Security News > 2020 > September > Microsoft Extending Threat Protection Portfolio, Unifying Security Solutions
Microsoft announced on Tuesday at its Ignite 2020 conference that it has extended its threat protection portfolio and it has unified some of its cybersecurity solutions.
Microsoft Defender includes Microsoft 365 Defender, formerly Microsoft Threat Protection, and Azure Defender, which includes the cloud workload protections in the Azure Security Center.
"The integration enables continuous IoT/OT asset discovery, vulnerability management and threat monitoring for both greenfield and brownfield devices. Integration with Azure Sentinel, the security information and event manager, provides OT-specific SOAR playbooks plus unified security monitoring and governance across both IT and OT networks," Microsoft explained.
Microsoft Defender now also integrates with Azure Sentinel, the cloud-native SIEM. Microsoft 365 Defender includes Defender for Endpoint, which has been extended to the Android and iOS mobile platforms, providing protection against phishing, proactive scanning of apps and files, breach mitigation, and visibility into mobile threats.
Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is the new name of Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection.
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