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Closing the loop on container security: From code to runtime in the AI era

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Jun 16, 2026
Containers are the backbone of modern cloud-native apps — and increasingly, the infrastructure powering AI, from AI assistants to a new wave of intelligent agents. They also blur the line between bui...
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Microsoft Defender for Cloud is a cloud-native application platform (CNAPP) that offers security and compliance from code to runtime, enhanced by AI, for hybrid and multicloud environments.
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Jun 17, 2026

Great blog, mahersko​ it really captures the impressive momentum and recent delivery progress across the Defender Cloud Containers team. 
Thank you for your leadership in Containers Security over the years and for helping shape the solution we have today.