What's new in Defender for Cloud? Microsoft Defender for Open-Source Relational Databases is now generally available for Amazon Web Services Relational Database Service (AWS RDS) instances. Receive...

Serverless workloads are a foundation of modern application development, powering everything from low-code and no-code solutions to AI applications and agentic workflows. Development teams use functi...

Organizations are building and running applications across multiple cloud platforms and hybrid environments to move faster, improve resilience, and choose the services that best fit each workload. Bu...

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...

What's new in Defender for Cloud? Defender for Cloud is now integrated into the Defender portal to bring together cloud security posture management and threat protection in a single experience. Rea...

Why hardened images are becoming the new baseline for container image security  Container security is evolving beyond vulnerability scanning alone. Across the ecosystem - spanning container platfor...

Securing multicloud databases to help reduce risks Open‑source (OSS) relational databases are becoming increasingly critical and increasingly targeted in organization of all sizes. As organizations...

SQL Vulnerability Assessment (SQL VA) is a core capability in Defender for SQL that helps customers identify possible misconfigurations, excessive permissions, and other deviations from security best...

Authored by: Fernanda_Vela​ , saikishor​, Yura_Lee​  Reviewed by: YuriDiogenes​, Mohit_Kumar​, Amir_Dahan​, eitanbremler​ , Kitt_Weatherman​  Introduction Often, customers ask why additional wo...