{"id":2200,"date":"2025-05-10T17:38:43","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T14:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jussimetso.com\/?p=2200"},"modified":"2025-05-25T17:30:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T14:30:30","slug":"defender-for-cloud-part-10-5-cwp-advanced-protection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jussimetso.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/10\/defender-for-cloud-part-10-5-cwp-advanced-protection\/","title":{"rendered":"Defender for Cloud &#8211; Part 10.5: CWP Advanced protection"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2200\" class=\"elementor elementor-2200\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5714bbf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5714bbf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d795bcd\" data-id=\"d795bcd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85a47dd elementor-toc--minimized-on-tablet elementor-widget elementor-widget-table-of-contents\" data-id=\"85a47dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;headings_by_tags&quot;:[&quot;h1&quot;,&quot;h2&quot;,&quot;h3&quot;,&quot;h4&quot;,&quot;h5&quot;],&quot;exclude_headings_by_selector&quot;:[],&quot;no_headings_message&quot;:&quot;No headings were found on this page.&quot;,&quot;marker_view&quot;:&quot;numbers&quot;,&quot;minimize_box&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;minimized_on&quot;:&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;hierarchical_view&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;min_height&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"table-of-contents.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-toc__header-title\">\n\t\t\t\tTable of Contents\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__toggle-button elementor-toc__toggle-button--expand\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-toc__85a47dd\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-label=\"Open table of contents\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chevron-down\"><\/i><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__toggle-button elementor-toc__toggle-button--collapse\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-toc__85a47dd\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-label=\"Close table of contents\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chevron-up\"><\/i><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-toc__85a47dd\" class=\"elementor-toc__body\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__spinner-container\">\n\t\t\t\t<i class=\"elementor-toc__spinner eicon-animation-spin eicon-loading\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-751d2c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"751d2c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Advanced protection<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c48bdf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0c48bdf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Defender for Cloud includes many advanced threat protection capabilities for virtual machines, SQL databases, containers, web applications, your network, and more. In this advanced protection section, you can see the status of the resources in your selected subscriptions for each of these protections. Select any of them to go directly to the configuration area for that protection type.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4c3018 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e4c3018\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">VM vulnerability assessment<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfc37b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cfc37b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>opens\u00a0<strong>Machines should have a vulnerability assessment solution\u00a0<\/strong>which means regularly checks your connected machines to ensure they&#8217;re running vulnerability assessment tools.\u00a0<\/p><p>Easiest way to implement the assessment to virtual machine is to user Quick fix function in the solution page.<\/p><p>The sample of vulnerability assessment looks like this (image below and the details (the second image below).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20efb50 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"20efb50\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_vuln_assessment_main.png?ssl=1\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"mdc_vuln_assessment_main\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjEyMSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3d3dy5qdXNzaW1ldHNvLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNVwvMDNcL21kY192dWxuX2Fzc2Vzc21lbnRfbWFpbi5wbmcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"190\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_vuln_assessment_main.png?fit=640%2C190&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2121\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_vuln_assessment_main.png?w=1629&amp;ssl=1 1629w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_vuln_assessment_main.png?resize=300%2C89&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_vuln_assessment_main.png?resize=1024%2C304&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_vuln_assessment_main.png?resize=768%2C228&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_vuln_assessment_main.png?resize=1536%2C456&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_vuln_assessment_main.png?resize=850%2C253&amp;ssl=1 850w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_vuln_assessment_main.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Security checks from VM assessment. Click to enlarge.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df50f96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"df50f96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_vuln_assessment_details.png?ssl=1\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"mdc_vuln_assessment_details\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjEyMiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3d3dy5qdXNzaW1ldHNvLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNVwvMDNcL21kY192dWxuX2Fzc2Vzc21lbnRfZGV0YWlscy5wbmcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"265\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_vuln_assessment_details.png?fit=265%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2122\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_vuln_assessment_details.png?w=853&amp;ssl=1 853w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_vuln_assessment_details.png?resize=265%2C300&amp;ssl=1 265w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_vuln_assessment_details.png?resize=768%2C871&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_vuln_assessment_details.png?resize=300%2C340&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_vuln_assessment_details.png?resize=850%2C964&amp;ssl=1 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Details of security issue. Click to enlarge.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0684d1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0684d1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Pre-reqs for VM vulnerability assessment<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c09e8c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c09e8c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><strong>Agentless vulnerability scanning<\/strong>. Defender for Cloud provides agentless vulnerability scanning as part of its <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/defender-for-cloud\/concept-agentless-data-collection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-linktype=\"relative-path\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">agentless scanning capabilities<\/span><\/a>. Agentless scanning is available in Defender for Servers Plan 2 only.<\/li><li><strong>Agent-based vulnerability scanning<\/strong>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/defender-for-cloud\/integration-defender-for-endpoint\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-linktype=\"relative-path\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Defender for Endpoint integration<\/span><\/a> in Defender for Servers provides vulnerability scanning using the Defender for Endpoint sensor. This integration is available in Defender for Servers Plan 1 and Plan 2.<\/li><li>Defender for Servers Plan 2 includes <strong>Defender Vulnerability Management premium add-on<\/strong> capabilities that provide consolidated inventories, new assessments, and mitigation tools to further enhance your vulnerability management program. Learn more about <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/defender-vulnerability-management\/defender-vulnerability-management-capabilities#vulnerability-management-capabilities-for-endpoints\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-linktype=\"absolute-path\">premium capabilities<\/a><\/span>.<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><ul><li><strong>NOTE<\/strong>: Instead of using integrated Defender Vulnerability Management scanning, you can use your own privately licensed BYOL vulnerability scanner. Qualys and Rapid7 scanners are supported.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dedff75 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dedff75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Link to start<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ec5835 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6ec5835\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Defender for Servers vulnerability assessment starts <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/defender-for-cloud\/auto-deploy-vulnerability-assessment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">here<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e35217f elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"e35217f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7081a77 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7081a77\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-589e04b\" data-id=\"589e04b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-add16ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"add16ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Just-in-time VM access<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2ea048 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f2ea048\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>MDC&#8217;s <strong>Defender for Servers Plan 2<\/strong> offers the just-in-time machine access feature. Just-in-time protects your resources from threat actors actively hunting for machines with open management ports, such as <strong>Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)<\/strong> or <strong>Secure Shell (SSH)<\/strong>. All machines are potential targets for attacks. Once compromised, a machine can serve as an entry point to further (lateral movement) attack\u00a0 resources in the environment.