Ensure Defender for DNS is enabled
Defender for DNS detects malicious DNS activity.
Security Impact
Without DNS protection, C2 and data exfiltration via DNS are not detected.
How to Remediate
Enable Defender for DNS at the subscription level.
Affected Resources
Compliance Frameworks
How TigerGate Helps
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- One-Click Remediation
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- Compliance Evidence
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- Drift Detection
Get alerted if this configuration drifts back to an insecure state after remediation
Check Details
- Check ID
- azure-defender-9
- Service
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud
- Category
- Threat Detection
- Severity
- MEDIUM
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