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2.1.10 Ensure That Microsoft Defender for Key Vault Is Set To 'On' (Manual)​

Profile Applicability​

• Level 2

Description​

Turning on Microsoft Defender for Key Vault enables threat detection for Key Vault, providing threat intelligence, anomaly detection, and behavior analytics in the Microsoft Defender for Cloud.

Rationale​

Enabling Microsoft Defender for Key Vault allows for greater defense-in-depth, with threat detection provided by the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC).

Impact​

Turning on Microsoft Defender for Key Vault incurs an additional cost per resource.

Audit​

From Azure Portal​

  1. Go to Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  2. Select Environment Settings blade
  3. Click on the subscription name
  4. Select the Defender plans blade
  5. Review the chosen pricing tier. For the Key Vault resource type Plan should be set to On.

From Azure CLI​

Ensure the output of the below command is Standard

az security pricing show -n 'KeyVaults' --query 'PricingTier'

From Azure Powershell​

Get-AzSecurityPricing -Name 'KeyVaults' | Select-Object Name,PricingTier

Ensure output for PricingTier is Standard

Remediation​

From Azure Portal​

  1. Go to Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  2. Select Environment Settings blade
  3. Click on the subscription name
  4. Select the Defender plans blade
  5. On the line in the table for Key Vault Select On under Plan.
  6. Select Save

From Azure CLI​

Use the below command to enable Standard pricing tier for Storage

az security pricing create -n 'KeyVaults' --tier 'Standard'

From Azure PowerShell​

Set-AzSecurityPricing -Name 'KeyVaults' -PricingTier 'Standard'

References​

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security-center/security-center-detection-capabilities
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/securitycenter/pricings/list
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/securitycenter/pricings/update
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/az.security/get-azsecuritypricing
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security/benchmark/azure/security-controls-v3-logging-threat-detection#lt-1-enable-threat-detection-capabilities