Senior Consultant at a recruiting/HR firm with 51-200 employees
Real User
Jun 10, 2021
We use Azure Security Center in our own company, and we have also deployed it for one of our clients. Our biggest use case is the enforcement of regulatory compliance on our cloud.
Senior DevSecOps Engineer at a consumer goods company with 11-50 employees
Real User
Jun 10, 2021
I use this solution in two different scenarios. The first is for the security and monitoring of Azure accounts. Another is for SIEM integration and the Azure Gateway WAF. Essentially, it's a one-stop solution where you can integrate all of the other Azure security products. This means that instead of maybe going to Firewall Manager, Azure Defender, or WAF, you can have all of them send statistics or logs to Azure Security Center, and you can do your analysis from there.
Cyber Security Consultant at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Consultant
Jun 8, 2021
I am working in a security domain where Azure Security Center is playing a key role. We are primarily using Azure Security Center to secure our infrastructure. We are also able to use Azure Security Center for many other purposes. In terms of deployment, we have a hybrid cloud. It is a combination of both on-prem and cloud. Azure Security Center is deployed on-prem, and then there are OMS agents that are provided by Microsoft that can be installed at any location, such as on-prem or on the cloud. These agents collect Windows and Linux logs from the machines on various clouds for Azure Security Center, which is something interesting for me.
Cloud Architect at a legal firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Real User
May 25, 2021
Security is at the forefront of everything that we have been doing, fundamentally. Both in my previous organization and the current one, Azure Security Center has given us a great overview of the current state of security, through the recommendations given by Microsoft. There are potential situations where risk exists because you're not compliant with a specific recommendation, or to specific regulatory compliance. Such guidance is critical for us. We implement a wide range of solutions in our environment. We have solutions that are purely SaaS. We have some things that are just purely IaaS, and, of course, we have PaaS for services as well. So, we really have a wide range of deployments on all services as a service.
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Cloud Architect at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Oct 21, 2020
We are using this solution to implement our CAS policy and it monitors compliance with the Security Center. Also, we use it for thereat protection. It detects any threats and provides threat recommendations.
Security architect at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Jun 14, 2020
Primary use case of this solution has changed depending on the company I've been working in. In my previous job they were using it as a CWPP, cloud workload protection. In my current job it's used for the same purpose but we also use it for monitoring security policies, to enforce new policies and audit them. We also use it to meet some of the compliance requirements as well. We're partners with Azure and I'm the cloud security design lead.
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...
I work as a SOC manager. We use it for incident security, incident monitoring, threat analysis, and looking at remediation or suppression.
We use it to manage the overall compliance of our products.
We use Azure Security Center in our own company, and we have also deployed it for one of our clients. Our biggest use case is the enforcement of regulatory compliance on our cloud.
I use this solution in two different scenarios. The first is for the security and monitoring of Azure accounts. Another is for SIEM integration and the Azure Gateway WAF. Essentially, it's a one-stop solution where you can integrate all of the other Azure security products. This means that instead of maybe going to Firewall Manager, Azure Defender, or WAF, you can have all of them send statistics or logs to Azure Security Center, and you can do your analysis from there.
I am working in a security domain where Azure Security Center is playing a key role. We are primarily using Azure Security Center to secure our infrastructure. We are also able to use Azure Security Center for many other purposes. In terms of deployment, we have a hybrid cloud. It is a combination of both on-prem and cloud. Azure Security Center is deployed on-prem, and then there are OMS agents that are provided by Microsoft that can be installed at any location, such as on-prem or on the cloud. These agents collect Windows and Linux logs from the machines on various clouds for Azure Security Center, which is something interesting for me.
Security is at the forefront of everything that we have been doing, fundamentally. Both in my previous organization and the current one, Azure Security Center has given us a great overview of the current state of security, through the recommendations given by Microsoft. There are potential situations where risk exists because you're not compliant with a specific recommendation, or to specific regulatory compliance. Such guidance is critical for us. We implement a wide range of solutions in our environment. We have solutions that are purely SaaS. We have some things that are just purely IaaS, and, of course, we have PaaS for services as well. So, we really have a wide range of deployments on all services as a service.
This solution replaces, in many ways, the on-premises operations manager that used to be part of the System Center.
Our primary use case of this solution is to monitor infrastructure. I'm a senior security architect and we are customers of Azure Security Center.
We are using this solution to implement our CAS policy and it monitors compliance with the Security Center. Also, we use it for thereat protection. It detects any threats and provides threat recommendations.
We are using Azure Security Center for software development. It's a cloud service that includes the security center and tailoring certain options.
Primary use case of this solution has changed depending on the company I've been working in. In my previous job they were using it as a CWPP, cloud workload protection. In my current job it's used for the same purpose but we also use it for monitoring security policies, to enforce new policies and audit them. We also use it to meet some of the compliance requirements as well. We're partners with Azure and I'm the cloud security design lead.