Control: 9.1.3.4 Ensure that 'Agentless scanning for machines' component status is set to 'On'

Description

Using disk snapshots, the agentless scanner scans for installed software, vulnerabilities, and plain text secrets.

The Microsoft Defender for Cloud agentless machine scanner provides threat detection, vulnerability detection, and discovery of sensitive information.

Remediation

From Azure Portal

From the Azure Portal Home page, select Microsoft Defender for Cloud.
Under Management select Environment Settings.
Select a subscription.
Under Settings > Defender Plans, click Settings & monitoring.
Under the Component column, locate the row for Agentless scanning for machines.
Select On.
Click Continue in the top left.

Repeat the above for any additional subscriptions.

Default Value

By default, Agentless scanning for machines is off.

Usage

Run the control in your terminal:

powerpipe control run azure_compliance.control.cis_v400_9_1_3_4

Snapshot and share results via Turbot Pipes:

powerpipe login
powerpipe control run azure_compliance.control.cis_v400_9_1_3_4 --share

SQL

This control uses a named query:

select
  id as resource,
  'info' as status,
  'Manual verification required.' as reason,
  display_name as subscription
from
  azure_subscription;