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# Microsoft Defender for Containers should be enabled
 
## Description{% #description %}

Microsoft Defender for Containers protects Kubernetes clusters, container registries, and container workloads with vulnerability assessment, runtime threat detection, and posture hardening. The plan must be enabled at the *Standard* tier on every subscription that hosts container workloads.

## Remediation{% #remediation %}

See [Enable Defender for Containers on AKS via the Azure portal](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/defender-for-cloud/tutorial-enable-containers-azure) for step-by-step instructions on enabling the plan.