{"id":5044,"date":"2015-12-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-02T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/blog\/azure-security-center-now-available"},"modified":"2025-09-18T08:42:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T15:42:49","slug":"azure-security-center-now-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/azure-security-center-now-available\/","title":{"rendered":"Azure Security Center now available"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a <a href=\"https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/security2015\/\">keynote<\/a> two weeks ago, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella shared the company&#8217;s vision for enterprise security in a mobile-first, cloud-first world. 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Enable automatic collection of security configurations and logs for analysis and choose the security controls you want to monitor and recommend.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><strong>Complete security recommendations<\/strong>, such as enabling antimalware on virtual machines, defining a Network Security Group for subnets and network interfaces, applying encryption for SQL databases and more. Click to resolve the recommendation or learn more.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><strong>Monitor the security state of your Azure resources<\/strong>, including your virtual machines, networks, SQL databases and more. Quickly identify security vulnerabilities and click to take action or learn more.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><strong>Access a prioritized list of alerts detected<\/strong> through analysis of network traffic and virtual machine behavior, along with alerts from integrated partner solutions. 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