<\/p><p>This feature locks down inbound traffic to your virtual machines (VMs), reducing exposure to attacks while ensuring easy access <strong>ONLY<\/strong> when needed.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0a00c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b0a00c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_wopo_jit.png?ssl=1\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"mdc_wopo_jit\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjEzOSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3d3dy5qdXNzaW1ldHNvLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNVwvMDNcL21kY193b3BvX2ppdC5wbmcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_wopo_jit.png?fit=640%2C383&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2139\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_wopo_jit.png?w=1888&amp;ssl=1 1888w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_wopo_jit.png?resize=300%2C180&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_wopo_jit.png?resize=1024%2C612&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_wopo_jit.png?resize=768%2C459&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_wopo_jit.png?resize=1536%2C919&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_wopo_jit.png?resize=850%2C508&amp;ssl=1 850w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_wopo_jit.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Just-in-time function. Click to enlarge.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff44026 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ff44026\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>There are three dots in the VM line. When pressing it the page opens the list of functions:<\/p><ul><li>Properties take you to the VM overview page<\/li><li>Activity log opens the VM activity log<\/li><li>Edit opens the rule page where you can also add new rules<\/li><li>Remove deletes the pre-made configuration<\/li><\/ul><p>And now if you click the checkbox in front of VM (1) then request access (2) button enables and when clicking it you can request access to the network ports you need.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41ae0be elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"41ae0be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_wopo_jit_open2.png?ssl=1\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"mdc_wopo_jit_open2\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjE0MSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3d3dy5qdXNzaW1ldHNvLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNVwvMDNcL21kY193b3BvX2ppdF9vcGVuMi5wbmcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"184\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_wopo_jit_open2.png?fit=640%2C184&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2141\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_wopo_jit_open2.png?w=2323&amp;ssl=1 2323w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_wopo_jit_open2.png?resize=300%2C87&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_wopo_jit_open2.png?resize=1024%2C295&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_wopo_jit_open2.png?resize=768%2C222&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_wopo_jit_open2.png?resize=1536%2C443&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_wopo_jit_open2.png?resize=2048%2C591&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_wopo_jit_open2.png?resize=850%2C245&amp;ssl=1 850w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_wopo_jit_open2.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_wopo_jit_open2.png?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Click to enlarge.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f43abe elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0f43abe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_wopo_jit_open.png?ssl=1\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"mdc_wopo_jit_open\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjE0MCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3d3dy5qdXNzaW1ldHNvLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNVwvMDNcL21kY193b3BvX2ppdF9vcGVuLnBuZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"186\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_wopo_jit_open.png?fit=640%2C186&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2140\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_wopo_jit_open.png?w=2023&amp;ssl=1 2023w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_wopo_jit_open.png?resize=300%2C87&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_wopo_jit_open.png?resize=1024%2C297&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_wopo_jit_open.png?resize=768%2C222&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_wopo_jit_open.png?resize=1536%2C445&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_wopo_jit_open.png?resize=850%2C246&amp;ssl=1 850w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_wopo_jit_open.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_wopo_jit_open.png?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Request access. Click to enlarge.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf75f1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bf75f1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In this example there&#8217;s a windows laptop which I need to access with RDP 3389. I can toggle it on and then the open ports button enables. You can set as source IP: my ip or ip range and the time for the access. Maximum time is three (3) hours. You can also\u00a0 write a justification for the request but it&#8217;s optional.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3cf0029 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3cf0029\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_wopo_jit_approved-1.png?ssl=1\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"mdc_wopo_jit_approved\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjE0MywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3d3dy5qdXNzaW1ldHNvLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNVwvMDNcL21kY193b3BvX2ppdF9hcHByb3ZlZC0xLnBuZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"137\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_wopo_jit_approved-1.png?fit=640%2C137&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2143\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_wopo_jit_approved-1.png?w=1954&amp;ssl=1 1954w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_wopo_jit_approved-1.png?resize=300%2C64&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_wopo_jit_approved-1.png?resize=1024%2C219&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_wopo_jit_approved-1.png?resize=768%2C164&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_wopo_jit_approved-1.png?resize=1536%2C329&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_wopo_jit_approved-1.png?resize=850%2C182&amp;ssl=1 850w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_wopo_jit_approved-1.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">JIT access granted. Click to enlarge.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d6cdc0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d6cdc0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Now if you look the network settings for that VM:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4200279 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4200279\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_wopo_jit_network.png?ssl=1\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"mdc_wopo_jit_network\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjE0NCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3d3dy5qdXNzaW1ldHNvLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNVwvMDNcL21kY193b3BvX2ppdF9uZXR3b3JrLnBuZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"227\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_wopo_jit_network.png?fit=640%2C227&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2144\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_wopo_jit_network.png?w=1497&amp;ssl=1 1497w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_wopo_jit_network.png?resize=300%2C106&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_wopo_jit_network.png?resize=1024%2C363&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_wopo_jit_network.png?resize=768%2C272&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_wopo_jit_network.png?resize=850%2C302&amp;ssl=1 850w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_wopo_jit_network.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">VM network settings after jit. Click to enlarge.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1202f75 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1202f75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Thats about it.<\/p><p>I mentioned above the <strong>EDIT<\/strong> function. Here&#8217;s a picture of it. Press<strong> +Add<\/strong> if you want to add a JIT access configuration for the VM.<\/p><p>Note. In this function you can set the parameters more freely for example the maximum access time.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8de6c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d8de6c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_wopo_jit_add.png?ssl=1\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"mdc_wopo_jit_add\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjE0NiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3d3dy5qdXNzaW1ldHNvLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNVwvMDNcL21kY193b3BvX2ppdF9hZGQucG5nIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"211\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_wopo_jit_add.png?fit=640%2C211&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2146\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_wopo_jit_add.png?w=2046&amp;ssl=1 2046w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_wopo_jit_add.png?resize=300%2C99&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_wopo_jit_add.png?resize=1024%2C338&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_wopo_jit_add.png?resize=768%2C254&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_wopo_jit_add.png?resize=1536%2C507&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_wopo_jit_add.png?resize=850%2C281&amp;ssl=1 850w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_wopo_jit_add.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mdc_wopo_jit_add.png?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Add JIT access configuration. Click to enlarge.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-465ac39 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"465ac39\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Pre-reqs for VM JIT<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da1c1c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"da1c1c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/defender-for-cloud\/defender-for-servers-overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-linktype=\"relative-path\">Microsoft Defender for Servers Plan 2<\/a><\/strong><\/span> must be enabled on the subscription.