May Edition
What’s new in Defender for Cloud?
The updated edition of Microsoft Defender for Cloud's "From Plan to Deployment" eBook is now available. This comprehensive guide focuses on implementing a cloud-native application platform (CNAPP) strategy. You can access a free version of this eBook here.
General Availability for Defender for AI Services
Defender for Cloud now supports runtime protection for Azure AI services. Protection for Azure AI services covers threats specific to AI services and applications, such as jailbreak, wallet abuse, data exposure, suspicious access patterns, and more.
For more details, please refer to our documentation.
Blog(s) of the month
In April, our team published the following blog posts we would like to share:
- Guidance for handling CVE-2025-30065 using Microsoft Security capabilities
- Protect what matters to your organization using filtering in Defender for Storage
- Protecting Your Azure Key Vault: Why Azure RBAC Is Critical for Security
- RSAC™ 2025: Unveiling new innovations in cloud and AI security
- General Availability of on-demand scanning in Defender for Storage
- Guidance for handling CVE-2025-31324 using Microsoft Security capabilities
GitHub Community
Learn more about code reachability in Defender for Cloud:
Defender for Cloud in the field
Watch the latest Defender for Cloud in the Field YouTube episode here:
Customer journey
Discover how other organizations successfully use Microsoft Defender for Cloud to protect their cloud workloads. This month we are featuring Puritan Life Insurance Company of America . Puritan Life increases revenue by almost 700% with distribution channel built on Azure.
The company doesn’t have a dedicated security person, so they appreciate that Azure has “security built in automatically.” With Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Puritan Life can detect and block malware attacks and threats. “We look at the automated reports from Defender to review findings and perform necessary actions, which helps us to manage security efficiently without needing additional personnel,” says John Meister, Vice President of Technology, Puritan Life
Security community webinars
Join our experts in the upcoming webinars to learn what we are doing to secure your workloads running in Azure and other clouds. Check out our upcoming webinars this month!
May 13 Microsoft Defender for Cloud | Safeguard Your Container Supply Chain with Microsoft Defender for Cloud
May 15 Microsoft Defender for Cloud | Securing Custom Built AI Applications with Microsoft Defender for Cloud
May 22 Microsoft Defender for Cloud | What's New in Defender for Storage
May 27 Microsoft Defender for Cloud | Defender for SQL on Machines Enhanced Agent Update
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