DP-300 Implement a secure environment Practice Question
You are a database administrator for a retail company that uses Azure SQL Database. The security team wants to prevent SQL injection attacks by ensuring that all application queries use parameterized statements. Which built-in Azure feature should you enable to help detect and alert on potential SQL injection attempts?
⚠ Common exam trap
It's easy for candidates to confuse passive auditing or assessment features (which log or scan for vulnerabilities) with active threat detection that monitors and alerts on real-time attack patterns like SQL injection.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Enable Microsoft Defender for SQL
Microsoft Defender for SQL includes advanced threat detection capabilities that continuously monitor database activity for anomalous patterns, including SQL injection attempts. When enabled, it analyzes query execution patterns and can alert on suspicious queries that deviate from parameterized statement usage, directly addressing the security team's requirement to detect and alert on potential SQL injection attacks.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Enable auditing on the database
Why it's wrong here
Auditing records executed statements and login activity to a storage or Log Analytics target, but it does not analyse query structure for injection patterns or raise alerts. Auditing suits compliance evidence and forensic review. Detecting injection attempts requires a feature that inspects query behaviour and flags suspicious patterns.
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Enable data discovery and classification
Why it's wrong here
Data discovery and classification labels columns containing sensitive data such as personal or financial information, supporting governance and masking decisions. It suits identifying where regulated data resides. It performs no query-pattern analysis, so it cannot detect or alert on SQL injection attempts against the database.
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Enable Microsoft Defender for SQL
Why this is correct
Microsoft Defender for SQL detects anomalous query patterns and injection attempts, raising alerts in Microsoft Defender for Cloud. It satisfies the requirement to detect and alert on potential SQL injection, rather than merely preventing it through parameterisation, which is an application-side coding practise outside Azure SQL Database's built-in controls.
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Enable SQL vulnerability assessment
Why it's wrong here
Vulnerability assessment scans database configuration, permissions and surface area against benchmarks, producing periodic reports. It suits hardening reviews and compliance baselines. It does not monitor live query traffic for injection patterns, so it cannot detect or alert on attempted SQL injection in real time.
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