Security News > 2022 > October > Microsoft tries again to ignite interest in DevOps cloud security

Microsoft is rolling out its usual host of cloud security features and services at this week's Ignite 2022 conference, with the focus on what's happening in and outside the firewall.

Protecting against sensitive information being shared by teams is also a theme, according to the show briefing, although some of the newly-announced security features have been previewed with Redmond Microsoft 365 E5 license users.

Microsoft is working to create a cloud security strategy where the products and services are housed within six families, from Defender and Sentinel to Purview, Priva, Intune, and Entra.

At Ignite, Microsoft is introducing Defender for DevOps, aimed at security teams who want the ability to manage security during the development lifecycle to reduce vulnerabilities in the software and avoid cloud misconfigurations that can open enterprises to attacks.

The company is announcing the public preview of Defender Cloud Security Posture Management, offering agentless scanning to drive real-time security assessments across enterprises' cloud environments.

A Microsoft study on insider risks found that companies reported an average of 20 data security incidents a year, with 40 percent of those costing $500,000 or more per intrusion.

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