HIGH
Source
CloudSploit
ID
enable-defender-for-sql-servers

Enable Defender For SQL Servers

Ensures that Microsoft Defender is enabled for Azure SQL Server Databases at subscription level or individual resource level.

Turning on Microsoft Defender for Azure SQL Server Databases enables threat detection for Azure SQL database servers, providing threat intelligence, anomaly detection, and behavior analytics in the Microsoft Defender for Cloud.

Turning on Microsoft Defender for Azure SQL Databases incurs an additional cost per resource.