What is Microsoft Defender for Cloud?
Microsoft Defender for Cloud is a Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) and Cloud Workload Protection Platform (CWPP) for Azure, on-premises, and multicloud (Amazon AWS and Google GCP) resources.
- Defender for Cloud secure score continually assesses security posture so as to enable users to track new security opportunities and precisely report on the progress of security efforts.
- Defender for Cloud recommendations secures workloads with step-by-step actions that protect workloads from known security risks.
- Defender for Cloud alerts defends workloads in real-time so users can react immediately and prevent security events from developing.
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Remediation of critical issues in code
Technical Details
| Deployment Types | On-Premise, SaaS |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Windows |
| Mobile Application | No |
FAQs
What is Microsoft Defender for Cloud?
Microsoft Defender for Cloud is a Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) and Cloud Workload Protection Platform (CWPP) for Azure, on-premises, and multicloud (Amazon AWS and Google GCP) resources.
What are Microsoft Defender for Cloud's top competitors?
Amazon Web Services, Palo Alto Networks Prisma Cloud, and Google Cloud Platform are common alternatives for Microsoft Defender for Cloud.








