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Microsoft Certified: Cloud and AI Security Engineer Associate (replaces Azure Security Engineer Associate / AZ-500) SC-500 · Domain 4: Manage and monitor security posture

Defender for Cloud: foundational CSPM vs Defender CSPM, secure score and recommendations

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Last reviewed September 25, 2026 · Leer en español

Microsoft Defender for Cloud is a cloud-native application protection platform (CNAPP). It combines cloud security posture management (CSPM), which finds weaknesses in configuration, with cloud workload protection (CWP) plans, which detect threats against running workloads. It covers Azure, AWS, GCP and on-premises machines through Azure Arc.

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