Connecting Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management (MS Defender VMS) to Drata allows for the automated, continuous monitoring of SLA due dates and evidence collection of vulnerabilities issues required for compliance.
This integration automates evidence collection for the Vulnerability Scanning test, which is mapped to DCF-18 by default. You can view findings by selecting the View Findings button after connecting or navigating directly to the Vulnerabilities page through the left-side navigation menu.
Prerequisite
Sync severities configuration
Drata pulls up to 1,000 new or updated vulnerabilities per connection each day, prioritized by severity from Critical to Low.
During setup, you can choose which vulnerability severities you want to sync into Drata.
15 day data retention limit
When connecting Microsoft Defender as your vulnerability management provider, please be aware that it has a 15-day data retention limit.
This means Drata will only display vulnerability findings from the past 15 days for this integration.
To prevent unexpected gaps in historical vulnerability data, keep this in mind when setting up or troubleshooting your Microsoft Defender connection.
Connect MS Defender VMS to Drata
Select Connections from the left-side navigation menu.
Go to the Available Connections tab and search for "MS Defender VMS".
Alternatively, you can select Vulnerability Scanning under the Types section of the connections to search for the connection.
In the connection drawer, you can select the severity and the date of the vulnerabilities you want to sync. These selections will also be included in the test result report for visibility.
Severity of vulnerabilities: Select the severity level of the vulnerabilities that you want to sync into Drata for compliance monitoring. Critical and High are auto-selected. Drata will bring up to 1000 new vulnerabilities or updates to vulnerabilities, sorted by severity.
First seen on: Select the date when the vulnerabilities you want to sync were first created. All vulnerabilities detected on and after this date will be synced.
Select the connect button to proceed.
Authorize and complete the OAuth process for authentication. Drata uses Leen as an API integration partner to integrate with MS Defender VMS.
Once the connection is successfully created, you can select the View Findings button on the connection card or navigate to the Vulnerabilities page to review and manage the synced vulnerabilities for compliance monitoring. Learn more at Vulnerabilities help article.