{"id":2712,"date":"2018-05-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/blog\/announcing-sql-atp-and-sql-vulnerability-assessment-general-availability"},"modified":"2023-05-11T15:39:33","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T22:39:33","slug":"announcing-sql-atp-and-sql-vulnerability-assessment-general-availability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/announcing-sql-atp-and-sql-vulnerability-assessment-general-availability\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing SQL Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) and SQL Vulnerability Assessment general availability"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are delighted to announce the general availability of SQL Vulnerability Assessment for Azure SQL Database! SQL Vulnerability Assessment (VA) provides you a one-stop-shop to discover, track and remediate potential database vulnerabilities. It helps give you visibility into your security state, and includes actionable steps to investigate, manage and resolve security issues, and enhance your database fortifications. VA is available for Azure SQL Database customers as well as for on-premises SQL Server customers via SSMS.<\/p>\n

If you have data privacy requirements or need to comply with data protection regulations like the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR), then VA is your built-in solution to simplify these processes and monitor your database protection status. For dynamic database environments where changes are frequent and hard to track, VA is invaluable in detecting the settings that can leave your database vulnerable to attack.<\/p>\n

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New SQL Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)<\/h2>\n

VA is being released to general availability (GA) as part of a new security package for your Azure SQL Database, called SQL Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)<\/b>. ATP provides a single go-to location for discovering, classifying and protecting sensitive data, managing your database vulnerabilities, and detecting anomalous activities that could indicate a threat to the database.<\/p>\n

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With one click, you can enable ATP on your entire database server, applying to all databases on the server. ATP includes SQL Threat Detection<\/a> (already generally available), SQL Vulnerability Assessment<\/a>, and SQL Information Protection<\/a> (currently in preview). You can try it for free with a 60-day free trial period. For more information, please see our pricing page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Existing Threat Detection customers will continue to receive the Threat Detection service for the same price as before, with the additional benefits of the entire ATP package. All other customers will be required to opt-in to the new ATP service.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s new in VA?<\/h2>\n

SQL Vulnerability Assessment is an easy-to-use service that you can use to monitor that your database maintains a high level of security at all times, and that your organizational policies are met. It provides a comprehensive security report along with actionable remediation steps for each issue found, making it easy to proactively manage your database security stature even if you are not a security expert.<\/p>\n

With the GA announcement, SQL VA supports some new and valuable capabilities.<\/p>\n