Control: 3.1.1.2 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

From Azure Home select the Portal Menu.
Select Microsoft Defender for Cloud.
Under Management, select Environment Settings.
Select the subscription.
Select Integrations.
Check Allow Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps to access my data.
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/Microsoft.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
  }
}

Default Value

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

Usage

Run the control in your terminal:

powerpipe control run azure_compliance.control.cis_v300_3_1_1_2

Snapshot and share results via Turbot Pipes:

powerpipe login
powerpipe control run azure_compliance.control.cis_v300_3_1_1_2 --share

SQL

This control uses a named query:

select
  sc_sett.id as resource,
  case
    when enabled then 'ok'
    else 'alarm'
  end as status,
  case
    when enabled then 'Windows Defender ATP (WDATP) integrated with Security Center.'
    else 'Windows Defender ATP (WDATP) not integrated with Security Center.'
  end as reason
  
  , sub.display_name as subscription
from
  azure_security_center_setting sc_sett
  right join azure_subscription sub on sc_sett.subscription_id = sub.subscription_id
where
  name = 'MCAS';