Control: 2.1.20 Ensure that Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps integration with Microsoft Defender for Cloud is Selected

Description

This integration setting enables Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps (formerly 'Microsoft Cloud App Security' or 'MCAS' - see additional info) to communicate with Microsoft Defender for Cloud.

Microsoft Defender for Cloud offers an additional layer of protection by using Azure Resource Manager events, which is considered to be the control plane for Azure. By analyzing the Azure Resource Manager records, Microsoft Defender for Cloud detects unusual or potentially harmful operations in the Azure subscription environment. Several of the preceding analytics are powered by Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps. To benefit from these analytics, subscription must have a Cloud App Security license.

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps works only with Standard Tier subscriptions.

Remediation

From Azure Portal

1. From Azure Home select the Portal Menu.
2. Select Microsoft Defender for Cloud.
3. Select Environment Settings blade.
4. Select the subscription.
5. Select Integrations.
6. Check Allow Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps to access my data.
7. Select Save.

From Azure CLI

Use the below command to enable Standard pricing tier for Storage Accounts

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/<subscription_ID>/providers/Micros oft.Security/settings/MCAS?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/MCAS",
  "kind": "DataExportSetting",
  "type": "Microsoft.Security/settings",
  "properties":{
    "enabled": true
  }
}

With Cloud App Security license, these alerts are enabled by default.