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id: azure-mgmt-security
version: "7.0.0"
license: MIT License
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# azure-mgmt-security — Microsoft Azure Security Center Management Client Library for Python

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Downloads: 5.6M/mo

## What it is and what it does

This is the Microsoft Azure Security Center Management Client Library, a Python SDK for programmatic control of Azure Security Center and related threat detection services. It provides operation groups for managing security policies, pricing tiers, health reports, and defender offerings. The library handles authentication via Azure Active Directory using environment variables (AZURE_CLIENT_ID, AZURE_TENANT_ID, AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET, AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID) and exposes a SecurityCenter client as the main entry point.

Version 7.0.0 adds support for DevOps integrations, sensitivity settings, and server vulnerability assessment configurations. It requires Python 3.8 or later and has no runtime dependencies, making it lightweight to integrate into existing Azure management workflows. The package is actively maintained and supports current Python versions.

Use it for:

- Automate security policy enforcement and pricing tier management across Azure subscriptions
- Integrate Azure Security Center data into custom dashboards or monitoring platforms
- Query health reports and vulnerability assessments to trigger remediation workflows
- Manage defender offerings and assess security posture programmatically
- Provision and configure security scanning for DevOps repositories

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

Manages Azure Security Center resources programmatically, providing operations for security policies, pricing, assessments, and threat detection across cloud environments.

Yes. This is a production-stable, actively maintained official Microsoft SDK with no runtime dependencies and low install friction. Use it when you need to automate Azure Security Center operations or integrate security data into broader cloud management systems. The permissive MIT License and broad Python version support (3.8–3.12) make it suitable for most projects.

## Install

pip install azure-mgmt-security
uv add azure-mgmt-security
poetry add azure-mgmt-security

## Installing azure-mgmt-security

Before you install: Low friction installation with no runtime dependencies. Actively maintained with recent releases; last commit 2026-08-14 and version 7.0.0 released 2024-05-20. Supports Python 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, 3.12.

License in practice: MIT License (permissive) allows free use, modification, and distribution with minimal restrictions, suitable for both open-source and commercial projects.

Quickstart:

pip install azure-mgmt-security

from azure.mgmt.security import SecurityCenter
import os

sub_id = os.getenv("AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID")
client = SecurityCenter(credential=credential, subscription_id=sub_id)
# Example: list pricings
pricings = client.pricings.list(scope_id=f"/subscriptions/{sub_id}")

Requires Azure subscription and environment variables: AZURE_CLIENT_ID, AZURE_TENANT_ID, AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET, AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID. Python 3.8+ required.

Verify before relying:

- Whether authentication via Azure Active Directory environment variables is required or optional for all operations
- Scope and completeness of operations relative to Azure Security Center's full feature set
- Performance characteristics and rate limits when managing large numbers of security resources

## Package facts

- License: MIT License (permissive)
- Python support: supports_current
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: active
- Downloads: 5.6M/month (top 5,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

azure security center management, azure defender configuration, cloud security posture management, azure security api client, security compliance automation, azure threat assessment, security policy automation, cloud-security, azure-sdk

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