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Monitor Vulnerability Assessment setting is not enabled
More Info:
Enable Vulnerability Assessment recommendations for virtual machines.
Risk Level
Low
Address
Security, Operational Maturity
Compliance Standards
CISAZURE, CBP, SOC2, ISO27001, HIPAA
Triage and Remediation
Remediation
To remediate the misconfiguration of Monitor Vulnerability Assessment setting not enabled in Azure, please follow the below steps:
- Open the Azure portal and sign in with your credentials.
- From the Azure dashboard, click on the “Security Center” icon.
- In the Security Center, navigate to the “Security policy” tab.
- Under the “Security policy” tab, click on the “Edit” button to modify the policy.
- Scroll down to the “Vulnerability assessment” section and click on the “On” button to enable the “Monitor Vulnerability Assessment” setting.
- After enabling the setting, click on the “Save” button to save the changes.
Once the above steps are completed, the “Monitor Vulnerability Assessment” setting will be enabled in Azure, and the system will start monitoring for vulnerabilities. It is recommended to periodically review the security policies to ensure that they are up to date and provide adequate protection against potential threats.
To remediate the “Monitor Vulnerability Assessment setting is not enabled” misconfiguration for Azure using Azure CLI, follow these steps:
-
Open the Azure CLI and login to your Azure account using the command
az login. -
Once you are logged in, run the command
az account listto list all the subscriptions associated with your account. -
Identify the subscription for which you want to enable the Monitor Vulnerability Assessment setting and set it as the default subscription using the command
az account set --subscription <subscription-id>. -
Run the command
az policy definition listto list all the policy definitions available in your subscription. -
Identify the policy definition for the Monitor Vulnerability Assessment setting. You can use the command
az policy definition show --name <policy-name>to view the details of a specific policy definition. -
Once you have identified the policy definition, assign it to the appropriate scope. For example, to assign the policy definition to a resource group, use the command
az policy assignment create --name <assignment-name> --scope <resource-group-id> --policy <policy-name>. -
Verify that the policy assignment has been created successfully using the command
az policy assignment show --name <assignment-name> --scope <resource-group-id>. -
Finally, wait for the policy to be enforced. The time it takes for the policy to be enforced depends on the scope of the policy assignment.
By following these steps, you should be able to remediate the “Monitor Vulnerability Assessment setting is not enabled” misconfiguration for Azure using Azure CLI.
To remediate the “Monitor Vulnerability Assessment setting is not enabled” misconfiguration in Azure using Python, you can use the Azure SDK for Python to enable the vulnerability assessment setting for the specified Azure SQL Database. Here are the step-by-step instructions:
- Install the Azure SDK for Python using pip:
pip install azure-mgmt-sql
- Import the necessary modules:
from azure.common.credentials import ServicePrincipalCredentials
from azure.mgmt.sql import SqlManagementClient
from azure.mgmt.sql.models import VulnerabilityAssessmentPolicy, ServerSecurityAlertPolicy, \
ServerVulnerabilityAssessmentSettings
- Set up the Azure credentials:
credentials = ServicePrincipalCredentials(
client_id='<YOUR_CLIENT_ID>',
secret='<YOUR_SECRET>',
tenant='<YOUR_TENANT_ID>'
)
- Create a SqlManagementClient object:
sql_client = SqlManagementClient(credentials, '<YOUR_SUBSCRIPTION_ID>')
- Get the current vulnerability assessment settings for the specified Azure SQL Database:
resource_group_name = '<YOUR_RESOURCE_GROUP_NAME>'
server_name = '<YOUR_SERVER_NAME>'
database_name = '<YOUR_DATABASE_NAME>'
vulnerability_assessment_settings = sql_client.vulnerability_assessments.get(
resource_group_name=resource_group_name,
server_name=server_name,
database_name=database_name
).as_dict()
- Check if the vulnerability assessment setting is already enabled:
if vulnerability_assessment_settings['properties']['state'] == 'Enabled':
print('Vulnerability assessment setting is already enabled.')
exit()
- If the vulnerability assessment setting is not enabled, create a new vulnerability assessment policy object:
vulnerability_assessment_policy = VulnerabilityAssessmentPolicy(
storage_account_access_key='<YOUR_STORAGE_ACCOUNT_ACCESS_KEY>',
storage_container_path='<YOUR_STORAGE_CONTAINER_PATH>',
recurring_scans={
'isEnabled': True,
'emailSubscriptionAdmins': False,
'emailSubscriptionOwners': False,
'emailAddresses': []
},
notifications={
'emailAdmins': False,
'emailOwners': False,
'includeFailures': False,
'customEmailAddresses': []
}
)
- Create a new server security alert policy object:
server_security_alert_policy = ServerSecurityAlertPolicy(
state='Enabled',
disabled_alerts=[],
email_account_admins=False,
retention_days=90
)
- Create a new server vulnerability assessment settings object with the new policy objects:
server_vulnerability_assessment_settings = ServerVulnerabilityAssessmentSettings(
name='default',
storage_account_access_key='<YOUR_STORAGE_ACCOUNT_ACCESS_KEY>',
storage_container_path='<YOUR_STORAGE_CONTAINER_PATH>',
vulnerability_assessment_policy=vulnerability_assessment_policy,
security_alert_policy=server_security_alert_policy
)
- Update the vulnerability assessment settings for the specified Azure SQL Database:
sql_client.vulnerability_assessments.create_or_update(
resource_group_name=resource_group_name,
server_name=server_name,
database_name=database_name,
parameters=server_vulnerability_assessment_settings
)
This will enable the vulnerability assessment setting for the specified Azure SQL Database.