Shows which cloud services people really use, including unapproved shadow IT, by checking firewall and proxy logs, or Defender for Endpoint signals, against the Defender for Cloud Apps catalogue.
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In the Ultra Transcenders books
Each book explains Cloud Discovery in context, with comparison tables and the common traps.
Terms in this definition
- Shadow IT
Software-as-a-service apps that staff adopt without approval from the IT department. Cloud Discovery in Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps uncovers them and gives each one a risk score.
Related terms
- Log collector
Part of Defender for Cloud Apps that you host in Docker on your own network. Your firewalls and proxies send it logs by FTP or Syslog, and it uploads them so Cloud Discovery reports stay up to date.