Control: 2.6 Ensure that Microsoft Defender for Kubernetes is set to 'On'

Description

Enabling Azure Defender threat detection for Kubernetes, providing threat intelligence, anomaly detection, and behavior analytics in the Azure Security Center. It also 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 Kubernetes:

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 Storage Select On under Plan
6. Select Save

From Command Line

Command to enable Azure defender for Kubernetes

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/KubernetesService?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/KubernetesService",
  "name":"KubernetesService",
  "type":"Microsoft.Security/pricings",
  "properties":{
    "pricingTier":"Standard"
  }
}