{"id":679,"date":"2024-01-20T15:46:39","date_gmt":"2024-01-20T13:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jussimetso.com\/?p=679"},"modified":"2025-05-25T17:12:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T14:12:00","slug":"microsoft-defender-for-cloud-the-blog-series-part-0-introduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jussimetso.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/20\/microsoft-defender-for-cloud-the-blog-series-part-0-introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Defender for Cloud \u2013 Part 0: Introduction (The blog series)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"679\" class=\"elementor elementor-679\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9dc4962 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9dc4962\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6e985a6\" data-id=\"6e985a6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eabc0a0 elementor-toc--minimized-on-tablet elementor-widget elementor-widget-table-of-contents\" data-id=\"eabc0a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;exclude_headings_by_selector&quot;:[],&quot;no_headings_message&quot;:&quot;No headings were found on this page.&quot;,&quot;headings_by_tags&quot;:[&quot;h2&quot;,&quot;h3&quot;,&quot;h4&quot;,&quot;h5&quot;,&quot;h6&quot;],&quot;marker_view&quot;:&quot;numbers&quot;,&quot;minimize_box&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;minimized_on&quot;:&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;hierarchical_view&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;min_height&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"table-of-contents.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-toc__header-title\">\n\t\t\t\tTable of Contents\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__toggle-button elementor-toc__toggle-button--expand\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-toc__eabc0a0\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-label=\"Open table of contents\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chevron-down\"><\/i><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__toggle-button elementor-toc__toggle-button--collapse\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-toc__eabc0a0\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-label=\"Close table of contents\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chevron-up\"><\/i><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-toc__eabc0a0\" class=\"elementor-toc__body\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__spinner-container\">\n\t\t\t\t<i class=\"elementor-toc__spinner eicon-animation-spin eicon-loading\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a26b3d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a26b3d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/mdc_series_0.png?fit=800%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" title=\"mdc_series_0\" alt=\"mdc_series_0\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09ab8db elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"09ab8db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Microsoft Defender for Cloud is my favourite tool \/ solution inside Azure portal. I use it often and also do private preview testing inside Microsoft Cloud Security programs. (You can join <a href=\"http:\/\/aka.ms\/joinccp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">here<\/span>).<\/a><\/p><p>This is based on my experiences but there also some quotes from MS learn and other materials from youtube etc. Images are mainly from Azure portal and from MS Learn.<\/p><p>These posts will be update by the time I get more content.<\/p><p>Let&#8217;s start.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-108652d elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"108652d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31b9233 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"31b9233\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Introduction to Defender for Cloud<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5042e07 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5042e07\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Microsoft Defender for Cloud (later MDC) is a solution in (Microsoft Azure Cloud) for <strong>cloud security posture management (CSPM)<\/strong> and <strong>cloud workload protection (CWP)<\/strong> that finds weak spots across your cloud configuration, helps strengthen the overall security posture of your environment, and can protect workloads across multicloud and hybrid environments from evolving threats.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a758dfa elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"a758dfa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=v3OLaoLr8tM&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c102112 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c102112\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><p>There&#8217;s an interactive guide of how to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mslearn.cloudguides.com\/guides\/Manage%20your%20cloud%20security%20posture%20with%20Microsoft%20Defender%20for%20Cloud\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wplink-edit=\"true\">manage cloud security posture with MDC<\/a><\/span>. (opens in new tab).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e67abd6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e67abd6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/mslearn.cloudguides.com\/guides\/Manage%20your%20cloud%20security%20posture%20with%20Microsoft%20Defender%20for%20Cloud\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"369\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/interactive_mdc.png?fit=640%2C369&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-717\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/interactive_mdc.png?w=1347&amp;ssl=1 1347w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/interactive_mdc.png?resize=300%2C173&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/interactive_mdc.png?resize=1024%2C591&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/interactive_mdc.png?resize=768%2C443&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/interactive_mdc.png?resize=850%2C490&amp;ssl=1 850w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/interactive_mdc.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19a81aa elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"19a81aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3138cf3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3138cf3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Defender for Cloud fills <strong>three vital needs<\/strong> as you manage the security of your resources and workloads in the cloud and on-premises:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b27ba61 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b27ba61\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1927\" height=\"517\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/microsoft-defender-for-cloud-defined-version-one-60a3512c.png?fit=1927%2C517&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-733\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/microsoft-defender-for-cloud-defined-version-one-60a3512c.png?w=1927&amp;ssl=1 1927w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/microsoft-defender-for-cloud-defined-version-one-60a3512c.png?resize=300%2C80&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/microsoft-defender-for-cloud-defined-version-one-60a3512c.png?resize=1024%2C275&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/microsoft-defender-for-cloud-defined-version-one-60a3512c.png?resize=768%2C206&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/microsoft-defender-for-cloud-defined-version-one-60a3512c.png?resize=1536%2C412&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/microsoft-defender-for-cloud-defined-version-one-60a3512c.png?resize=850%2C228&amp;ssl=1 850w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jussimetso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/microsoft-defender-for-cloud-defined-version-one-60a3512c.