<\/p><p>More info <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/defender-for-cloud\/just-in-time-access-usage#prerequisites\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">here<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d67750 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0d67750\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Link to start<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67ece16 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"67ece16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Virtual machines Just-in-time documentation starts <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/defender-for-cloud\/just-in-time-access-overview?tabs=defender-for-container-arch-aks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">here<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36f444d elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"36f444d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-015115b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"015115b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-47ad18c\" data-id=\"47ad18c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77dfb16 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"77dfb16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Container image scanning<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a5fbb8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8a5fbb8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Defender for Containers scans the cluster node OS and application software, container images in Azure Container Registry (ACR), Amazon AWS Elastic Container Registry (ECR), Google Artifact Registry (GAR), Google Container Registry (GCR), and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/defender-for-cloud\/support-matrix-defender-for-containers#vulnerability-assessment-va-features\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-linktype=\"relative-path\">supported external image registries<\/a><\/span> to provide agentless vulnerability assessment. (SOURCE: MS Learn)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cdfe7c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5cdfe7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/mdc_wopo_containder_image_scanning.webp?ssl=1\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"mdc_wopo_containder_image_scanning\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjI4NywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3d3dy5qdXNzaW1ldHNvLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNVwvMDRcL21kY193b3BvX2NvbnRhaW5kZXJfaW1hZ2Vfc2Nhbm5pbmcud2VicCJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/mdc_wopo_containder_image_scanning.webp?fit=640%2C443&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2287\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/mdc_wopo_containder_image_scanning.webp?w=2278&amp;ssl=1 2278w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/mdc_wopo_containder_image_scanning.webp?resize=300%2C207&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/mdc_wopo_containder_image_scanning.webp?resize=1024%2C708&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/mdc_wopo_containder_image_scanning.webp?resize=768%2C531&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/mdc_wopo_containder_image_scanning.webp?resize=1536%2C1062&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/mdc_wopo_containder_image_scanning.webp?resize=2048%2C1416&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/mdc_wopo_containder_image_scanning.webp?resize=850%2C588&amp;ssl=1 850w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/mdc_wopo_containder_image_scanning.webp?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/mdc_wopo_containder_image_scanning.webp?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Capture from Azure portal of ACR scanning results. <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13d9075 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"13d9075\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Pre-reqs for Container Image scanning<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-648fbd7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"648fbd7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You need to enable Defender for Containers plan first. And in case of AWS and GCP resources you need first enable account connectors for them in Defender for Cloud&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/portal.azure.com\/#view\/Microsoft_Azure_Security\/SecurityMenuBlade\/~\/EnvironmentSettings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Environment settings<\/span><\/a> function. <\/p><p>And after enabling the plan make some plan settings configuration.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3c249a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d3c249a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_containers_plan.webp?ssl=1\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"mdc_containers_plan\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjMxOSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3d3dy5qdXNzaW1ldHNvLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNVwvMDVcL21kY19jb250YWluZXJzX3BsYW4ud2VicCJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"29\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_containers_plan.webp?fit=640%2C29&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2319\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_containers_plan.webp?w=1815&amp;ssl=1 1815w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_containers_plan.webp?resize=300%2C14&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_containers_plan.webp?resize=1024%2C47&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_containers_plan.webp?resize=768%2C36&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_containers_plan.webp?resize=1536%2C71&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_containers_plan.webp?resize=850%2C39&amp;ssl=1 850w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_containers_plan.webp?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Defender for Containers plan. Click to enlarge.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55cf95c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"55cf95c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_containers_plan_settings.webp?ssl=1\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"mdc_containers_plan_settings\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjMyMCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3d3dy5qdXNzaW1ldHNvLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNVwvMDVcL21kY19jb250YWluZXJzX3BsYW5fc2V0dGluZ3Mud2VicCJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"248\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_containers_plan_settings.webp?fit=640%2C248&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2320\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_containers_plan_settings.webp?w=2365&amp;ssl=1 2365w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_containers_plan_settings.webp?resize=300%2C116&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_containers_plan_settings.webp?resize=1024%2C397&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_containers_plan_settings.webp?resize=768%2C297&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_containers_plan_settings.webp?resize=1536%2C595&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_containers_plan_settings.webp?resize=2048%2C793&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_containers_plan_settings.webp?resize=850%2C329&amp;ssl=1 850w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_containers_plan_settings.webp?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_containers_plan_settings.webp?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Defender for Containers plan - Settings. Click to enlarge.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5dac3f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5dac3f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Link to start<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7b1d55 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e7b1d55\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Defender for Containers in MS Learn starts <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/defender-for-cloud\/defender-for-containers-introduction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">here<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4817144 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"4817144\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ee897af elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ee897af\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a81d2bb\" data-id=\"a81d2bb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-478275c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"478275c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">SQL vulnerability assessment<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc730d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bc730d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The SQL Vulnerability Assessment scanner identifies security vulnerabilities in databases. These vulnerabilitiess include misconfigurations, excessive permissions, and unprotected sensitive data.<br \/>If these vulnerabilities are not addressed, they could potentially be exploited, leading to unauthorized access or data breaches.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a5d905 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9a5d905\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_sqlvulnassessment.webp?ssl=1\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"mdc_wopo_sqlvulnassessment\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjI5MiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3d3dy5qdXNzaW1ldHNvLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNVwvMDVcL21kY193b3BvX3NxbHZ1bG5hc3Nlc3NtZW50LndlYnAifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"369\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_sqlvulnassessment.webp?fit=640%2C369&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2292\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_sqlvulnassessment.webp?w=2377&amp;ssl=1 2377w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_sqlvulnassessment.webp?resize=300%2C173&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_sqlvulnassessment.webp?resize=1024%2C591&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_sqlvulnassessment.webp?resize=768%2C443&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_sqlvulnassessment.webp?resize=1536%2C886&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_sqlvulnassessment.webp?resize=2048%2C1181&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_sqlvulnassessment.webp?resize=850%2C490&amp;ssl=1 850w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_sqlvulnassessment.webp?