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Describe Microsoft Defender for Identity

Describe Microsoft Defender for Identity

From the course: Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals (SC-900) Cert Prep by Microsoft Press

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Describe Microsoft Defender for Identity

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- Describe threat protection with Microsoft 365 Defender. Here we describe Microsoft Defender for Identity. Microsoft Defender for Identity is a cloud-based security solution that helps protect your organization from an identity-based threats. It uses data from your on-premise, active directory, and other sources to detect and investigate suspicious activities, compromised identities, and malicious insider actions. It also provides you with recommendations to improve your identity security posture, and to reduce your attack surface. Microsoft Defender for Identity is fully integrated with the Microsoft 365 Defender Suite, which gives you a unified view of threats across your Microsoft 365 workloads. So in recap, Microsoft Defender for Identity protects your organization from identity based threats, provides you with recommendations to improve your identity security posture, and reduce your attack surface.

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