| Plugin Title | Standard Pricing Enabled |
| Cloud | AZURE |
| Category | Security Center |
| Description | Ensures that standard pricing is enabled in the security center |
| More Info | Enabling standard pricing increases the security posture of the subscription. This enables advanced security monitoring for the services covered under the security center. |
| AZURE Link | https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/security-center/ |
| Recommended Action | Ensure that standard pricing is enabled in the security center. |
- Log in to the Microsoft Azure Management Console.
- Select the "Search resources, services, and docs" option at the top and search for Security Center.
- On the "Security Center page, scroll down and select the "Pricing & Settings" option under "Management" in the left navigation panel.
- On Pricing & Settings page, click on the name of the Azure subscription that needs to examine.
- In the blade navigation panel, choose Pricing tier and check the pricing tier enabled for the selected subscription and check if the Standard pricing tier is enabled or not.
- Repeat steps number 2 - to check other Azure accounts.
- Navigate to Azure Security Center and choose Pricing & settings to access your Azure account subscriptions in the navigation panel.
- Click on the name of the Azure subscription that needs to be examine on the Pricing page.
- In the navigation panel, select Pricing tier, then click on the Standard tier box to choose the required tier and click on the Save button to make the changes.
- Repeat steps number 7 - 9 to ensure that standard pricing is enabled in the security center.