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_sqlvulnassessment.webp?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">An example taken from Azure about SQL vulnerability assessment. Click to enlarge.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2aec22b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2aec22b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You can also <strong>Exempt<\/strong> or <strong>Disable rules<\/strong>:<\/p><p>If you <strong>exempt<\/strong>:<\/p><p>a recommendation from any scope doesn&#8217;t affect your secure score. The resources\u2019 status will change to \u201cnot applicable\u201d.<\/p><p>You need to name the Exemption, you could set the expiradion date.<\/p><p>Also the exemption category need to select and description for that.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5082b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f5082b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"914\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_sqlvulnassessment_exempt.webp?fit=640%2C914&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2296\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_sqlvulnassessment_exempt.webp?w=835&amp;ssl=1 835w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_sqlvulnassessment_exempt.webp?resize=210%2C300&amp;ssl=1 210w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_sqlvulnassessment_exempt.webp?resize=717%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 717w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_sqlvulnassessment_exempt.webp?resize=768%2C1096&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_sqlvulnassessment_exempt.webp?resize=300%2C428&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20b8db7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"20b8db7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you <strong>disable rule<\/strong>:<\/p><p>You can define a rule to disable one or more findings for this recommendation. Disabled findings won&#8217;t be counted towards your secure score.<\/p><p>You need to select the subscription, disable finding that match any of the following criteria and select ID parameters (for example VA1234), select the severity from none to high, and benchmark you want to exclude (for example CIS).<\/p><p>Also justification which is optional.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-777119a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"777119a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"659\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_sqlvulnassessment_disablerule.webp?fit=640%2C659&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2297\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_sqlvulnassessment_disablerule.webp?w=1242&amp;ssl=1 1242w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_sqlvulnassessment_disablerule.webp?resize=291%2C300&amp;ssl=1 291w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_sqlvulnassessment_disablerule.webp?resize=994%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 994w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_sqlvulnassessment_disablerule.webp?resize=768%2C791&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_sqlvulnassessment_disablerule.webp?resize=300%2C309&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_sqlvulnassessment_disablerule.webp?resize=850%2C875&amp;ssl=1 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7d63f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a7d63f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Now when you select the certain security check finding you get the detailed information.<\/p><p><strong>Description<\/strong> tells what the finding actually means.<\/p><p><strong>General information<\/strong> tells the ID, the Severity of the finding and the Status in the database.<\/p><p><strong>Remediation<\/strong> tells shortly what you can with the finding.<\/p><p><strong>Impact<\/strong> tells how the finding can effect to the database.<\/p><p><strong>NOTE:<\/strong><\/p><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/defender-for-cloud\/sql-azure-vulnerability-assessment-rules?view=azuresql\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Vulnearabity Assessment Reference Guide<\/span><\/a><\/strong> tells what different VA-values mean.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7631dad elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7631dad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"807\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_sqlvulnassessment_securityfinding.webp?fit=640%2C807&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2294\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_sqlvulnassessment_securityfinding.webp?w=838&amp;ssl=1 838w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_sqlvulnassessment_securityfinding.webp?resize=238%2C300&amp;ssl=1 238w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_sqlvulnassessment_securityfinding.webp?resize=812%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 812w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_sqlvulnassessment_securityfinding.webp?resize=768%2C969&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_sqlvulnassessment_securityfinding.webp?resize=300%2C378&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3baeaf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b3baeaf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Pre-reqs for SQL vulnerability assessment<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-262f3a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"262f3a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You need to enable Defender for Database plan and configure your database to use it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab26f4c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ab26f4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_db_plan.webp?ssl=1\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"mdc_wopo_db_plan\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjMxOCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3d3dy5qdXNzaW1ldHNvLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNVwvMDVcL21kY193b3BvX2RiX3BsYW4ud2VicCJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"26\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_db_plan.webp?fit=640%2C26&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2318\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_db_plan.webp?w=1801&amp;ssl=1 1801w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_db_plan.webp?resize=300%2C12&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_db_plan.webp?resize=1024%2C41&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_db_plan.webp?resize=768%2C31&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_db_plan.webp?resize=1536%2C61&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_db_plan.webp?resize=850%2C34&amp;ssl=1 850w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_db_plan.webp?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Defender for Databases plan. Click to enlarge.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00fd5a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"00fd5a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Link to start<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a06801 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9a06801\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>SQL vulnerability assessment in <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/defender-for-cloud\/sql-azure-vulnerability-assessment-overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">MS Learn<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bb182e elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"2bb182e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ba22ec2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ba22ec2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e2b09ed\" data-id=\"e2b09ed\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d344b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3d344b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Arc-enabled SQL Servers<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8a1336 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e8a1336\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>SQL Server enabled by Azure Arc extends Azure services to SQL Server instances hosted outside of Azure: in your data center, in edge site locations like retail stores, or any public cloud or hosting provider.<\/p><p>So now if you see SQL Servers enabled by Azure Arc in your Defender for Cloud you could add protection for it. Unfortunately I don&#8217;t have on-prem servers in my environment.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cb5f3f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5cb5f3f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_arcsql.webp?ssl=1\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"mdc_wopo_arcsql\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjMwMiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3d3dy5qdXNzaW1ldHNvLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNVwvMDVcL21kY193b3BvX2FyY3NxbC53ZWJwIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"226\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_arcsql.webp?fit=640%2C226&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2302\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_arcsql.webp?w=2331&amp;ssl=1 2331w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_arcsql.webp?resize=300%2C106&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_arcsql.webp?resize=1024%2C362&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_arcsql.webp?resize=768%2C272&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_arcsql.webp?resize=1536%2C544&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_arcsql.webp?resize=2048%2C725&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_arcsql.webp?resize=850%2C301&amp;ssl=1 850w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_arcsql.webp?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_arcsql.webp?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">A non-existed example of Azure Arc SQL Server. Click to enlarge. <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98fd86f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"98fd86f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Here&#8217;s an architecture image of SQL Server enabled by Azure Arc. <\/p><p>You download the Hi-res image from <a href=\"https:\/\/jumpstart.azure.com\/azure_jumpstart_gems\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Azure Jumpstar<\/span><\/a>t.