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. The following services will be enabled for container instances:

Defender agent in Azure
Azure Policy for Kubernetes
Agentless discovery for Kubernetes
Agentless container vulnerability assessment

Remediation

From Azure Portal

Go to Microsoft Defender for Cloud.
Select Environment Settings.
Click on the subscription name.
Select Defender plans.
Set Status to On for Containers.
Click Save.

From Azure CLI

(Note: 'ContainerRegistry' has been deprecated and is replaced by 'Containers') Use the below command to enable Standard pricing tier for Containers.

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

From Powershell

(Note: 'ContainerRegistry' has been deprecated and is replaced by 'Containers') Use the below command to enable Standard pricing tier for Containers.

Set-AzSecurityPricing -Name 'Containers' -PricingTier 'Standard'

Default Value

By default, Microsoft Defender for Containers is off.

Usage

Run the control in your terminal:

powerpipe control run azure_compliance.control.cis_v210_2_1_8

Snapshot and share results via Turbot Pipes:

powerpipe login
powerpipe control run azure_compliance.control.cis_v210_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';