

Review your Azure auditing and security logs regularly.


Keep sensitive information secure in migrated web apps.Protect your VMs from malware and malicious attacks.Get best practices for encrypting your data in Azure.Learn how to work with the monitoring, assessments, and recommendations provided by Microsoft Defender for Cloud.Secure migrated workloadsĪfter migration, the most critical task is to secure migrated workloads from internal and external threats. Features and capabilities might change over time.

The best practices and opinions described in this article are based on the Azure platform and service features available at the time of writing. It also covers ongoing tasks to keep your deployment running at an optimal level. This article describes best practices for securing your Azure deployment after migration. In some instances Defender may need you to take some actions such as quarantining or removing the dangerous file or process.Best practices to secure and manage Azure workloadsĪs you plan your migration to the cloud, in addition to thinking about the migration itself, you need to consider your security and management model in Azure. If Defender finds malware on your device it'll block it, notify you, and try to remove the malware if it can. For more information see How to start a scan for malware in Microsoft Defender What if Defender finds malware? If you're concerned and want to have Microsoft Defender run a scan right now, you can do that by going to the Device protection page from the Microsoft Defender dashboard. If it spots something it will attempt to block it, and alert you so that you can take action if necessary. Microsoft Defender will also run quick scans of your device on a daily basis, in case anything manages to elude the real-time protection. Microsoft Defender's real-time anti-malware protection runs whenever your device is on, keeping an eye out for malicious activity. When you first set-up Microsoft Defender on your device we'll run an initial scan to make sure you're starting off clean. Note: Microsoft Defender currently offers anti-malware only on Windows, Mac, and Android.
