Back to Glossary Microsoft Defender for Cloud A cloud-native application protection platform (CNAPP) that unifies security posture management and workload protection across Azure, multi-cloud, and hybrid environments. Microsoft Defender for Cloud continuously assesses configurations against security benchmarks, provides prioritized recommendations to reduce attack surface, and delivers threat protection for servers, containers, databases, storage, and DevOps pipelines, with native integration into Microsoft Sentinel… A cloud-native application protection platform (CNAPP) that unifies security posture management and workload protection across Azure, multi-cloud, and hybrid environments. Microsoft Defender for Cloud continuously assesses configurations against security benchmarks, provides prioritized recommendations to reduce attack surface, and delivers threat protection for servers, containers, databases, storage, and DevOps pipelines, with native integration into Microsoft Sentinel for SOC workflows.
