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Cloud security

Secure all your clouds

Protect your apps and infrastructure from code to runtime with an AI-powered cloud-native application protection platform (CNAPP).
Overview

End-to-end hybrid and multicloud security

  • Prevent vulnerabilities, minimize cloud misconfigurations, deploy secure infrastructure-as-code templates, and secure your software supply chain.
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  • Proactively improve your security posture with full lifecycle visibility and attack path analysis.
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  • Enable near real-time cloud detection and response for workloads, data, and APIs with a unified SecOps experience.
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Market statistics

The Total Economic Impact™ Of Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Business value enabled by Defender for Cloud
Products

Explore Microsoft cloud security products

Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Protect multicloud and hybrid environments with end-to-end security across the full application lifecycle.

Microsoft Defender Cloud Security Posture Management

Mitigate cloud risks with comprehensive visibility, contextual insights, and integrated workflows.

GitHub Advanced Security

Empower developers and security teams to work together to accelerate the delivery of secure software.

Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management 

See your business the way a cyber attacker does with visibility across your resources and multicloud environment.

Microsoft Entra Permissions Management

Manage permissions of any identity across your entire environment.

Microsoft Security Exposure Management

Reduce risk to your most critical assets with end-to-end visibility of the cyberthreat landscape.

Microsoft Defender XDR

Get unified cyberthreat detection and response across your entire environment with an extended detection and response (XDR) solution.

Get holistic cloud security

Protect your entire multicloud and hybrid environment with an AI-powered platform that includes built-in Microsoft threat intelligence.
Scenarios

One solution for all your clouds

Reduce complexity and gain visibility with a unified CNAPP built to work across your hybrid and multicloud environments.

Secure your software supply chain, and prevent vulnerabilities and secrets in code.

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Industry recognition

 Recognized by top industry analyst firms

  • Learn why Frost & Sullivan named Microsoft a leader in the CNAPP market.2
  • Read The Total Economic Impact™ Of Microsoft Defender for Cloud, a commissioned study by Forrester Consulting, August 2024.1
  • See why KuppingerCole rated Microsoft an Overall Leader in Cloud Security Posture Management.3
  • See why KuppingerCole named Microsoft an Overall Leader in CNAPP.4
 Customer stories

What customers say about Microsoft cloud security  

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“The three things that keep me up at night are phishing, ransomware, and cloud misconfigurations … We have Defender for Cloud to point out configuration weaknesses and suggest changes.”
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AI for cybersecurity

Defend with AI

Accelerate detection, investigation, and response with generative AI.
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Cloud workload protection

Protect multicloud workloads

Discover vulnerabilities, uncover cyberthreats, and accelerate investigations across workloads.
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Protect your clouds

Get comprehensive security across the application lifecycle. Explore your options today.
  1. [1]
    The Total Economic Impact™ Of Microsoft Defender for Cloud, a commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting, August 2024.
  2. [2]
    Anhtien Vu, Frost RadarTM: Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms, Frost & Sullivan, October 2023
  3. [3]
    KuppingerCole Analysts AG Leadership Compass, Cloud Security Posture Management, Mike Small, July 27, 2023
  4. [4]
    KuppingerCole Analysts AG Leadership Compass, Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform, Mike Small, Alexei Balaganski, January 31, 2023

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