Databases should always be private — behind a VPC/VNET, accessible only from the application tier. Public exposure represents either a misconfigured cloud instance or a legacy server that was never moved behind a firewall. Many database engines (Mongo, ES, Redis) ship with no authentication by default.
A scan reports where your tenant stands on this check — pass, fail with a step-by-step fix, or not applicable if your licensing doesn’t include the feature. When Tenant Strike can’t read a setting with read-only access, it says unverified and gives you a one-command way to confirm it yourself — it never guesses.
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Is your tenant covered on "close exposed database ports"?
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