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e66975b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e66975b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_sqlserver.webp?ssl=1\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"mdc_wopo_sqlserver\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjMwMSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3d3dy5qdXNzaW1ldHNvLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNVwvMDVcL21kY193b3BvX3NxbHNlcnZlci53ZWJwIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_sqlserver.webp?fit=640%2C358&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2301\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_sqlserver.webp?w=1918&amp;ssl=1 1918w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_sqlserver.webp?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_sqlserver.webp?resize=1024%2C572&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_sqlserver.webp?resize=768%2C429&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_sqlserver.webp?resize=1536%2C858&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_sqlserver.webp?resize=850%2C475&amp;ssl=1 850w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_sqlserver.webp?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">SOURCE for the image: MS LEARN. Click to enlarge.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5470c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a5470c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Pre-reqs for Arc-enabled SQL Servers<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06387a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"06387a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>First you need to onboard on-prem SQL servers to Azure then enable Defender for Database plan and make sure that you select SQL servers on machines option.<\/p><p>And then from Azure Arc start configure addional settings.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9693c71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9693c71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"145\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_db_onprem_settings.webp?fit=640%2C145&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2321\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_db_onprem_settings.webp?w=841&amp;ssl=1 841w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_db_onprem_settings.webp?resize=300%2C68&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_db_onprem_settings.webp?resize=768%2C174&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0bdb115 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"0bdb115\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77778ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"77778ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Link to start<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0263c51 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0263c51\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Here are the <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql\/sql-server\/azure-arc\/prerequisites?view=sql-server-ver16&amp;tabs=azure\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">setup guidance<\/span><\/a> for on-prem SQL servers.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c802bec elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"c802bec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-61a0728 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"61a0728\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5e38886\" data-id=\"5e38886\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72358c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"72358c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">File integrity monitoring<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca1b4b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ca1b4b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The file integrity monitoring feature in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/defender-for-cloud\/plan-defender-for-servers-select-plan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-linktype=\"relative-path\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Defender for Servers Plan 2<\/span><\/a><\/strong> in Microsoft Defender for Cloud helps to keep enterprise assets and resources secure by scanning and analyzing operating system files, Windows registries, application software, and Linux system files for changes that might indicate an attack.<\/p><p>Defender for Cloud recommends entities to monitor with FIM, and you can exclude some of those entities from monitoring. FIM informs you about suspicious activity such as:<\/p><ul><li>File and registry key creation or removal<\/li><li>File modifications (changes in file size, and hash of the content, user<br \/>responsible for the change)<\/li><li>Registry modifications (changes in size, access control lists, type, and<br \/>the content)<\/li><li>Information about the change includes change source information-<br \/>Account details (who made the changes) and Initiating process details.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4621373 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4621373\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_fim-scaled.webp?ssl=1\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"mdc_wopo_fim\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjMwNiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3d3dy5qdXNzaW1ldHNvLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNVwvMDVcL21kY193b3BvX2ZpbS1zY2FsZWQud2VicCJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"313\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_fim-scaled.webp?fit=640%2C313&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2306\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_fim-scaled.webp?w=2560&amp;ssl=1 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_fim-scaled.webp?resize=300%2C147&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_fim-scaled.webp?resize=1024%2C501&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_fim-scaled.webp?resize=768%2C376&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_fim-scaled.webp?resize=1536%2C752&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_fim-scaled.webp?resize=2048%2C1002&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_fim-scaled.webp?resize=850%2C416&amp;ssl=1 850w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_fim-scaled.webp?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_fim-scaled.webp?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">FIM example in Defender for Cloud. Click to enlarge.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10eac90 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"10eac90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3058b11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3058b11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 id=\"recommended-items-to-monitor\" class=\"heading-anchor\">Recommended items to monitor<\/h3><p>Here&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/defender-for-cloud\/file-integrity-monitoring-overview#recommended-items-to-monitor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">table of items<\/span><\/a> which are recommended to monitor.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e62822c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e62822c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 id=\"recommended-items-to-monitor\" class=\"heading-anchor\">Pre-reqs for FIM<\/h3><p>To start using File integrity monitoring you need to enable <strong>Defender for Servers plan 2 <\/strong>and from additional settings enable<strong> FIM switch.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-129fb44 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"129fb44\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_fim_settings1.webp?ssl=1\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"mdc_wopo_fim_settings1\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjMxMSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3d3dy5qdXNzaW1ldHNvLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNVwvMDVcL21kY193b3BvX2ZpbV9zZXR0aW5nczEud2VicCJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"36\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_fim_settings1.webp?fit=640%2C36&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2311\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_fim_settings1.webp?w=2335&amp;ssl=1 2335w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_fim_settings1.webp?resize=300%2C17&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_fim_settings1.webp?resize=1024%2C58&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_fim_settings1.webp?resize=768%2C44&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_fim_settings1.webp?resize=1536%2C87&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_fim_settings1.webp?resize=2048%2C117&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_fim_settings1.webp?resize=850%2C48&amp;ssl=1 850w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_fim_settings1.webp?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_fim_settings1.webp?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">FIM switch in Defender for Servers plan addiotional settings. Click to enlarge. <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05d87f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"05d87f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When you enable FIM, portal opens new blade where you need to start to configure settings.<\/p><p>First there are some actions to do if your MDE client version is too old.\u00a0 Then some common info for using FIM.<\/p><p>Then you need to select log analytics workspace and then there are example files which could be monitored.\u00a0 (I&#8217;ll list some of them here).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e2ce60 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3e2ce60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"951\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_fim_settings2.webp?fit=640%2C951&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2312\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_fim_settings2.webp?w=850&amp;ssl=1 850w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_fim_settings2.webp?resize=202%2C300&amp;ssl=1 202w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_fim_settings2.webp?resize=689%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 689w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_fim_settings2.webp?resize=768%2C1141&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_fim_settings2.webp?resize=300%2C446&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8e012c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b8e012c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_fim_settings3.webp?fit=640%2C350&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2313\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_fim_settings3.webp?w=792&amp;ssl=1 792w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_fim_settings3.webp?resize=300%2C164&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_fim_settings3.webp?resize=768%2C420&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc2fbc8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bc2fbc8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"833\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_fim_settings4.webp?fit=640%2C833&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2314\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_fim_settings4.webp?w=796&amp;ssl=1 796w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_fim_settings4.webp?resize=231%2C300&amp;ssl=1 231w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_fim_settings4.webp?resize=787%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 787w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_fim_settings4.webp?resize=768%2C1000&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_wopo_fim_settings4.webp?resize=300%2C390&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Suggested file &amp; registry monitoring selections.