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Enable Microsoft Defender for Cloud for Storage Accounts

Risk Level

High

Address

Security, Operational Maturity

Compliance Standards

CISAZURE, CBP, HITRUST, SOC2, NISTCSF, PCIDSS

Triage and Remediation

Remediation

To enable Microsoft Defender for Cloud for Storage Accounts in AZURE, follow these steps:

  1. Log in to the AZURE portal (https://portal.azure.com/).

  2. In the left-hand menu, select “Security Center”.

  3. In the Security Center blade, select “Recommendations”.

  4. In the Recommendations blade, locate the recommendation for “Enable Microsoft Defender for Storage Accounts”.

  5. Click on the recommendation to open the details page.

  6. In the details page, click on the “Remediate” button.

  7. In the Remediate blade, review the recommended remediation steps.

  8. Click on the “Remediate” button to apply the recommended remediation steps.

  9. Wait for the remediation process to complete.

  10. Verify that the recommendation status has changed to “Compliant”.

Note: Enabling Microsoft Defender for Cloud for Storage Accounts may incur additional costs. Please review the pricing details before enabling this feature.