Microsoft has outlined how its cloud-native application protection platform (CNAPP) aligns with the next generation of cloud risk management. The company says modern cloud security requires correlating posture, runtime, identity, data, and threat signals to provide a unified view of organizational risk.
Microsoft Defender for Cloud integrates these capabilities to help security teams prioritize vulnerabilities based on exploitability rather than severity alone, investigate incidents more efficiently, and reduce exposure across multicloud environments.
The company also highlights tighter integration between development and security workflows, enabling continuous risk reduction throughout the code-to-cloud application lifecycle.
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