Pipeline: 3.1.3.5 Ensure that 'File Integrity Monitoring' component status is set to 'On'

Description

File Integrity Monitoring (FIM) is a feature that monitors critical system files in Windows or Linux for potential signs of attack or compromise.

FIM provides a detection mechanism for compromised files. When FIM is enabled, critical system files are monitored for changes that might indicate a threat actor is attempting to modify system files for lateral compromise within a host operating system.

Remediation

From Azure Portal

From the Azure Portal Home page, select Microsoft Defender for Cloud.
Under Management select Environment Settings.
Select a subscription.
Under Settings > Defender Plans, click Settings & monitoring.
Under the Component column, locate the row for File Integrity Monitoring.
Select On.
Click Continue in the top left.

Repeat the above for any additional subscriptions.

Default Value

By default, File Integrity Monitoring is Off.

Run the pipeline

To run this pipeline from your terminal:

flowpipe pipeline run azure_cis.pipeline.cis_v300_3_1_3_5

Use this pipeline

To call this pipeline from your pipeline, use a step:

step "pipeline" "step_name" {
  pipeline = azure_cis.pipeline.cis_v300_3_1_3_5  
}

Params

Name	Type	Required	Description	Default
database	connection.steampipe	Yes	Database connection string.	`connection.steampipe.default`
notifier	notifier	Yes	The name of the notifier to use for sending notification messages.	`notifier.default`
notification_level	string	Yes	The verbosity level of notification messages to send. Valid options are 'verbose', 'info', 'error'.	`info`
approvers	list(notifier)	Yes	List of notifiers to be used for obtaining action/approval decisions.	`notifier.default`

Outputs

This pipeline has no outputs.