Ensure That Microsoft Defender for SQL Servers on Machines Is Set To 'On'
Why This Matters
Microsoft Defender for SQL servers on machines provides critical threat detection capabilities including threat intelligence, anomaly detection, and behavior analytics. Without this protection enabled, your SQL servers on machines remain vulnerable to undetected malicious activities, data classification weaknesses, and unaddressed database vulnerabilities that attackers can exploit. Enabling this Defender plan strengthens your defense in depth and helps you discover sensitive data, mitigate database vulnerabilities, and detect anomalous behavior.
What Aether365 Checks
This check verifies that the Microsoft Defender for SQL servers on machines plan is set to "On" for your Azure subscription. You can view this check in the Aether365 dashboard under the Azure Defender for Cloud section.