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Do not disable alerts related to threat detections.Risk Level
MediumAddress
SecurityCompliance Standards
HITRUST, SOC2, NISTCSF, PCIDSSTriage and Remediation
Remediation
Using Console
Using Console
To remediate the misconfiguration “Threat Detection Alerts Disabled for SQL Servers” in Azure using the Azure console, follow the below steps:
- Login to the Azure portal and navigate to the SQL Server that needs to be remediated.
- Select the SQL Server and navigate to the “Security” section.
- Under the “Security” section, select “Advanced Data Security”.
- Under the “Advanced Data Security” section, select “Threat detection settings”.
- In the “Threat detection settings” section, toggle the “Threat detection” button to “On”.
- Once the “Threat detection” button is turned on, select the “Alerts” tab.
- Under the “Alerts” tab, select the “Email recipients” option and add the email addresses of the recipients who should receive the alerts.
- Click on the “Save” button to save the changes.
- Once the changes are saved, the threat detection alerts will be enabled for the SQL Server, and the specified recipients will receive the alerts.
Using CLI
Using CLI
To remediate the misconfiguration “Threat Detection Alerts Disabled for SQL Servers” in AZURE using AZURE CLI, follow the below steps:Step 1: Open the AZURE CLI on your local machine or use the AZURE Cloud Shell.Step 2: Login to your AZURE account using the command:Step 3: Select the subscription that contains the SQL Server that you want to remediate:Step 4: Enable the Threat Detection alerts for the SQL Server using the below command:Replace the This command will show the Threat Detection policy for the SQL Server. Verify that the With the above steps, you have successfully remediated the misconfiguration “Threat Detection Alerts Disabled for SQL Servers” for AZURE using AZURE CLI.
<resource_group_name> with the name of the resource group that contains the SQL Server and <sql_server_name> with the name of the SQL Server.Step 5: Verify the Threat Detection alerts status using the below command:state parameter is set to Enabled.Step 6: Exit the AZURE CLI using the command:Using Python
Using Python
To remediate the misconfiguration “Threat Detection Alerts Disabled for SQL Servers” in Azure using Python, you can follow the below steps:Step 1: Install the Azure SDK for Python using the pip package manager. You can use the following command to install the package:Step 2: Authenticate with Azure using the Azure CLI. You can use the following command to authenticate:Step 3: Get the list of SQL servers in your Azure subscription. You can use the following code to get the list of SQL servers:Step 4: Enable Threat Detection Alerts for each SQL server. You can use the following code to enable Threat Detection Alerts:In the above code, you need to replace This will print the state of the Threat Detection Alerts for each SQL server.By following the above steps, you can remediate the misconfiguration “Threat Detection Alerts Disabled for SQL Servers” in Azure using Python.
<your-email-address> with your email address.Step 5: Verify that Threat Detection Alerts are enabled for each SQL server. You can use the following code to verify: