Dec 1, 2020
Microsoft 365 Defender delivers XDR
Microsoft 365 Defender delivers XDR capabilities for identities, endpoints, cloud apps, email and documents. It uses artificial intelligence to reduce the SOC’s work items, and in a recent test we consolidated 1,000 alerts to just 40 high-priority incidents. Built-in self-healing technology fully automates remediation more than 70% of the time, ensuring defenders can focus on other tasks that better leverage their knowledge and expertise.
Today, we are making the following branding changes to unify the Microsoft 365 Defender technologies:
- Microsoft 365 Defender (previously Microsoft Threat Protection).
- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (previously Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection).
- Microsoft Defender for Office 365 (previously Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection).
- Microsoft Defender for Identity (previously Azure Advanced Threat Protection).
New features within Microsoft 365 Defender will also be available:
- Extending mobile threat defense capabilities in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint to iOS (now in Preview) and Android support now moves to GA. As a result, Microsoft now delivers endpoint protection across all major OS platforms. Learn more about the latest in our endpoint security journey.
- Extension of current macOS support with the addition of threat and vulnerability management. You can learn more here.
Priority account protection in Microsoft Defender for Office 365 will help security teams focus on protection from phishing attacks for users who have access to the most critical and privileged information. Customers can customize prioritized account workflows to offer these users an added layer of protection. Learn more here.
YouTube video: Microsoft Defender, Extended Detection and Response (XDR) | Microsoft Ignite 2020
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Microsoft delivers unified SIEM and XDR to modernize security operations - Microsoft Security