⚠️Remediating Infrastructure-as-Code Security Misconfigurations with Microsoft Defender for DevOps⚠️

How can we bring together speed, efficiency, and security in the cloud? Here's a strategy!

Imagine being able to nip potential security vulnerabilities in the bud, right when you're deploying an Azure App Service web app? Sounds like a dream, doesn't it? But it's not - this is the reality that Microsoft Defender for DevOps is delivering.

🔥Let's see it in action in the ContosoHotels scenario:

1️⃣ The journey starts when the security team onboards the Azure DevOps environment to Microsoft Defender for Cloud, configures Microsoft Security DevOps in the CI/CD pipeline, and enables PR annotations for Azure DevOps repositories. 

2️⃣ The developer then commits an ARM template to deploy an App Service and submits a pull request (PR).

3️⃣ Next, Microsoft Defender for DevOps scans the PR for any lurking vulnerabilities or misconfigurations.

But it doesn't stop there!

4️⃣ The developer is alerted about any critical IaC security misconfigurations - down to the precise line of code! They can then correct the issue using the provided recommendations and merge the PR.

5️⃣ In Microsoft Defender for Cloud, the security team has a bird's eye view of every IaC misconfiguration found across GitHub and Azure DevOps (ADO) repositories.

6️⃣ The security team can dive into Microsoft Defender for Cloud recommendations for further insights, and also assign remediation tasks.

7️⃣ Lastly, the developer, armed with insights from Microsoft Defender for Cloud, can eliminate all vulnerabilities, bolstering the security posture and shrinking the attack surface of cloud-native applications.

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🔗Tech Community: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-defender-for-cloud/remediating-infrastructure-as-code-security-misconfigurations/ba-p/3824135

🔗Defender for DevOps Benefits and features: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/defender-for-cloud/defender-for-devops-introduction

🔗Discover misconfigurations in IaC: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/defender-for-cloud/iac-vulnerabilities

🔗Enable pull requests annotations in GitHub: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/defender-for-cloud/enable-pull-request-annotations

🔗Defender for DevOps FAQ: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/defender-for-cloud/devops-faq