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Microsoft Defender XDR: The Collected Services
Updated: September 4, 2024
Microsoft Defender XDR is a family of freestanding, paid services for securing data, devices, and...more
EMS for Government Customers
Updated: August 19, 2024
Government customers in the United States can license Enterprise Mobility + Security suites designed to...more
Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps Platform Support
Updated: July 6, 2024
Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps provides oversight of cloud-based applications. Integration with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint...more
Conditional Access and Microsoft 365
Updated: July 6, 2024
Conditional access can help an organization establish a secure perimeter by vetting user accounts,...more
Investigating OAuth Applications Requires E5
Updated: April 29, 2024
Bad actors are increasingly using OAuth-based applications to attack Microsoft 365 customers, perform malicious actions,...more
Defender for Cloud Apps CSPM Features Move to Azure
Updated: December 3, 2023
All cloud security posture management (CSPM) features of Defender for Cloud Apps will be moving...more
Security Center for Microsoft 365 Generally Available
Updated: November 26, 2023
The new Microsoft 365 Security Center provides a single Web portal for management of Microsoft...more
Microsoft Cloud App Security Available for Government
Updated: May 31, 2023
Microsoft Cloud App Security (MCAS) is the last of the Microsoft 365 hosted security services...more
App Governance Added to Defender for Cloud Apps at No Cost
Updated: May 22, 2023
App Governance, intended to be an add-on for Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps at additional...more
Understanding the Cloud App Security Service
Updated: July 16, 2020
Cloud App Security (CAS), a Microsoft hosted service, is designed to help customers discover how...more
Cloud App Security Gateway Launched
Updated: July 15, 2020
Cloud App Security reaches general availability to help monitor and protect access to online services
Advanced Security Management Comes to Office 365
Updated: July 15, 2020
Office 365 Advanced Security Management brings threat detection, application control, and usage discovery to organizations...more
New Services Secure Cloud Applications
Updated: July 15, 2020
Beginning in Apr. 2016, Microsoft Cloud App Security, a hosted cloud access security broker (CASB),...more