Control: 4.2.5 Ensure that Vulnerability Assessment (VA) setting 'Also send email notifications to admins and subscription owners' is set for each SQL Server

Description

Enable Vulnerability Assessment (VA) setting 'Also send email notifications to admins and subscription owners'.

VA scan reports and alerts will be sent to admins and subscription owners by enabling setting 'Also send email notifications to admins and subscription owners'. This may help in reducing time required for identifying risks and taking corrective measures.

Remediation

From Azure Console

Go to SQL servers.
Select a server instance.
Click on Security Center.
Select Configure next to Enabled at subscription-level.
In Section Vulnerability Assessment Settings, configure Storage Accounts if not already.
Check/enable 'Also send email notifications to admins and subscription owners'.
Click Save.

From Powershell

If not already, Enable Advanced Data Security for a SQL Server:

Set-AZSqlServerThreatDetectionPolicy -ResourceGroupName <resource group name> -ServerName <server name> -EmailAdmins $True

To enable ADS-VA service and Set 'Also send email notifications to admins and subscription owners'

Update-AzSqlServerVulnerabilityAssessmentSetting `
  -ResourceGroupName "<resource group name>"`
  -ServerName "<Server Name>"`
  -StorageAccountName "<Storage Name from same subscription and same Location" `
  -ScanResultsContainerName "vulnerability-assessment" `
  -RecurringScansInterval Weekly `
  -EmailSubscriptionAdmins $true `
  -NotificationEmail @("mail1@mail.com" , "mail2@mail.com")

Default Value

By default, 'Also send email notifications to admins and subscription owners' is enabled.

Usage

Run the control in your terminal:

powerpipe control run azure_compliance.control.cis_v200_4_2_5

Snapshot and share results via Turbot Pipes:

powerpipe login
powerpipe control run azure_compliance.control.cis_v200_4_2_5 --share

SQL

This control uses a named query:

sql_server_va_setting_reports_notify_admins