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Microsoft Defender for IoT

Microsoft Defender for IoT
Formerly Azure Defender for IoT, with CyberX

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What is Microsoft Defender for IoT?

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…

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January 06, 2023

Great Tool for securing and maintaining IoT devices

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 51-200 employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We have multiple clients with industrial IoT devices in their manufacturing plants and a vendor who sells smart (IoT) devices to monitor specific machinery. Those IoT needs to be monitored and secured as they collect confidential data and logs which are then used by analysts and engineers for business decisions. And it is my job to provide and equip them with the best security tools present. So, I configured Defender for IoT on them.
Pros and Cons
  • Agentless monitoring
  • Integration with Sentinel
  • Multiple protocol support
  • Greater focus on UI UX which is great but sometimes limits in terms of features
  • Device inventory and alerting
Likelihood to Recommend
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.
Most Important Features
  • Serverless
  • Active monitoring
  • The consolidated dashboard for incidents
  • Integration with Sentinel.
Return on Investment
  • As we are using other Azure products it has been great to get everything at one stop
  • A nice and comprehensive solution for our security needs.
  • IoT devices are our end devices and an easy entry point for bad actors, configuring defender for IoT has saved us with the time and money which we could lost in a malicious attack
Alternatives Considered
Defender being native to MS was the decision maker for us.
Other Software Used
December 30, 2022

Defender for IoT: A one stop solution for all the IoT security needs

Paras Jasal | TrustRadius Reviewer
Paras Jasal
Data Engineer
Celebal Technologies (Computer Software, 1001-5000 employees)
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I have consulted multiple MNCs, especially home security companies looking to shift to Azure. Microsoft Defender was used for full security layer of a company's IoT environment. Easy and Seamless Azure Integration with IoT devices makes Defender the top choice for companies already using any Azure Services. Having a full security plan and global threat protection without any performance hits also provides a great advantage among its competitors
Pros and Cons
  • 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
  • To use it to it's full potential, multiple Azure services are required including but not limited to Intune, VM etc
  • Due to a heavy focus on UI rather than Code heavy approach, it sometimes limits itself in terms of features and adds additional complexity when looking for niche network security features.
  • Major features like Device inventory and alerting are still in preview mode, which of course can hamper an organisation's trust
Likelihood to Recommend
Companies that are not using Azure cloud exhaustively will struggle with maximizing the potential of Microsoft defender as multiple important features require the use of IoT Hub etc

The product definitely shines though, when integrated with it's friends, i.e when used collectively within microsoft ecosystem. Paired with Intune and IoT Hub, it does a phenomenal job at providing global protection including automated threat protection and cross domain network security features
Most Important Features
  • We are a Microsoft Gold Partner, hence for my Organisation, Integration with Azure Cloud is extremely useful
  • Ease of setting up. Due to a code less approach of Defender and azure in general, it is super easy to configure and set up
  • The defender dashboards are spot on for Clients. Clients love the at a glance dashboard insights helping them discover issues and probable solutions immediately
Return on Investment
  • 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!
Alternatives Considered
My company being more into the Azure Cloud ecosystem, I haven't used a lot of Defender's competitors, but judging from other products and their counterparts (S3 vs ADLS or Data factory vs glue for example), Defender is definitely a superior choice given the user friendliness alone, the features are like a bonus
Other Software Used
Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, Azure Synapse Analytics (Azure SQL Data Warehouse)
July 24, 2022

Excellent Security Control Platform with Functional Threats Management Options.

Edger Loredo | TrustRadius Reviewer
Edger Loredo
Project Manager
Keyway (Real Estate, 11-50 employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
This Microsoft platform is very stable and secure in data handling and the functions are very powerful to easy handling different data with various types and formats. The deployment of the product is also easy for IT users and it allows easy data threats management and monitoring of Cloud services and creating reports is very simple.
Pros and Cons
  • Data modeling capability.
  • Easy collecting information from different websites.
  • Effective data integration functions.
  • The deployment when new to the system is not an easy task.
  • Multiple big project information securing.
  • Migrating large amount of different data.
Likelihood to Recommend
The Microsoft software is more efficient and stable enough for the user to protect the project data from one platform and the interface security setting is very easy. The environment that the platform offers to the user for multiple data pulling and creation of accurate and useful data analytics is very secure and threats detection functions are very active and responsive.
Most Important Features
  • Data connection functions.
  • Access control capability.
  • Data pulling features.
  • Services monitoring functions.
Return on Investment
  • With this Microsoft software the protection of our project data is excellent and easy data mining solution.
  • Extraction and data analytics generation is very effective.
  • Data modeling and preparation of multiple data reports from various projects.
Alternatives Considered
The features on this Microsoft platform are simple and easy to adjust their functionalities and the performance is excellent and cost-effective. The data analytics are provided in real-time and the easy obtaining of multiple development project data reports through this software is productive. The interface configuration and threats management are great on this package.
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July 11, 2022

Solid Security for a Decent Price

MH
Matt Huiatt
Senior Information Technology Audit Manager
Solution Simple (Information Technology & Services, 501-1000 employees)
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Our client needed this for security purposes and since we're running our systems via O365/Azure anyway it made sense to continue using Microsoft products. Needed to improve compliance and risk management without breaking the bank. We already have a pre-existing relationship with Microsoft so this made sense.
Pros and Cons
  • Alerting us when issues arise
  • ID of assets
  • Monitors without causing performance issues
  • It's still growing just like Azure was in the beginning
  • Not great for clients who have very small budgets
Likelihood to Recommend
This is a good product for all PC environments as it can find assets and monitor without too many problems. Likely won't be as great for a Mac or Linux environment. For monitoring etc this is solid software that should have more features as time goes on
Most Important Features
  • Overall Cost
  • Real Time Alerts
  • Product Roadmap looks promising for the future
Return on Investment
  • We're much more secure
  • Threat management is streamlined
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