Cloud workload protection solutions
Detect and respond to attacks in real time to protect your multicloud, hybrid, and on-premises workloads.
Announcing new API security capabilities
Help prevent, detect, and respond to API threats with new security capabilities in Microsoft Defender for Cloud, a cloud-native application protection platform (CNAPP).
Comprehensive cloud workload protection
Discover vulnerabilities, uncover threats, and automate your response centrally in Defender for Cloud.
Defend your multicloud and on-premises environment
Help protect all layers of your multicloud and on-premises environment, including critical workloads like servers, databases, containers, storage, APIs, and service layers.
Respond to threats in real time
Prioritize your response with correlated alerts and a centralized view that integrates with your security information and events management (SIEM) system.
Reduce your attack surface
Identify and remediate vulnerabilities before they’re exploited and automatically help protect new workloads as soon as they’re deployed.
Accelerate investigations
Stay ahead of cross-platform attacks using connected investigation and hunting with Microsoft 365 Defender and Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence.
Expand your coverage
Detect and respond to threats across a wide range of workload types running in Microsoft Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and on premises with Defender for Cloud.
Cloud workload protection plans in Defender for Cloud
Customize your security with the right cloud workload protection plan for your resources in the Defender for Cloud portal.
Defender for Servers
Get advanced protection for your Windows and Linux machines—whether they’re on premises or spread across multiple clouds, including Azure, AWS, and GCP.
Defender for Storage
Help protect your Azure Storage resources and scale your response to threats with centralized controls, contextualized data sensitivity insights, and near-real-time malware scanning.
Defender for Containers
Increase your visibility into on-premises and multicloud container deployments and effectively respond to threats with out-of-the-box protections.
Database protection
Easily enable threat protection for all database types in your environment, including SQL, open-source relational databases, and Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB.
Defender for APIs
Detect and respond to Azure API threats with machine learning–powered detections for anomalous and suspicious API usage. Get comprehensive coverage for the Open Worldwide Application Security Project® (OWASP) API security top 10 threats, data exfiltration, and volumetric attacks.
API Security 101: What You Need to Know and How to Get Started
Learn why API security is so important right now and get best practices for protecting your APIs from evolving threats with Defender for Cloud.
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Integrate code-to-cloud security
Learn how to implement code-to-cloud security with the CNAPP capabilities in Defender for Cloud.
Explore cloud workload protection concepts
See how security alerts and notifications work in Defender for Cloud to help prevent, detect, and respond to threats.
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Review Defender for Cloud key scenarios
Learn how to detect threats and protect multicloud, hybrid, and on-premises workloads in this interactive guide.
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- [1] Forrester, Forrester Wave, and Forrester New Wave are trademarks of Forrester Research, Inc.
- The Forrester Wave™: Infrastructure-as-a-Service Platform Native Security (IPNS), Q2 2023, Andras Cser with Merritt Maxim, Caroline Provost, and Christine Turley, April 2023.
- [2] The Forrester New Wave™: Extended Detection and Response (XDR) Providers, Q4 2021, Allie Mellen with Joseph Blankenship, Alexis Tatro, and Peggy Dostie, October 2021.
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