SaaS security posture management: Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps checks connected cloud apps for weak settings, suggests how to correct them and feeds what it finds into Microsoft Secure Score.
Also called SaaS security posture management.
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Terms in this definition
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
Cloud access security broker (CASB) from Microsoft, providing discovery of SaaS apps, session control and protection of data.
- Microsoft Secure Score
A security posture figure shown in the Defender portal for your Microsoft 365 identities, apps and devices; it rises as you complete more of Microsoft's recommendations.