/WDATP?api-version=2021-06-01 -d@"input.json"'

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

{
  "id":"/subscriptions/<Your_Subscription_Id>/providers/Microsoft.Security/settings/WDATP",
  "name":"DataExportSettings",
  "type":"Microsoft.Security/settings",
  "properties":{
    "enabled":"true"
  }
}