Implement Microsoft Defender for Cloud

  • 7 minutes

Microsoft Defender for Cloud is a cloud-native application protection platform (CNAPP) with a set of security measures and practices designed to protect cloud-based applications from various cyber threats and vulnerabilities.

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Defender for Cloud combines the capabilities of:

  • A development security operations (DevSecOps) solution that unifies security management at the code level across multicloud and multiple-pipeline environments
  • A cloud security posture management (CSPM) solution that surfaces actions that you can take to prevent breaches
  • A cloud workload protection platform (CWPP) with specific protections for servers, containers, storage, databases, and other workloads