Combines SQL vulnerability assessment with Advanced Threat Protection, which alerts on brute force, SQL injection and anomalous access. As a Defender for Cloud plan it detects threats; it doesn't mask or encrypt data.
Also called Advanced Threat Protection, Advanced Data Security, Azure Defender for SQL.
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Terms in this definition
- SQL vulnerability assessment
A Defender for SQL scan that checks databases for misconfigurations; once the plan is enabled you can set up recurring scans and who receives reports. It is distinct from threat-detection alerts.
- Advanced Threat Protection
Part of Defender for SQL that raises alerts for possible SQL injection, code vulnerable to injection, brute-force attacks and access by unusual principals or from unusual locations.
- SQL injection
Smuggling SQL into the input an application accepts. NSGs cannot detect it; WAF managed rule sets, such as those on Application Gateway, stop it at the web tier, and Microsoft Defender for SQL alerts on it.
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