Control: 2.1.14 Ensure that Auto provisioning of 'Log Analytics agent for Azure VMs' is Set to 'On'

Description

Enable automatic provisioning of the monitoring agent to collect security data.

When Log Analytics agent for Azure VMs is turned on, Microsoft Defender for Cloud provisions the Microsoft Monitoring Agent on all existing supported Azure virtual machines and any new ones that are created. The Microsoft Monitoring Agent scans for various security-related configurations and events such as system updates, OS vulnerabilities, endpoint protection, and provides alerts.

Remediation

From Azure Portal

From Azure Home select the Portal Menu.
Select Microsoft Defender for Cloud.
Select Environment Settings.
Select a subscription.
Click on Settings & Monitoring.
Ensure that Log Analytics agent for Azure VMs is set to On.

From Azure CLI

Use the below command to set Automatic provisioning of monitoring agent to On.

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/subscriptionID/providers/Microsoft .Security/autoProvisioningSettings/default?api-version=2017-08-01-preview - d@"input.json"'

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

{
  "id":"/subscriptions/<Your_Subscription_Id>/providers/Microsoft.Security/autoProvi sioningSettings/default",
  "name": "default",
  "type": "Microsoft.Security/autoProvisioningSettings",
  "properties":{
    "autoProvision": "On"
  }
}

Default Value

By default, Automatic provisioning of monitoring agent is set to On.

Usage

Run the control in your terminal:

powerpipe control run azure_compliance.control.cis_v210_2_1_14

Snapshot and share results via Turbot Pipes:

powerpipe login
powerpipe control run azure_compliance.control.cis_v210_2_1_14 --share

SQL

This control uses a named query:

securitycenter_automatic_provisioning_monitoring_agent_on