Azure audit sqlserver short threat detection retention remediation

Using Console

Using CLI

The remediation steps for this misconfiguration in Azure using Azure CLI are as follows:

Open Azure CLI and login to your Azure account.
Run the following command to get a list of all the SQL servers in your Azure account:

az sql server list

Identify the SQL server for which you want to increase the threat detection retention period and note down its resource group and name.
Run the following command to set the threat detection retention period for the SQL server to 90 days (you can adjust the retention period as per your requirement):

az sql server threat-detection-policy update --resource-group <resource-group-name> --server <server-name> --state Enabled --retention-days 90

Verify that the retention period has been updated by running the following command:

az sql server threat-detection-policy show --resource-group <resource-group-name> --server <server-name>

This command will show the current threat detection policy for the SQL server, including the retention period.By following these steps, you can increase the threat detection retention period for a SQL server in Azure using Azure CLI.

Using Python

The threat detection retention period for SQL servers in Azure is set to a default of 90 days. This means that any log data older than 90 days is automatically deleted. To remediate this, you can use the Azure Python SDK to update the retention period to a longer duration. Here are the steps to follow:

Install the Azure Python SDK using pip:

pip install azure-mgmt-monitor

Authenticate to your Azure account using the SDK. You can use the following code to authenticate using a service principal:

from azure.common.credentials import ServicePrincipalCredentials

TENANT_ID = 'your_tenant_id'
CLIENT_ID = 'your_client_id'
CLIENT_SECRET = 'your_client_secret'

credentials = ServicePrincipalCredentials(
    client_id=CLIENT_ID,
    secret=CLIENT_SECRET,
    tenant=TENANT_ID
)

Connect to the Azure Monitor API using the SDK:

from azure.mgmt.monitor import MonitorManagementClient
from azure.mgmt.monitor.models import DiagnosticSettingsResource

SUBSCRIPTION_ID = 'your_subscription_id'
RESOURCE_GROUP_NAME = 'your_resource_group_name'
WORKSPACE_NAME = 'your_workspace_name'
SQL_SERVER_NAME = 'your_sql_server_name'

monitor_client = MonitorManagementClient(
    credentials,
    SUBSCRIPTION_ID
)

resource_id = f"/subscriptions/{SUBSCRIPTION_ID}/resourceGroups/{RESOURCE_GROUP_NAME}/providers/Microsoft.Sql/servers/{SQL_SERVER_NAME}"
workspace_id = f"/subscriptions/{SUBSCRIPTION_ID}/resourceGroups/{RESOURCE_GROUP_NAME}/providers/Microsoft.OperationalInsights/workspaces/{WORKSPACE_NAME}"

Retrieve the current diagnostic settings for the SQL server:

diagnostic_settings = monitor_client.diagnostic_settings.list(resource_id)

Update the retention period for the SQL server:

for setting in diagnostic_settings.value:
    if setting.workspace_id == workspace_id:
        setting.logs[0].retention_policy.enabled = True
        setting.logs[0].retention_policy.days = 365
        monitor_client.diagnostic_settings.create_or_update(
            resource_id,
            setting.name,
            DiagnosticSettingsResource(
                id=setting.id,
                name=setting.name,
                type=setting.type,
                location=setting.location,
                tags=setting.tags,
                workspace_id=setting.workspace_id,
                logs=[setting.logs[0]]
            )
        )

In this code, we are updating the retention period to 365 days. You can adjust this value to your desired duration.

Run the Python script to update the retention period for your SQL server in Azure.

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