Step-by-step instructions to remediate the misconfiguration “Short Threat Detection Retention Period for SQL Databases” for Azure using the Azure console are:
Navigate to the SQL server that has the short threat detection retention period.
Click on the “Security” tab on the left-hand side of the page.
Under “Advanced Threat Protection”, click on “Advanced Threat Protection settings”.
In the “Advanced Threat Protection settings” page, scroll down to the “Data retention” section.
Increase the retention period to the desired duration.
Click on the “Save” button to save the changes.
By following these steps, you will remediate the misconfiguration “Short Threat Detection Retention Period for SQL Databases” for Azure using the Azure console.
To remediate the short threat detection retention period for SQL databases in Azure using Azure CLI, follow these steps:
Open Azure CLI and login to your Azure account.
Run the following command to set the retention period for the SQL database threat detection to 90 days:
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az sql db threat-policy update --resource-group <resource-group-name> --server <server-name> --database <database-name> --retention-days 90
Replace <resource-group-name>, <server-name>, and <database-name> with the actual names of your resource group, server, and database.
Verify that the retention period has been set to 90 days by running the following command:
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az sql db threat-policy show --resource-group <resource-group-name> --server <server-name> --database <database-name>
This command will display the current threat detection policy for the specified database, including the retention period.
Repeat these steps for all SQL databases in your Azure environment to ensure that the threat detection retention period is set to 90 days for all databases.
By following these steps, you will remediate the short threat detection retention period for SQL databases in Azure using Azure CLI.
Using Python
The short threat detection retention period for SQL databases in Azure can be remediated using the Azure Python SDK. Here are the step-by-step instructions to remediate this issue:
Install the Azure Python SDK using the following command:
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pip install azure-mgmt-monitor
Authenticate to your Azure account using the Azure CLI or by setting the environment variables AZURE_CLIENT_ID, AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET, and AZURE_TENANT_ID.
Import the necessary modules:
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from azure.common.credentials import ServicePrincipalCredentialsfrom azure.mgmt.monitor import MonitorManagementClientfrom azure.mgmt.monitor.models import RetentionPolicy