Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps vs. Microsoft Defender for IoT

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
Score 7.4 out of 10
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Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps (formerly Microsoft Cloud App Security) is a multimode cloud access security broker.N/A
Microsoft Defender for IoT
Score 9.0 out of 10
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Microsoft states users can protect IoT/OT devices and get visibility into risk with Microsoft Defender for IoT (formerly Azure Defender for IoT), boasting agentless network monitoring for asset discovery, vulnerability management, and continuous threat detection across IoT/OT devices whether they’re unmanaged devices or managed devices provisioned via Azure IoT Hub. Features an integration with Azure Sentinel and third-party solutions. Deploy in either on-premises or Azure-connected…N/A
Pricing
Microsoft Defender for Cloud AppsMicrosoft Defender for IoT
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
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Microsoft Defender for Cloud AppsMicrosoft Defender for IoT
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Small Businesses

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Medium-sized Companies
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Score 9.8 out of 10
Barracuda CloudGen Firewall
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Score 9.5 out of 10
Enterprises
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Score 9.8 out of 10
Forescout Platform
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Score 7.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
Microsoft Defender for Cloud AppsMicrosoft Defender for IoT
Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
(11 ratings)
9.0
(4 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
5.0
(1 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Microsoft Defender for Cloud AppsMicrosoft Defender for IoT
Likelihood to Recommend
Microsoft
Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps is well suited when working with other Microsoft Applications. For example, if you are working with Microsoft Office 365 it works very well when implementing CASB features. It works when implementing monitoring or blocks on Sanctioned applications however customizing the message to users is not that great.
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Microsoft
Suited in almost all situations as it has a server less option where if your end device cannot bear the load of an agent, it could be used to protect the network. The comprehensive dashboarding and its integration with Microsoft Defender 365 and Sentinel allows automated remediation and full incident investigation at a single pane. If you don't have a 24*7 SOC team this ca come handy as you can automate workbooks and scripts to run with custom triggers. I haven't faced any scenario where it is not a suitable choice.
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Pros
Microsoft
  • The integration to Microsoft Entra ID is seamless, which allows Conditional Access to redirect the session to Microsoft Defender for Cloud App for it to take actions (Block or Monitor).
  • Tracker users' activity is very good when troubleshooting or running an investigate.
  • Detecting risky users through tight integration with Microsoft Entra ID is a very good feature.
  • Detecting mass downloads and blocking the download of files from non-manage company devices is a very good feature as well.
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Microsoft
  • Easy Integration in the form of multiple deployment options including On Prem, Azure or Hybrid Cloud
  • All round protection/ Real time analytics with absolutely no performance hits
  • Interoperability with Microsoft SIEM/SOAR. This helps in global threat protection with automated and cross domain network security
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Cons
Microsoft
  • It takes some time to scan and apply the policies when there is some sensitive information.
  • After it applies the policies, it works, but there is a delay.
  • It doesn't provide any way to scan Microsoft Teams when an external exchange of images is happening. You can always do the filtering on the documents during the chat, but if there is an image, then some kind of OCR capability is required to detect it. At present, there is no way [Microsoft Cloud App Security] can go and detect those kinds of images and alert us
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Microsoft
  • The deployment when new to the system is not an easy task.
  • Multiple big project information securing.
  • Migrating large amount of different data.
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Usability
Microsoft
The interface is pretty simple and easy to use; however, you will need to do a lot of investigative research on your own to get comfortable with it. Originally, many of the Microsoft security tools had their own seperate consoles. Overtime, they have blended into one interface which is the ideal state. In some cases it is clear Microsoft had to pick which console a certain feature or setting was going to reside in and this leads to some confusion. For example, DLP is managed through Defender for Cloud Apps but you will also need to jump into Purview. For things like reverse proxy on your M365 tenant, you will need to go into Azure and setup conditional access rules. Not a big problem and I can understand why the settings are located where they are but for someone just starting out with Defender for Cloud Apps, it will take some time to figure out.
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Microsoft
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Support Rating
Microsoft
I have not utilized actual support but the Sales and Product teams have been super helpful in moving our implementation forward and showing us the best practices.
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Microsoft
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Alternatives Considered
Microsoft
More flexible and more features with easy integration with cloud services like Microsoft Azure and other cloud services. Overall both gives similar features but we prefer Microsoft cloud app security due to its high threat detection rate. mostly we have been able to stop the threat in very very less time.
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Microsoft
Defender being native to MS was the decision maker for us.
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Return on Investment
Microsoft
  • Cloud App Security saves us thousands of dollars finding and rectifying apps security issues
  • Identity Security Posture helps the organization identity stay in shape, saving thousands of dollars on security consultations
  • The cost of suffering a breach cannot be quantified, CAS helps minimize the chances of the attackers succeeding, with excellent historical logging for most operations
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Microsoft
  • Positive: With the influx of IoT device organisations in general, we have seen significant demand of the product and hence a good revenue
  • Negatively, sometimes, some preview features may significantly change or stop working, which causes client frustration
  • Overall, keeping the distrust in preview features aside, 99% of the times, defender hits the right spot!
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