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fbd176 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1fbd176\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Link to start<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c18c10d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c18c10d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Start using VM JIT with this MS LEARN <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/defender-for-cloud\/just-in-time-access-overview?tabs=defender-for-container-arch-aks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">guidance<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-506a50d elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"506a50d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-268bf55 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"268bf55\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1e35feb\" data-id=\"1e35feb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e22f5b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8e22f5b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Network map<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3761455 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3761455\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Network map in Defender for Cloud Advanced protection. I have really used this. But I think it has a purpose and audience.<\/p><p>The interactive network map provides a graphical view with security overlays giving you recommendations and insights for hardening your network resources. Using the map you can see the network topology of your Azure workloads, connections between your virtual machines and subnets, and the capability to drill down from the map into specific resources and the recommendations for those resources. (Source: MS LEARN).<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6203a0d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6203a0d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_networkmap.webp?ssl=1\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"mdc_networkmap\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjMyMiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3d3dy5qdXNzaW1ldHNvLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNVwvMDVcL21kY19uZXR3b3JrbWFwLndlYnAifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"363\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_networkmap.webp?fit=640%2C363&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2322\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_networkmap.webp?w=2221&amp;ssl=1 2221w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_networkmap.webp?resize=300%2C170&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_networkmap.webp?resize=1024%2C580&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_networkmap.webp?resize=768%2C435&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_networkmap.webp?resize=1536%2C870&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_networkmap.webp?resize=2048%2C1160&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_networkmap.webp?resize=850%2C481&amp;ssl=1 850w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_networkmap.webp?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_networkmap.webp?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Network map in advance workload protection. Click to enlarge.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22c1754 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"22c1754\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you click the nodes they give you insight about the resource for example <strong>devops-vm <\/strong>gives common information and recommendations.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e627708 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e627708\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"931\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_networkmap_details.webp?fit=640%2C931&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2323\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_networkmap_details.webp?w=706&amp;ssl=1 706w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_networkmap_details.webp?resize=206%2C300&amp;ssl=1 206w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_networkmap_details.webp?resize=704%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 704w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_networkmap_details.webp?resize=300%2C436&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff4c245 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ff4c245\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Pre-reqs for Network map<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e7f5b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2e7f5b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Network map requires Microsoft Defender for Servers Plan 2.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f08bc83 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f08bc83\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Link to start<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b09dcbc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b09dcbc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/defender-for-cloud\/protect-network-resources#understand-the-network-map\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">How to use and understand<\/span><\/a> the network map. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9603b3 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"b9603b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5a5e24b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5a5e24b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3e8e724\" data-id=\"3e8e724\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-843f471 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"843f471\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">IoT security<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efbed0a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"efbed0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Microsoft Defender for IoT delivers agentless, network-layer security for continuous IoT\/OT asset discovery, vulnerability management, and threat detection in operational and enterprise networks. No changes to existing environments are required. In addition, the solution integrates with Microsoft Sentinel and 3rd-party SOC tools such as Splunk, IBM QRadar, ServiceNow, and others. Defender for IoT has zero impact on network performance and can be deployed fully on-premises or in Azure-connected environments.<\/p><p>Defender for IoT is kind of it&#8217;s own portal inside Azure. So this is not actually part of Defender of Cloud but integrates to it.<\/p><p>In this I demonstrate only the <strong>Device inventory<\/strong> because this is a big function and could actually have it&#8217;s own post.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9d03ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b9d03ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_iot_start.webp?fit=640%2C507&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2324\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_iot_start.webp?w=1018&amp;ssl=1 1018w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_iot_start.webp?resize=300%2C238&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_iot_start.webp?resize=768%2C609&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_iot_start.webp?resize=850%2C674&amp;ssl=1 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4077d2a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4077d2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Device inventory<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1cf87d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1cf87d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Device inventory shows the sensor assets and clicking the assets portal open the details:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a941b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0a941b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_iot_1.webp?ssl=1\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"mdc_iot_1\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjMyNSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3d3dy5qdXNzaW1ldHNvLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNVwvMDVcL21kY19pb3RfMS53ZWJwIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"209\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_iot_1.webp?fit=640%2C209&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2325\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_iot_1.webp?w=2301&amp;ssl=1 2301w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_iot_1.webp?resize=300%2C98&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_iot_1.webp?resize=1024%2C335&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_iot_1.webp?resize=768%2C251&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_iot_1.webp?resize=1536%2C503&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_iot_1.webp?resize=2048%2C670&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_iot_1.webp?resize=850%2C278&amp;ssl=1 850w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_iot_1.webp?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_iot_1.webp?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Defender for IoT - Device inventory. Click to enlarge.