5.10 Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Microsoft defender for cloud is a platform that provides comprehensive security strategy that employs multiple layers of defense. Each designed to

• Detect
• Deter
• Delay

the cyber attacks, and it’s not just for Azure resources, you can also employ Microsoft defender for cloud in AWS, Google Cloud, and On-premises datacentres. In addition to this, we can connect our

• GitHub
• Azure
• DevOps
• Gitlabs

to generate security recommendations.

This constantly monitors, assess risks, taking action to ensure the safety of the internal network.

Microsoft Defender for Cloud was previously known as Security Center. It’s not just for Azure but for other cloud environments such as AWS, Google Cloud, and on-premises.

Features

• Continuous assessment, automatically evaluates the security posture of Azure ,on-premise and other cloud environments.
• Threat Protection, it is capable of detecting and responding to the threats across Azure services and connected workloads, similar to an alarm system.
• Secure Score, provides a quantifiable measure for security stance, along with recommendations comparable to safety audits.
• Regulatory compliance dashboards, these offers insights into the compliance with regulatory standards such as ISO27001, PCIDSS, etc.

Benefits

• Comprehensive security, protects against broad spectrum of threats and vulnerabilities.
• Centralized Management, offers centralized panel for all security needs as a security centre.
• Automated recommendations, provides guidance to enhance security with actionable steps.

Use Cases

• Cloud workload security, helps secure cloud and non-cloud workloads
• Compliance Management, helps meet the compliance and regulations.
• Strengthening cloud security, by integrating MS Defender for cloud organizations can ensure fortified stance against threats.