Information
Turning on Microsoft Defender for Storage enables threat detection for Storage, providing threat intelligence, anomaly detection, and behavior analytics in the Microsoft Defender for Cloud.
Rationale:
Enabling Microsoft Defender for Storage allows for greater defense-in-depth, with threat detection provided by the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC).
Impact:
Turning on Microsoft Defender for Storage incurs an additional cost per resource.
Solution
From Azure Portal
Go to Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Select Environment Settings blade
Click on the subscription name
Select the Defender plans blade
On the line in the table for Storage Select On under Plan.
Select Save
From Azure CLI
Ensure the output of the below command is Standard
az security pricing create -n StorageAccounts --tier 'standard'
From Powershell
Set-AzSecurityPricing -Name 'StorageAccounts' -PricingTier 'Standard'
Default Value:
By default, Microsoft Defender plan is off.