Information
Turning on Microsoft Defender for Key Vault enables threat detection for Key Vault, providing threat intelligence, anomaly detection, and behavior analytics in the Microsoft Defender for Cloud.
Rationale:
Enabling Microsoft Defender for Key Vault allows for greater defense-in-depth, with threat detection provided by the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC).
Impact:
Turning on Microsoft Defender for Key Vault 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
Select On under Status for Key Vault.
Select Save.
From Azure CLI
Enable Standard pricing tier for Key Vault:
az security pricing create -n 'KeyVaults' --tier 'Standard'
From PowerShell
Enable Standard pricing tier for Key Vault:
Set-AzSecurityPricing -Name 'KeyVaults' -PricingTier 'Standard'
Default Value:
By default, Microsoft Defender plan is off.