Evaluating infrastructure compliance by using Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Microsoft Defender for Cloud is Microsoft’s Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) solution. Microsoft Defender for Cloud offers two options for cloud security posture management within your Azure subscription:
- Enhanced security off, which is a free service
- Enhanced security on, which is a pay-as-you-go service based on the resources that you are monitoring
Though the free services within Microsoft Defender for Cloud provide a level of CSPM for your Azure infrastructure, you will need to change the settings for your subscription within Microsoft Defender for Cloud to enable the Defender plans for enhanced security features for advanced workloads and multi-cloud support.
A free subscription to Microsoft Defender for Cloud is turned on by default when you create an Azure tenant. The enhanced security features are turned on within the Environment settings of Microsoft Defender for...