Google Cloud Platform. Organisations can onboard its projects to Microsoft Defender for Cloud, which then assesses their posture and protects them alongside Azure resources.
Also called Google Cloud Platform.
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Terms in this definition
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Combines security posture management with workload protection: a free foundational CSPM tier, paid Defender plans, Secure Score and recommendations. Its regulatory compliance dashboard shows status only and blocks nothing.
Related terms
- Artifact Registry
Google Cloud's service for storing container images. Once the GCP connector is set up, Defender for Containers can scan what it holds.
- Microsoft Defender Experts for Servers
Microsoft analysts watching over your servers on your behalf, sold as an add-on service. It covers machines that have Defender for Servers Plan 1 or 2 enabled, wherever they run: Azure, AWS, GCP or your own data centre.
- Security policies (Defender for Cloud)
The page in Defender for Cloud environment settings for assigning standards (MCSB, regulatory or custom) to an Azure subscription, AWS account or GCP project. Only initiatives can be added there, never individual policy definitions.