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Configure Vulnerability Assessment (VA) setting 'Send scan reports to' for a SQL server (Automated)​

Profile Applicability​

• Level 2

Description​

Configure 'Send scan reports to' with email addresses of concerned data owners/stakeholders for critical SQL servers.

Rationale​

Vulnerability Assessment (VA) scan reports and alerts will be sent to email ids configured at 'Send scan reports to'. This may help in reducing time required for identifying risks and taking corrective measures.

Impact​

Enabling the Microsoft Defender for SQL features will incur additional costs for each SQL server.

Audit​

From Azure Portal​

  1. Go to SQL servers
  2. Select a server instance
  3. Click on Security Center
  4. Ensure that Microsoft Defender for SQL is set to Enabled
  5. Select Configure next to Enabled at subscription-level
  6. In Section Vulnerability Assessment Settings, Ensure Storage Accounts is Configured.
  7. In Section Vulnerability Assessment Settings, Ensure Send scan reports to is not empty.

From Azure Powershell​

Get the list of all SQL Servers

Get-AZSqlServer

For each Server

Get-AzSqlServerVulnerabilityAssessmentSetting -ResourceGroupName <resource group name> -ServerName <server name>

Ensure that value for parameter NotificationEmail is not blank/empty {}.

Sample Output:

ResourceGroupName : ResourceGroup01
ServerName : Server01
StorageAccountName : mystorage
ScanResultsContainerName : vulnerability-assessment
RecurringScansInterval : weekly
EmailSubscriptionAdmins : False
NotificationEmail : {}

Remediation​

From Azure Portal​

  1. Go to SQL servers.
  2. Select a server instance.
  3. Select Microsoft Defender for Cloud.
  4. Select Configure next to Enablement status.
  5. Set Microsoft Defender for SQL to On.
  6. Under Vulnerability Assessment Settings, select a Storage Account.
  7. Set Periodic recurring scans to On.
  8. Under Send scan reports to, provide email addresses for data owners and stakeholders.
  9. Click Save.

From Azure Powershell​

If not already, Enable Advanced Data Security for a SQL Server:

Set-AZSqlServerThreatDetectionPolicy -ResourceGroupName <resource group name> -ServerName <server name> -EmailAdmins $True

To enable ADS-VA service and Set 'Send scan reports to':

Update-AzSqlServerVulnerabilityAssessmentSetting -ResourceGroupName "<resource group name>" -ServerName "<Server Name>" -StorageAccountName "<Storage Name from same subscription and same Location" -ScanResultsContainerName "vulnerability-assessment" -RecurringScansInterval Weekly -EmailSubscriptionAdmins $true -NotificationEmail @("mail1@mail.com","mail2@mail.com")

References​

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sql-database/sql-vulnerability-assessment
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/sql/servervulnerabilityassessments/listbyserver
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-in/powershell/module/Az.Sql/Update-AzSqlServerVulnerabilityAssessmentSetting?view=azps-2.6.0
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-in/powershell/module/Az.Sql/Get-AzSqlServerVulnerabilityAssessmentSetting?view=azps-2.6.0
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security/benchmark/azure/security-controls-v3-posture-vulnerability-management#pv-6-perform-software-vulnerability-assessments

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