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Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Formerly Azure Security Center

Overview

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.

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Recent Reviews

Defender for Cloud.

8 out of 10
September 20, 2023
Incentivized
Secure Cloud Applications, and we use it to protect Cloud Workloads. We also use it in a DLP capacity to protect cloud workspaces.
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Awards

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Reviewer Pros & Cons

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Apoorv Tiwari | TrustRadius Reviewer
Apoorv Tiwari
Cloud Engineer
The Henson group (Computer Software, 51-200 employees)
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Shreyas Limaye
Senior Cloud Engineer
IFI Tech (Information Technology & Services, 51-200 employees)
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Product Demos

Getting Started with Microsoft Defender for Cloud

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Product Details

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.

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Features

  • Supported: Reduces risk with contextual security posture management
  • Supported: Helps prevent, detect, and respond quickly to threats
  • Supported: Unifies security management for DevOps
  • Supported: Offers comprehensive cloud-native security in Microsoft Defender for Cloud with Defender for APIs security capabilities, now in public preview.

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Screenshots

Screenshot of Remediation of critical issues in codeScreenshot of Cloud security benchmark mapped to industry FramworksScreenshot of Prioritization of critical risks with contextual threat analysisScreenshot of Workload protectionScreenshot of Unified DevOps VisibilityScreenshot of Visualizations to improve security posture proactively

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Video

Microsoft Defender for Cloud - Secure multicloud and hybrid environments

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Microsoft Defender for Cloud Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsWindows
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

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.

Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, and Palo Alto Networks Prisma Cloud are common alternatives for Microsoft Defender for Cloud.

The most common users of Microsoft Defender for Cloud are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Reviews

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January 10, 2024

The overall security protection.

Apoorv Tiwari | TrustRadius Reviewer
Apoorv Tiwari
Cloud Engineer
The Henson group (Computer Software, 51-200 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Environment Setup
We only use Azure, and it is very good with its service. We are ready to reach new heights and also the day-by-day enhancements in its policies, especially in the field of security. We are fully covered and secured. Microsoft Azure is very good and useful for all types of organizations.
October 25, 2023

A Defender of your cloud environment that rarely lets you down!

Yash Mudaliar | TrustRadius Reviewer
Yash Mudaliar
Associate Lead Security Admin
Atidan (Information Technology & Services, 201-500 employees)
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Environment Setup
We do have an on-premises presence with a few servers especially a DC with a firewall appliance in place. When it comes to cloud, we are only on Azure but with a wide variety of IaaS and PaaS resources including but not limited to VMs, API Management instances, WAFs, SQL and non-SQL DBs, Storage accounts etc.
October 23, 2023

Microsoft Defender for Cloud review

Verified User
Consultant in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 51-200 employees
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Environment Setup
At this moment it is a single-cloud , cloud-only platform. Azure is the main platform for all our workloads, we protect this with all the Defender products, including Defender for Cloud. All alerts an incidents are forwarded to Sentinel for security monitoring.

The environment consists of multiple subscriptions, ranging from dev/test to acceptance, production and customer facing subscriptions
September 22, 2023

Great and comprehensive cloud security solutions in current market.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Aviation & Aerospace Company, 1001-5000 employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Environment Setup
We feels our organization resources on Microsoft Azure is safe and secure with the helps of Microsoft Defender for Cloud which protects and provide the security against latest cyberattack and malwares. We only have Azure environment running with windows machine.
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