What should you recommend to address storage account network access risks identified in recommendations from Microsoft Defender for Cloud?

To address storage account network access risks identified in recommendations from Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Azure Storage Analytics is the appropriate choice because it provides detailed logging and analytics for storage accounts. This service helps monitor and analyze access patterns and potential security issues by capturing detailed logs of requests to your storage account. By reviewing these logs, you can identify unauthorized access attempts and assess how your storage resources are being used, which is vital for improving security posture and compliance with organizational policies.

The focus of Azure Storage Analytics on monitoring access and usage directly aligns with the need to understand and mitigate risks related to network access. It enables proactive management of storage account security by facilitating the detection of anomalies or unauthorized interactions with your data.

In contrast, while the other options serve important roles in network management and traffic distribution, they do not specifically focus on logging and security monitoring for storage accounts. Azure Traffic Manager is primarily used for distributing traffic across multiple endpoints, Azure Load Balancer handles traffic balancing without necessarily providing logging details, and Azure Virtual Network Gateway is focused on connecting on-premises networks to Azure resources rather than managing access to storage accounts specifically. Thus, these solutions would not directly help in identifying and mitigating network access risks for storage accounts as effectively as Azure Storage Analytics.