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Enable the standard security center subscription tier

Default Severity: low

Explanation

To benefit from Azure Defender you should use the Standard subscription tier.

        Enabling Azure Defender extends the capabilities of the free mode to workloads running in private and other public clouds, providing unified security management and threat protection across your hybrid cloud workloads.

Possible Impact

Using free subscription does not enable Azure Defender for the resource type

Suggested Resolution

Enable standard subscription tier to benefit from Azure Defender

Insecure Example

The following example will fail the azure-security-center-enable-standard-subscription check. 

 resource "azurerm_security_center_subscription_pricing" "bad_example" {
   tier          = "Free"
   resource_type = "VirtualMachines"
 }

Secure Example

The following example will pass the azure-security-center-enable-standard-subscription check. 

 resource "azurerm_security_center_subscription_pricing" "good_example" {
   tier          = "Standard"
   resource_type = "VirtualMachines"
 }