Know and fix your cloud security gaps with Defender for Cloud.
Microsoft Defender for Cloud shows how secure your Azure environment is, tells you what to fix first and protects workloads from attack. We configure it and act on what it finds.
What Microsoft Defender for Cloud covers
What is Microsoft Defender for Cloud?
Microsoft Defender for Cloud is the security management service for Azure and hybrid environments. It continuously checks your resources against security best practice, reports a Secure Score and lists recommended fixes, ranked by impact.
It also provides threat protection through optional Defender plans for servers, storage accounts, databases, containers and more. These add detection of attacks, vulnerability scanning and integration with endpoint protection.
In practice, most cloud breaches come from misconfiguration: open storage, exposed management ports, over privileged accounts. Defender for Cloud makes those visible and gives you a way to fix and track them.
A free tier of cloud security posture management is enabled for Azure subscriptions and gives recommendations and a Secure Score. Paid plans add deeper capabilities such as attack path analysis, agentless scanning and regulatory compliance reporting.
Defender for Cloud can also assess AWS and Google Cloud accounts, so multicloud environments are viewed in one place.
What Microsoft Defender for Cloud can do.
Secure Score
A single measure of your security posture with prioritized recommendations.
Cloud security posture management
Continuous assessment of resources against security benchmarks.
Defender for Servers
Endpoint detection, vulnerability assessment and just in time access for VMs.
Defender for Storage and SQL
Detect malicious uploads, unusual access and suspicious database activity.
Regulatory compliance dashboards
Map your environment to common standards and see gaps.
Just in time VM access
Keep management ports closed and open them only when needed.
Vulnerability management
Find missing patches and weaknesses on servers and containers.
Multicloud coverage
Assess Azure, AWS and Google Cloud together.
How Microsoft Defender for Cloud works.
Connect
Enable Defender for Cloud on subscriptions and onboard servers.
Assess
Review Secure Score, recommendations and compliance results.
Fix
Prioritize and remediate high impact issues first.
Protect and monitor
Enable relevant Defender plans and watch alerts and incidents.
What happens behind the scenes.
Defender for Cloud reads the configuration of your Azure resources through Azure’s control plane, and evaluates it against built in policies and the Microsoft cloud security benchmark. Findings appear as recommendations that explain the risk and show how to fix it, sometimes with a one click remediation.
Where Defender plans are enabled, additional sensors and agentless scanners look inside servers and services for vulnerabilities and attacks. Alerts and incidents are sent to the portal and can feed a SIEM such as Microsoft Sentinel.
How it benefits your business.
Defender for Cloud turns an invisible risk into a visible, measurable one. Instead of wondering whether Azure is configured safely, you have a score and a list of what to do about it.
It reduces the likelihood of the common breaches that start with misconfiguration, and it detects attacks that reach your servers. That protects data, uptime and reputation.
The compliance views also help show insurers, clients and auditors that you manage the security of your cloud environment.
The benefits at a glance.
See your real posture
Secure Score and clear recommendations.
Prioritized fixes
Focus on what reduces risk most.
Threat detection for workloads
Servers, storage and databases.
Closed management ports
Just in time access for VMs.
Compliance reporting
Evidence against standards.
One view across clouds
Azure and other clouds together.
Pricing: Foundational posture management and recommendations are included. Defender plans for servers, storage, databases and other services are billed per resource. Azure prices and features change, so we confirm current pricing and design to a budget before you commit.
What this looks like day to day.
After a migration, Defender for Cloud flags that two storage accounts allow public access and a VM exposes remote desktop to the internet. Infinity closes those, enables just in time access, and the Secure Score rises from 40 percent to 80 percent. The monthly review keeps it there.
This is an illustrative example of how the service is used, not a description of a specific client.
Mistakes we see, and how we avoid them.
Ignoring recommendations
A score nobody acts on does not help. Assign owners and review monthly.
Enabling every plan
Paid plans add cost. Enable what matches your risks.
No response process
Alerts need someone to handle them, or a managed service.
Misreading the score
A high score is not the same as a secure business. Treat it as a guide.
Microsoft Defender for Cloud with Infinity.
Cloud security review
Assess your Azure environment and Secure Score.
Learn moreEnable and tune Defender plans
Choose the plans that fit and tune them.
Learn moreRemediation
Fix misconfigurations and track progress.
Learn moreJust in time and private access
Close management ports and use private links.
Learn moreMonitoring and response
Watch alerts, or connect to Sentinel and our managed SOC.
Learn moreCompliance reporting
Reports for insurers, clients and auditors.
Learn moreIs Defender for Cloud free?
The basic posture management is included. Advanced protection plans are billed per resource. We recommend which you need.
Does it replace antivirus on servers?
Defender for Servers includes endpoint protection through Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. We decide with you whether it replaces your current tool.
Can it assess AWS and Google Cloud?
Yes. Defender for Cloud supports multicloud environments.
Who fixes the recommendations?
We do, as part of our service. You choose the pace and priorities.
How is it different from Microsoft Defender for Business?
Defender for Business protects endpoints. Defender for Cloud secures your cloud resources and workloads.
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