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About Microsoft Defender for Cloud is a solution for cloud security posture management (CSPM) and cloud workload protection (CWP) that finds weak spots across your cloud configuration, helps strengthen the overall security posture of your environment, and can protect workloads across multicloud and hybrid environments from evolving threats. Get a continuous assessment of the security of your cloud resources running in Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud. Use built-in policies and prioritized recommendations that are aligned to key industry and regulatory standards or build custom requirements that meet your organization's needs. Use actionable insights to automate recommendations and help ensure that resources are configured securely and meet your compliance needs. Microsoft Defender for Cloud enables you to protect against evolving threats across multicloud and hybrid environments.	About Runecast is an enterprise CNAPP platform that saves your Security and Operations teams time and resources by enabling a proactive approach to ITOM, CSPM, and compliance. It automates vulnerability assessment, configuration drift management and continuous compliance – for VMware, Cloud and Containers. By proactively using our agentless scanning in real-time admins discover potential risks and remediation solutions before any issues can develop into a major outage. It provides continuous audits against vendor best practices, common security standards, and frameworks such as BSI IT-Grundschutz, CIS, Cyber Essentials, DISA STIG, DORA, Essential 8, GDPR, HIPAA, ISO 27001, KVKK, NIST, PCI DSS, TISAX, VMware Security Hardening Guidelines, and the CISA KEVs catalog. Detect and assess risks and be fully compliant across your hybrid cloud in minutes. Runecast has been recognized with Frost & Sullivan's 2023 European New Product Innovation Award in the CNAPP industry.
Platforms Supported Windows Mac Linux Cloud On-Premises iPhone iPad Android Chromebook	Platforms Supported Windows Mac Linux Cloud On-Premises iPhone iPad Android Chromebook
Audience Built-in protection for hybrid cloud workloads solution for companies	Audience Proactive Best Practice & Security Analysis for AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, VMware & Windows & Linux OS.
Support Phone Support 24/7 Live Support Online	Support Phone Support 24/7 Live Support Online
API Offers API	API Offers API
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Pricing $0.02 per server per hour Free Version Free Trial	Pricing No information available. Free Version Free Trial
Reviews/Ratings Overall 5.0 / 5 ease 5.0 / 5 features 5.0 / 5 design 5.0 / 5 support 4.5 / 5 Read all reviews	Reviews/Ratings Overall 0.0 / 5 ease 0.0 / 5 features 0.0 / 5 design 0.0 / 5 support 0.0 / 5 This software hasn't been reviewed yet. Be the first to provide a review: Review this Software
Training Documentation Webinars Live Online In Person	Training Documentation Webinars Live Online In Person
Company Information Microsoft Founded: 1975 United States azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/defender-for-cloud/	Company Information Runecast Solutions Founded: 2014 United Kingdom www.runecast.com
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Categories AI Security Posture Management (AI-SPM) Cloud Compliance Cloud Security Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) Cloud Workload Protection Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP) Data Breach Detection Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) Extended Detection and Response (XDR) File Integrity Monitoring Security Risk Assessment	Categories Cloud Compliance Cloud Security Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) Cloud Workload Protection Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP) Container Security Data Center Management Data Center Security GDPR Compliance HIPAA Compliance ISO Compliance Network Monitoring PCI Compliance Security Risk Assessment Server Virtualization Virtualization Vulnerability Scanners
	Cloud Security Features Antivirus Application Security Behavioral Analytics Encryption Endpoint Management Incident Management Intrusion Detection System Threat Intelligence Two-Factor Authentication Vulnerability Management Cloud Workload Protection Features Anomaly Detection Asset Discovery Cloud Gap Analysis Cloud Registry Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Data Security Governance Logging & Reporting Machine Learning Security Audit Workload Diversity Show More Features Container Security Features Access Roles / Permissions Application Performance Tracking Centralized Policy Management Container Stack Scanning Image Vulnerability Detection Reporting Testing View Container Metadata Data Center Management Features Audit Trail Behavior-Based Acceleration Cross Reference System Device Auto Discovery Diagnostic Testing Import / Export Data JCL Management Multi-Platform Multi-User Power Management Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance GDPR Compliance Features Access Control Consent Management Data Mapping Incident Management PIA / DPIA Policy Management Risk Management Sensitive Data Identification HIPAA Compliance Features Access Control / Permissions Audit Management Compliance Reporting Data Security Documentation Management For Healthcare Incident Management Policy Training Remediation Management Risk Management Vendor Management Network Monitoring Features Bandwidth Monitoring Baseline Manager Diagnostic Tools Internet Usage Monitoring IP Address Monitoring Real Time Analytics Resource Management Server Monitoring SLA Monitoring Uptime Monitoring Web Traffic Reporting PCI Compliance Features Access Control Compliance Reporting Exceptions Management File Integrity Monitoring Intrusion Detection System Log Management Patch Management PCI Assessment Policy Management Server Virtualization Features Audit Management Health Monitoring Live Machine Migration Multi-OS Virtual Machines Patching / Backup Performance Log Performance Optimization Rapid Provisioning Security Management Type 1 / Type 2 Hypervisor Virtualization Features Archiving & Retention Capacity Monitoring Data Mobility Desktop Virtualization Disaster Recovery Namespace Management Performance Management Version Control Virtual Machine Monitoring Vulnerability Scanners Features Asset Discovery Black Box Scanning Compliance Monitoring Continuous Monitoring Defect Tracking Interactive Scanning Logging and Reporting Network Mapping Perimeter Scanning Risk Analysis Threat Intelligence Web Inspection
Integrations Aranda Security Compliance Azure IoT Edge Beats Blink CardinalOps ContraForce FortiCNP HPE Ezmeral Kroll Cyber Risk Microsoft Azure Microsoft Defender XDR Microsoft Intelligent Data Platform Microsoft Security Copilot Panaseer Phoenix Security Seemplicity ServiceNow Tenzir VMware vSphere Vanta Show More Integrations View All 19 Integrations	Integrations Aranda Security Compliance Azure IoT Edge Beats Blink CardinalOps ContraForce FortiCNP HPE Ezmeral Kroll Cyber Risk Microsoft Azure Microsoft Defender XDR Microsoft Intelligent Data Platform Microsoft Security Copilot Panaseer Phoenix Security Seemplicity ServiceNow Tenzir VMware vSphere Vanta Show More Integrations View All 4 Integrations
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