Send Threat Detection Alerts Disabled for SQL Databases
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Specify email addresses and ensure that alerts are sent to them.Risk Level
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Remediation
Using Console
Using Console
To remediate the “Threat Detection Alerts Disabled for SQL Databases” misconfiguration in Azure, you can follow these steps:
- Log in to the Azure portal and navigate to the SQL database that has the threat detection alerts disabled.
- Click on the “Security” tab in the left-hand menu.
- Under the “Threat detection” section, click on the “Advanced Threat Protection settings” link.
- In the “Advanced Threat Protection settings” window, click on the “SQL Advanced Threat Protection” tab.
- Click on the “Configure advanced threat protection” button.
- In the “Configure advanced threat protection” window, select the checkbox next to “Enable SQL advanced threat protection”.
- Choose the storage account where you want to store the alerts. If you don’t have a storage account, you can create a new one by clicking on the “Create new” button.
- Click on the “Save” button to enable the threat detection alerts for the SQL database.
- You can also configure the alert policy settings by clicking on the “Alert policies” tab in the “Advanced Threat Protection settings” window.
- In the “Alert policies” tab, you can configure the severity level, email notification, and other settings for the threat detection alerts.
- Click on the “Save” button to save the alert policy settings.
Using CLI
Using CLI
The following are the step-by-step instructions to remediate the “Threat Detection Alerts Disabled for SQL Databases” misconfiguration in Azure using Azure CLI:
- Open the Azure CLI on your local machine or in the Azure portal.
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Login to your Azure account using the following command:
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Once you are logged in, set the subscription that you want to work with:
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Check the current status of the Threat Detection Alerts for the SQL Database using the following command:
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If the Threat Detection Alerts are disabled, enable them using the following command:
Note: Replace
<email_address>with the email address where you want to receive the alerts. -
Verify that the Threat Detection Alerts are enabled by running the following command:
This command should return the current status of the Threat Detection Alerts for the SQL Database.
Using Python
Using Python
To remediate the “Threat Detection Alerts Disabled for SQL Databases” misconfiguration in Azure using Python, you can use the Azure SDK for Python and follow these steps:
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Install the Azure SDK for Python using pip:
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Authenticate with Azure using your credentials:
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Get a list of all SQL servers in your subscription:
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For each SQL server, check if Threat Detection is enabled:
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If Threat Detection is not enabled, enable it:
- Run the script periodically to ensure that Threat Detection remains enabled for all SQL servers in your subscription.
<your-subscription-id>, <your-storage-account-access-key>, and <your-storage-account-endpoint> with your own values.