Microsoft Defender for Cloud vs USM Anywhere comparison

Microsoft Defender for Cloud is a comprehensive security solution that provides advanced threat protection for cloud workloads. It offers real-time visibility into the security posture of cloud environments, enabling organizations to quickly identify and respond to potential threats. With its advanced machine learning capabilities, Microsoft Defender for Cloud can detect and block sophisticated attacks, including zero-day exploits and fileless malware.

The solution also provides automated remediation capabilities, allowing security teams to quickly and easily respond to security incidents. With Microsoft Defender for Cloud, organizations can ensure the security and compliance of their cloud workloads, while reducing the burden on their security teams.

USM Anywhere centralizes security monitoring of networks and devices in the cloud, on premises, and in remote locations, helping you to detect threats virtually anywhere.

Discover

• Network asset discovery
• Software & services discovery
• AWS asset discovery
• Azure asset discovery
• Google Cloud Platform asset discovery

Analyze

• SIEM event correlation, auto-prioritized alarms
• User activity monitoring
• Up to 90-days of online, searchable events

Detect

• Cloud intrusion detection (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Network intrusion detection (NIDS)
• Host intrusion detection (HIDS)
• Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)

Respond

• Forensics querying
• Automate & orchestrate response
• Notifications and ticketing

Assess

• Vulnerability scanning
• Cloud infrastructure assessment
• User & asset configuration
• Dark web monitoring

Report

• Pre-built compliance reporting templates
• Pre-built event reporting templates
• Customizable views and dashboards
• Log storage