Overview of Azure Security Center

Azure Security Center is a unified infrastructure security management service that strengthens the security posture of your data centers, and provides advanced threat protection for workloads running in Azure and on-premises.

Security Center enables you to:

  • Get a unified view of security across your cloud and on-premises environments.
  • Prevent misconfigurations and strengthen your security posture.
  • Detect threats and rapidly respond to them.
  • Improve your compliance posture.

Key Capabilities

Security Posture Management

Security Center provides continuous security assessment and recommendations to help you identify and remediate vulnerabilities. This includes:

  • Secure Score: A comprehensive view of your current security posture.
  • Security recommendations: Actionable advice to improve your security.
  • Asset inventory: A centralized view of your cloud and hybrid assets.

Advanced Threat Protection

Security Center offers advanced threat detection and mitigation capabilities for your workloads, including:

  • Threat detection: Identifies suspicious activities and potential threats.
  • Threat intelligence: Leverages Microsoft's global threat intelligence.
  • Adaptive application controls: Helps you control which applications can run.
  • File integrity monitoring: Detects changes to critical OS files.
Note: Azure Security Center is now part of Microsoft Defender for Cloud, offering even more comprehensive security solutions. The core principles and functionalities discussed here remain relevant.

Getting Started

To start using Azure Security Center:

  1. Navigate to the Azure portal.
  2. Search for "Security Center".
  3. Enable Security Center for your subscriptions.

Explore the recommendations and features to understand your current security posture and begin implementing improvements.

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