Ensure Azure SQL has vulnerability assessment enabled
SQL Vulnerability Assessment identifies database security issues and misconfigurations.
Security Impact
Without vulnerability assessment, database misconfigurations are not detected.
How to Remediate
Enable vulnerability assessment as part of Azure Defender for SQL.
Affected Resources
Compliance Frameworks
How TigerGate Helps
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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-sql-8
- Service
- Azure SQL Database
- Category
- Vulnerability Management
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CIS Benchmark
- 4.2.2
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