What's new in Defender for Cloud?

On-demand malware scanning in Defender for Storage is now in GA! This feature also supports blobs up to 50 GB in size (previously limited to 2GB). See this page for more info.  

31 new and enhanced Multicloud regulatory standards

We’ve published enhanced and expanded support of over 31 security and regulatory frameworks in Defender for Cloud across Azure, AWS & GCP. For more details, please refer to our documentation. 

Blogs of the month

In February, our team published the following blog posts we would like to share:

1. Unveiling Kubernetes lateral movement and attack paths with Microsoft Defender for Cloud
2. Protecting Azure AI Workloads using Threat Protection for AI in Defender for Cloud
3. New and enhanced multicloud regulatory compliance standards in Defender for Cloud
4. Strengthening Cloud Compliance and Governance with Microsoft Defender CSPM

GitHub Community

Learn more about Code Reachability Vulnerabilities with Endor Labs with Module 26 - Defender for Cloud Code Reachability Vulnerabilities with Endor Labs

Defender for Cloud in the field

Watch the latest Defender for Cloud in the Field YouTube episodes here:

1. Integrate Defender for Cloud CLI with CI/CD pipelines
2. Code Reachability Analysis

Visit our YouTube page!

Customer journeys

Discover how other organizations successfully use Microsoft Defender for Cloud to protect their cloud workloads. This month we are featuring Kurita Water Industries, a water treatment solutions company, that leverages both Microsoft Entra Permissions Management and Defender for Cloud’s CSPM for resource statuses, vulnerabilities, state of access permissions, and risk prioritization and CWPP capabilities to continuously monitor and protect cloud workloads

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 in the link below!

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