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marcelheijnen
Feb 16, 2022Copper Contributor
Azure Security Center vs Azure Sentinel
I am looking for a clear comparison between Azure Security Center (i.e. Microsoft Defender for Cloud ?) and Azure Sentinel. What do they overlap, what does Sentinel bring that ASC does not provide. H...
Dean_Gross
Feb 16, 2022Silver Contributor
Defender for Cloud is focused on evaluating system configuration and providing recommendations to harden those systems - its goal is make it harder for attackers so that there are not any security incidents shown in Sentinel.
Sentinel is focused on helping security teams investigate incidents - it won't provide any
recommendations to close a port, it will just let you know that the attackers are using a port to steal data 🙂
Sentinel is focused on helping security teams investigate incidents - it won't provide any
recommendations to close a port, it will just let you know that the attackers are using a port to steal data 🙂
marcelheijnen
Feb 16, 2022Copper Contributor
Thanks for your response.
But is seems that both services also provide overlapping capabilities.
But is seems that both services also provide overlapping capabilities.
- Dean_GrossFeb 16, 2022Silver ContributorThe only real overlap is with alerts, but you need to realize that those in MDC are only a subset of those in Sentinel which has many more data connectors. Incident investigation is much better in Sentinel than MDC.
Sentinel does not provide any recommendations to improve security posture
Word and Excel have overlapping capabilities with their abilities to create tables, but using Excel as word processor is a poor substitute for MS Word, we need both. It is similar with MDC and Sentinel, they complement each other with a few overlaps. To be effective, we need both- marcelheijnenFeb 17, 2022Copper Contributor
Dean_Gross I agree. Many thanks.