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e926946 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e926946\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_iot_3.webp?ssl=1\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"mdc_iot_3\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjMyNywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3d3dy5qdXNzaW1ldHNvLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNVwvMDVcL21kY19pb3RfMy53ZWJwIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"253\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_iot_3.webp?fit=300%2C253&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2327\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_iot_3.webp?w=1702&amp;ssl=1 1702w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_iot_3.webp?resize=300%2C253&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_iot_3.webp?resize=1024%2C863&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_iot_3.webp?resize=768%2C648&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_iot_3.webp?resize=1536%2C1295&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_iot_3.webp?resize=850%2C717&amp;ssl=1 850w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_iot_3.webp?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Details of chosen asset. <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5defe7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5defe7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>And then there are the vulnerabilities section and there&#8217;s a note which you should really READ!<\/p><p><em>&#8220;<span class=\"ms-MessageBar-innerText innerText-230\" data-automationid=\"MDMessageBar\" aria-label=\"Legal Notice - The vulnerability data provided and shown as part of your Microsoft Defender for IoT (MDIoT) services is made available to you in its raw form, \u201cAS IS\u201d, and may not be up to date. You bear the risk in using this data. Microsoft and its third party suppliers disclaim any and all liability for consequential and other indirect damages and implied warranties, including implied warranties of non-infringement, merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Vulnerability data may not be used separate from ADIoT.\" aria-live=\"off\"><span class=\"src-components-messageBar-MDMessageBar-module__MDMessageBar-Content--SnPnx src-components-messageBar-MDMessageBar-module__MDMessageBar-Content-Left-Padded--dX8xE\"><strong>Legal Notice<\/strong> &#8211; The vulnerability data provided and shown as part of your Microsoft Defender for IoT (MDIoT) services is made available to you in its raw form, \u201cAS IS\u201d, and may not be up to date. You bear the risk in using this data. Microsoft and its third party suppliers disclaim any and all liability for consequential and other indirect damages and implied warranties, including implied warranties of non-infringement, merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Vulnerability data may not be used separate from ADIoT.<\/span><\/span>&#8220;<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0789ac5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0789ac5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_iot_4.webp?ssl=1\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"mdc_iot_4\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjMyOCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3d3dy5qdXNzaW1ldHNvLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNVwvMDVcL21kY19pb3RfNC53ZWJwIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_iot_4.webp?fit=640%2C236&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2328\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_iot_4.webp?w=2058&amp;ssl=1 2058w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_iot_4.webp?resize=300%2C111&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_iot_4.webp?resize=1024%2C378&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_iot_4.webp?resize=768%2C284&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_iot_4.webp?resize=1536%2C567&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_iot_4.webp?resize=2048%2C756&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_iot_4.webp?resize=850%2C314&amp;ssl=1 850w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_iot_4.webp?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_iot_4.webp?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Defender for IoT -  Resource vulnerabilities. Click to enlarge.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-939f161 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"939f161\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Pre-req for IoT<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16d4a2e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"16d4a2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"css-117\" data-automationid=\"MDText\" aria-live=\"off\">Using agentless patented technology, sensors quickly discover and continuously monitor network devices, providing deep visibility into OT\/ICS\/IoT risks within minutes of being connected. Sensors carry out data collection, analysis and alerting on-site, making them ideal for locations with low bandwidth or high latency.<\/span><\/p><p><strong>For the setup<\/strong> you need switches installed to your network environment but here&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/portal.azure.com\/#view\/Microsoft_Azure_IoT_Defender\/ISensorRegistrationBlade\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">short guide<\/span><\/a> and screenshots.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dff0fb0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dff0fb0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_iot_setup1.webp?ssl=1\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"mdc_iot_setup1\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjMzMiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3d3dy5qdXNzaW1ldHNvLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNVwvMDVcL21kY19pb3Rfc2V0dXAxLndlYnAifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"323\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_iot_setup1.webp?fit=640%2C323&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2332\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_iot_setup1.webp?w=2272&amp;ssl=1 2272w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_iot_setup1.webp?resize=300%2C151&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_iot_setup1.webp?resize=1024%2C516&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_iot_setup1.webp?resize=768%2C387&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_iot_setup1.webp?resize=1536%2C773&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_iot_setup1.webp?resize=2048%2C1031&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_iot_setup1.webp?resize=850%2C428&amp;ssl=1 850w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_iot_setup1.webp?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_iot_setup1.webp?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Register IoT sensors step 1 and 2. Click to enlarge.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc1d4b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fc1d4b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_iot_setup2.webp?ssl=1\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"mdc_iot_setup2\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjMzMywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3d3dy5qdXNzaW1ldHNvLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNVwvMDVcL21kY19pb3Rfc2V0dXAyLndlYnAifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"269\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_iot_setup2.webp?fit=640%2C269&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2333\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_iot_setup2.webp?w=2277&amp;ssl=1 2277w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_iot_setup2.webp?resize=300%2C126&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_iot_setup2.webp?resize=1024%2C430&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_iot_setup2.webp?resize=768%2C323&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_iot_setup2.webp?resize=1536%2C646&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_iot_setup2.webp?resize=2048%2C861&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_iot_setup2.webp?resize=850%2C357&amp;ssl=1 850w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_iot_setup2.webp?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_iot_setup2.webp?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Step 2 in IoT Sensor registering. Click to enlarge.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa374c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fa374c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Link to start<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b1c8c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4b1c8c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Start <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/defender-for-iot\/organizations\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">here<\/span><\/a>. There&#8217;s the whole library section available for Defender for IoT in MS Learn.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63c2f6d elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"63c2f6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-82cdf48 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"82cdf48\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-74fdd52\" data-id=\"74fdd52\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9abb4cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9abb4cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">API protection<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc6af64 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bc6af64\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Defender for APIs helps you gain visibility into business-critical APIs. You can investigate and improve security posture, prioritize vulnerability fixes, and detect against the top OWASP API and active real-time threats.\u00a0<\/p><p>Defender for APIs currently provides security for APIs published in Azure API Management. Defender for APIs can be onboarded in the Defender for Cloud portal, or within the API Management instance in the Azure portal.<\/p><p>There are also workbook for API protection available.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fc134e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3fc134e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_api_sec-scaled.webp?ssl=1\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"mdc_api_sec\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjMzOCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3d3dy5qdXNzaW1ldHNvLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNVwvMDVcL21kY19hcGlfc2VjLXNjYWxlZC53ZWJwIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"194\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_api_sec-scaled.webp?fit=640%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2338\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_api_sec-scaled.webp?w=2560&amp;ssl=1 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_api_sec-scaled.webp?resize=300%2C91&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_api_sec-scaled.webp?resize=1024%2C310&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_api_sec-scaled.webp?resize=768%2C233&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_api_sec-scaled.webp?resize=1536%2C465&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_api_sec-scaled.webp?resize=2048%2C620&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_api_sec-scaled.webp?resize=850%2C257&amp;ssl=1 850w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_api_sec-scaled.webp?