A single number from Microsoft Defender for Cloud that sums up your security posture. A higher figure means lower risk, and acting on recommendations pushes it up.
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Each book explains Secure score in context, with comparison tables and the common traps.
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.
- Risk
As ISO 31000 puts it, how uncertainty affects objectives; that effect can be good or bad.
Related terms
- CSPM
Short for Cloud Security Posture Management: spotting and fixing weak configuration across cloud resources, guided by recommendations, a secure score and checks against compliance standards. Everyone using Microsoft Defender for Cloud gets the Foundational level at no charge, while the fuller Defender CSPM is a paid option.
- Foundational CSPM
The no-cost posture tier of Defender for Cloud, which supplies Secure Score, recommendations and the Microsoft cloud security benchmark. Attack paths, AI-SPM and threat protection are not part of it.