Ensure Microsoft Defender for Cloud is enabled
Microsoft Defender for Cloud should be enabled for security posture management.
Security Impact
Without Defender for Cloud, security recommendations and alerts are not available.
How to Remediate
Enable Microsoft Defender for Cloud at the subscription level.
Affected Resources
Compliance Frameworks
How TigerGate Helps
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- Continuous Scanning
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- Instant Alerts
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- One-Click Remediation
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- Compliance Evidence
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- Drift Detection
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Check Details
- Check ID
- azure-defender-1
- Service
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud
- Category
- Security Posture
- Severity
- HIGH
- CIS Benchmark
- 2.1
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