TMA-INTUNE-DEFENDER-2.3
Ensure 'Allow Cloud Protection' is set to 'Allowed'
Description
This policy setting configures Microsoft Active Protection Service (MAPS). Microsoft MAPS is designed to help Microsoft continually update and improve definitions of malware, spyware and other potentially unwanted software and to help Microsoft improve Windows Defender and related technologies. The recommended state for this setting is: Allowed. Turns on Cloud Protection.. Audit: SpynetReporting under HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Spynet must be absent or 2.
How it is checked
Audit method: Windows registry
$bad = @(); $v = (Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Spynet' -Name 'SpynetReporting' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue).'SpynetReporting'; if (-not ($null -eq $v -or @(2) -contains [int64]$v)) { $bad += 'SpynetReporting=' + $v }; if ($bad.Count -eq 0) { 'compliant' } else { 'non-compliant: ' + ($bad -join ', ') }- Expected output
compliant
How it is fixed
Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch
To establish the recommended configuration via configuration profiles, set the following Settings Catalog path to Allowed. Turns on Cloud Protection.. Defender\Allow Cloud Protection To establish the recommended configuration via Endpoint Security Blade: 1. Navigate to Endpoint Security 2. Click Antivirus 3. Click Create Profile 4. Select Windows for the Platform and Microsoft Defender Antivirus for Profile 5. Name the profile 6. Configure Allow Cloud Protection to Allowed. Turns on Cloud Protection.
Properties
- Operating systems
- Any
- Tags
- intune-defenderintuneregistry
- Reference
- CIS Microsoft Intune for Microsoft Defender Antivirus Benchmark v1.0.0 - 2.3 Ensure 'Allow Cloud Protection' is set to 'Allowed'
Check this host
Run this on a machine you are allowed to audit. The scan is read-only.
tmaegis scan --target intune-defender