Microsoft Defender: cybersecurity software

Defender for Cloud has a lot of comparative features to dedicated CNAPPs, but it's a beast to setup and maintain. It's a good starting point for larger companies who don't have an appetite for a more focused solution, and are addicted to collecting the highest E license as possible.

What Microsoft Defender is

Defender for Cloud has a lot of comparative features to dedicated CNAPPs, but it's a beast to setup and maintain. It's a good starting point for larger companies who don't have an appetite for a more focused solution, and are addicted to collecting the highest E license as possible. The vendor site is www.microsoft.com. This profile is an entry in the oneNorma directory, not a vendor landing page.

What Microsoft Defender covers

Microsoft Defender is in the catalog for these capabilities. Categories: SOC Platform, CDR, CNAPP, CSPM, and Container Vulnerability. Catalog tags: Included and Best for Enterprise.

How to evaluate Microsoft Defender in a security program

Use Microsoft Defender as a stack candidate, not as diligence evidence. The oneNorma score for Microsoft Defender is 3.8/10 (percentile 9). If the real gap is in SOC Platform, CDR, CNAPP, CSPM, and Container Vulnerability, a dashboard does not replace a pentest or a control mapped to Law 21.663 or ISO 27001. Compare this profile with what www.microsoft.com publishes. Contrast it with pentesting and Security Cloud & Compliance.

Classification

Categories

SOC PlatformCDRCNAPPCSPMContainer Vulnerability

Tags

IncludedBest for Enterprise

Capabilities by category

CDR

Windows

CNAPP

Cloud

CSPM

Configuration

Container Vulnerability

Scanner

SOC Platform

EDR and SIEM

Frequently asked questions

What is Microsoft Defender?

Defender for Cloud has a lot of comparative features to dedicated CNAPPs, but it's a beast to setup and maintain. It's a good starting point for larger companies who don't have an appetite for a more focused solution, and are addicted to collecting the highest E license as possible. Site: www.microsoft.com.

Which categories does Microsoft Defender fall into?

Microsoft Defender appears in the oneNorma directory under SOC Platform, CDR, CNAPP, CSPM, and Container Vulnerability. Use those labels to compare it with other vendors for the same problem, not as an official ranking.

Does oneNorma resell or implement Microsoft Defender?

No. The Microsoft Defender profile (www.microsoft.com) is for inventory and comparison. oneNorma delivers offensive and compliance evidence (pentesting, cloud compliance), not a vendor license.

Other cybersecurity vendors

More profiles from the vendor directory.