Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Secure multicloud and hybrid environments
Get comprehensive code to cloud security
Security posture monitoring
Get free continuous security assessment of your cloud resources running in Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud.
Regulatory compliance
Apply policies and recommendations aligned with key regulatory standards to achieve multicloud compliance.
Attack path analysis
Visualize potential attacks. Understand risks in code, data, and identity to help prioritize remediation.
Cloud workload protection
Use multicloud security across virtual machines (VMs), containers, databases, and storage to help detect malware and other threats.
Vulnerability scanning
Enable agentless and agent-based workload scanning for agility and in-depth protection.
DevOps posture visibility
Gain visibility of security posture across multiple continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.
Infrastructure-as-code security
Prevent misconfigurations reaching the cloud by scanning infrastructure-as-code templates and container images.
Code security remediation guidance
Guide developers to prioritize security remediation by providing code-to-cloud context, in the tools they use.
Built-in security and compliance
Multicloud protection with pay-as-you-go pricing
See how customers are using Defender for Cloud
Rabobank
"We wanted protection and visibility everywhere. That's why we use Defender for Cloud—it gives us visibility across our hybrid and multicloud environment."
Raoul van der Voort, Global Service Owner, Cyber Defense Center at Rabobank
Land O'Lakes
“With the continuous monitoring we achieve with Defender for Cloud, we can identify a bad container and fix it before deploying it.”
Cory Durand, Senior Enterprise Cloud Architect, Land O'Lakes, Inc.
Gjensidige
“…with automated security controls embedded into their workflows, developers get instant feedback and can fix things right away.”
Rida Aatif, Head of the Cloud Platform and Infrastructure Team, Gjensidige
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Defender for Cloud overview
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Interactive guide
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Defender for Cloud documentation
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TEI of Defender for Cloud1
Learn more about Microsoft Defender for Cloud delivering 219 percent return on investment over three years and a payback of less than six months, according to a study commissioned by Microsoft.2
The Forrester WaveTM
Microsoft is named a Leader in The Forrester WaveTM: Infrastructure-As-A-Service Platform Native Security, Q2 2023 report.3
Microsoft is developing a full CNAPP
Learn about the CNAPP concept, how the CNAPP offering from Microsoft is evolving, and its place in the context of the wider market for such technology.
Defender for Cloud Tech Community
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Defender for Cloud in the field
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Forrester, The Forrester Wave, and The Total Economic Impact are trademarks of Forrester Research, Inc.
Forrester Consulting, The Total Economic Impact™ Of Microsoft Defender for Cloud, February 2021.
The Forrester Wave™: Infrastructure-As-A-Service Platform Native Security, Q2 2023, Andras Csar, Merritt Maxim, Caroline Provost, Christine Turley, April 25, 2023.
