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ensure that all your Microsoft Azure virtual machines (VMs) have endpoint protection installed in order to help you identify and remove viruses, spyware and other malicious software. The Azure Security Center service monitors the status of anti-malware protection for Azure virtual machines (VMs) and highlights if there is insufficient protection, marking the virtual machines without endpoint protection as vulnerable to malware threats.

Risk Level

High

Address

Security

Compliance Standards

HITRUST, SOC2, NISTCSF, PCIDSS

Triage and Remediation

Remediation

To remediate the misconfiguration “Install Endpoint Protection” in AZURE using the AZURE console, you can follow these step-by-step instructions:

  1. Log in to the AZURE portal using your credentials.
  2. Navigate to the “Security Center” from the dashboard.
  3. Click on the “Recommendations” tab on the left-hand side of the screen.
  4. Find the “Install endpoint protection solution on your virtual machines” recommendation and click on it.
  5. Review the recommendation details and click on the “Remediate” button at the bottom of the screen.
  6. In the “Remediate recommendation” window, select the virtual machines you want to remediate.
  7. Choose the endpoint protection solution that you want to install on your virtual machines.
  8. Review the remediation details and click on the “Remediate” button to start the remediation process.
  9. Wait for the remediation process to complete. Once completed, you can verify that the endpoint protection solution is installed on your virtual machines.

By following these steps, you can remediate the misconfiguration “Install Endpoint Protection” in AZURE using the AZURE console.