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87520dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"87520dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><strong>Defender for Cloud secure score continually assesses<\/strong> your security posture so you can track new security opportunities and precisely report on the progress of your security efforts.<\/li><li><strong>Defender for Cloud recommendations secures<\/strong> your workloads with step-by-step actions that protect your workloads from known security risks.<\/li><li><strong>Defender for Cloud alerts defends<\/strong> your workloads in real-time so you can react immediately and prevent security events from developing.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7f12c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b7f12c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">With  Defender for Cloud you can<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5022343 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5022343\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li id=\"strengthen-the-security-posture-of-your-cloud-resources\">Strengthen the security posture of your cloud resources<\/li><li>Protect cloud and hybrid workloads against threats<\/li><li>Protect your resources and track your security progress<\/li><li>Protect all of your resources under one roof<\/li><li>Defend your Azure-native resources<\/li><li>Defend your on-premises resources<\/li><li>Defend resources running on other clouds (Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform)<\/li><li>Close vulnerabilities before they get exploited<\/li><li>Enforce your security policy from the top down<\/li><li>Extend Defender for Cloud with Defender plans and external monitoring<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4498be2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4498be2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Integrations in Defender for Cloud<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b4a5ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1b4a5ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Defender for Cloud has integrations at least following solutions:<\/p><ul><li>Defender for Endpoint<\/li><li>Purview (data security section)<\/li><li>Sentinel<\/li><li>External Attack Surface Management (EASM)<\/li><li>Azure Arc<\/li><li>Amazon Web Services<\/li><li>Google Cloud Platform<\/li><li>GitHub<\/li><li>Azure DevOps<\/li><li>GitLab<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-739fb4f7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"739fb4f7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2b849cd8\" data-id=\"2b849cd8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c5e560 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2c5e560\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The parts of the MDC blog series<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c5c8315 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6c5c8315\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e84b670 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e84b670\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\u00a0<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e246c31 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e246c31\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><ul><li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jussimetso.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/20\/microsoft-defender-for-cloud-the-blog-series-part-0-introduction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Part 0: Microsoft Defender for Cloud \u2013 The EPIC blog series \u2013 introduction<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jussimetso.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/25\/microsoft-defender-for-cloud-the-blog-series-part-1-getting-started\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Part 1: Getting started aka Setup<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<strong><br \/><\/strong><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jussimetso.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/22\/defender-for-cloud-part-2-the-asset-inventory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Part 2: The Asset Inventory\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jussimetso.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/22\/defender-for-cloud-part-3-security-posture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Part 3: Security posture<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jussimetso.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/24\/defender-for-cloud-part-4-security-recommendations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Part 4: Security recommendations<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jussimetso.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/31\/defender-for-cloud-part-5-security-alerts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Part 5: Security alerts<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jussimetso.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/12\/defender-for-cloud-part-6-attack-path-analysis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Part 6: Attack path analysis<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jussimetso.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/22\/defender-for-cloud-part-7-cloud-security-explorer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Part 7: Cloud security explorer<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jussimetso.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/07\/defender-for-cloud-part-8-workbooks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Part 8: Workbooks<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jussimetso.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/13\/defender-for-cloud-part-regulatory-compliance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Part 9: Regulatory compliance<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jussimetso.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/24\/defender-for-cloud-part-10-cloud-workload-protection-cwp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Part 10: Workload protections<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jussimetso.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/10\/defender-for-cloud-part-10-5-cwp-advanced-protection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">part 10.5: Advanced Workload protection<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jussimetso.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/27\/defender-for-cloud-part-11-data-and-ai-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Part 11: Data and AI security &#8211; The end of the series<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57bb7d48 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"57bb7d48\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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