Google Cloud's service for storing container images. Once the GCP connector is set up, Defender for Containers can scan what it holds.
Also called Google Artifact Registry.
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Terms in this definition
- Container
Something that groups data. Blob Storage containers sit inside a storage account and hold blobs much as folders hold files; Cosmos DB containers hold items and set the scope for partitioning and throughput.
- GCP
Google Cloud Platform. Organisations can onboard its projects to Microsoft Defender for Cloud, which then assesses their posture and protects them alongside Azure resources.
- Set
Secret permission in Key Vault for writing secrets; some older material refers to it as Create.
- Microsoft Defender for Containers
Secures container images and Kubernetes clusters wherever they run, whether AKS with ACR, EKS with ECR or GKE with Artifact Registry, and includes vulnerability scanning of registry images. Offered as a Defender for Cloud plan.
Related terms
- Google Container Registry
Google Cloud's container registry, which Defender for Cloud's registry vulnerability assessment supports alongside Google Artifact Registry.
- MCR
Microsoft's public home for official base images at mcr.microsoft.com, now also branded Microsoft Artifact Registry. ACR base-image triggers look there for updates every 10 to 60 minutes.