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_api_sec-scaled.webp?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Defender for API main view. Click to enlarge.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91dafdf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"91dafdf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_api_sec_workbook-scaled.webp?ssl=1\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"mdc_api_sec_workbook\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjMzOSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3d3dy5qdXNzaW1ldHNvLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNVwvMDVcL21kY19hcGlfc2VjX3dvcmtib29rLXNjYWxlZC53ZWJwIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"276\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_api_sec_workbook-scaled.webp?fit=640%2C276&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2339\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_api_sec_workbook-scaled.webp?w=2560&amp;ssl=1 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_api_sec_workbook-scaled.webp?resize=300%2C129&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_api_sec_workbook-scaled.webp?resize=1024%2C442&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_api_sec_workbook-scaled.webp?resize=768%2C331&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_api_sec_workbook-scaled.webp?resize=1536%2C663&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_api_sec_workbook-scaled.webp?resize=2048%2C883&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_api_sec_workbook-scaled.webp?resize=850%2C367&amp;ssl=1 850w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_api_sec_workbook-scaled.webp?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_api_sec_workbook-scaled.webp?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Defender for API workbook. Click to enlarge.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5fdf89 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a5fdf89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Pre-reqs for API protection<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-902dd56 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"902dd56\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You need to enable API&#8217;s\u00a0 plan first. Then there are selections made how many API calls you are using. The plan price are calculated based on API call amount per month.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0e4ef7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e0e4ef7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_api_sec_plan_details.webp?ssl=1\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"mdc_api_sec_plan_details\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjMzNywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3d3dy5qdXNzaW1ldHNvLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNVwvMDVcL21kY19hcGlfc2VjX3BsYW5fZGV0YWlscy53ZWJwIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"791\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_api_sec_plan_details.webp?fit=640%2C791&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2337\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_api_sec_plan_details.webp?w=837&amp;ssl=1 837w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_api_sec_plan_details.webp?resize=243%2C300&amp;ssl=1 243w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_api_sec_plan_details.webp?resize=828%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 828w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_api_sec_plan_details.webp?resize=768%2C950&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mdc_api_sec_plan_details.webp?resize=300%2C371&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Defender for API details. Click to enlarge.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0f543e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f0f543e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Link to  start<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd8e4b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cd8e4b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/defender-for-cloud\/defender-for-apis-introduction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">overview<\/span><\/a> of Defender for API.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/security\/zero-trust\/develop\/protect-api\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Register<\/span><\/a> your protected API.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a9636f elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"5a9636f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1fec08a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1fec08a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d783909\" data-id=\"d783909\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e7f1e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2e7f1e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Insights<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-580dfd2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"580dfd2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Insights provide you with latest news, suggested reading, and high priority alerts that are relevant in your environment.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4e0fb8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d4e0fb8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Conclusion<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d23a2e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6d23a2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This post took a while to write. Workload protection and advanced workload protection is the largest section within Defender for Cloud. There are integrations to many asset security functions and it is basicly related to almost all main resources in Azure at least for those which also has something to do with Defender plans.<\/p><p>I was planning to make an own Defender plan post but I think I don&#8217;t do that because this post covered almost all of them.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4696152 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"4696152\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section 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class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-199c62bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"199c62bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e84b670 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e84b670\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\u00a0<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e246c31 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e246c31\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><ul><li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jussimetso.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/20\/microsoft-defender-for-cloud-the-blog-series-part-0-introduction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Part 0: Microsoft Defender for Cloud \u2013 The EPIC blog series \u2013 introduction<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jussimetso.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/25\/microsoft-defender-for-cloud-the-blog-series-part-1-getting-started\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Part 1: Getting started aka Setup<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<strong><br \/><\/strong><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jussimetso.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/22\/defender-for-cloud-part-2-the-asset-inventory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Part 2: The Asset Inventory\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jussimetso.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/22\/defender-for-cloud-part-3-security-posture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Part 3: Security posture<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jussimetso.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/24\/defender-for-cloud-part-4-security-recommendations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Part 4: Security recommendations<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jussimetso.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/31\/defender-for-cloud-part-5-security-alerts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Part 5: Security alerts<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jussimetso.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/12\/defender-for-cloud-part-6-attack-path-analysis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Part 6: Attack path analysis<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jussimetso.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/22\/defender-for-cloud-part-7-cloud-security-explorer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Part 7: Cloud security explorer<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jussimetso.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/07\/defender-for-cloud-part-8-workbooks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Part 8: Workbooks<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jussimetso.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/13\/defender-for-cloud-part-regulatory-compliance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Part 9: Regulatory compliance<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jussimetso.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/24\/defender-for-cloud-part-10-cloud-workload-protection-cwp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Part 10: Workload protections<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jussimetso.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/10\/defender-for-cloud-part-10-5-cwp-advanced-protection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">part 10.5: Advanced Workload protection<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jussimetso.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/27\/defender-for-cloud-part-11-data-and-ai-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Part 11: Data and AI security &#8211; The end of the series<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43e6d540 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"43e6d540\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-77eee890 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"77eee890\" 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