Control: 2.1.8 Ensure That Microsoft Defender for Containers Is Set To 'On'

Description

Turning on Microsoft Defender for Containers enables threat detection for Container Registries including Kubernetes, providing threat intelligence, anomaly detection, and behavior analytics in the Microsoft Defender for Cloud.

Enabling Microsoft Defender for Container Registries allows for greater defense-indepth, with threat detection provided by the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC).

Remediation

From Azure Portal

Go to Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Select Environment Settings blade
Click on the subscription name
Select the Defender plans under the 'Settings' heading.
For Containers click the sliding button under the Status heading to be On
Click Save in the top left.

From Azure CLI

Use the below command to enable Standard pricing tier for Storage

az security pricing create -n 'ContainerRegistry' --tier 'standard'

From Powershell

Set-AzSecurityPricing -Name 'ContainerRegistry' -PricingTier 'Standard'

Default Value

By default, Microsoft Defender plan is off.

Usage

Run the control in your terminal:

powerpipe control run azure_compliance.control.cis_v150_2_1_8

Snapshot and share results via Turbot Pipes:

powerpipe login
powerpipe control run azure_compliance.control.cis_v150_2_1_8 --share

SQL

This control uses a named query:

select
  sub_pricing.id as resource,
  case
    when pricing_tier = 'Standard' then 'ok'
    else 'alarm'
  end as status,
  case
    when pricing_tier = 'Standard' then 'Azure Defender on for Container Registry.'
    else 'Azure Defender off for Container Registry.'
  end as reason
  
  , sub.display_name as subscription
from
  azure_security_center_subscription_pricing sub_pricing
  right join azure_subscription sub on sub_pricing.subscription_id = sub.subscription_id
where
  name = 'ContainerRegistry';