Introduction

  • 3 minutes

This module focuses on configuring and managing comprehensive threat protection using Microsoft Defender for Cloud.

Scenario

You are an Azure security engineer responsible for strengthening your organization’s security posture. Your tasks include enabling workload protection services, securing critical infrastructure like servers, databases, and storage, implementing agentless scanning for virtual machines, managing vulnerability assessments, and configuring Microsoft Defender for Cloud DevOps Security to integrate with GitHub, Azure DevOps, and GitLab.

Learning objectives

By the end of this module, participants will be able to:

  • Enable and configure workload protection services in Microsoft Defender for Cloud.
  • Secure servers, databases, and storage using Microsoft Defender for Servers, Databases, and Storage.
  • Implement and manage agentless scanning for virtual machines in Microsoft Defender for Servers.
  • Configure and manage Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management for Azure virtual machines.
  • Integrate Microsoft Defender for Cloud DevOps Security with GitHub, Azure DevOps, and GitLab.

Goals

This module aims to equip Azure security engineers with the skills to implement, manage, and optimize advanced threat protection solutions across workloads and DevOps environments using Microsoft Defender for Cloud.