Design a posture-management process that connects Defender for Cloud, Secure Score, Azure Arc, EASM, attack paths, and remediation ownership across hybrid and multicloud estates.
Build one asset and exposure view
Posture management begins with inventory and ownership. Microsoft Defender for Cloud evaluates supported Azure, hybrid, and multicloud resources against security recommendations and the Microsoft Cloud Security Benchmark. Azure Arc extends Azure management capabilities to supported resources outside Azure.
Distinguish the measures
Secure Score summarizes improvement actions and posture signals. It helps prioritize and track progress, but it is not a risk model by itself. Defender External Attack Surface Management discovers internet-visible assets from an outside-in perspective. Internal inventory and external discovery should be reconciled.
Prioritize attack paths
Exposure Management combines attack paths, insights, initiatives, and attack-surface-reduction information. Prioritize findings that connect exposed entry points to critical assets or privileged control. Assign remediation to the team that can safely change the asset.
Design the operating loop
- Discover and normalize assets.
- Assign business owner and criticality.
- Evaluate posture and exposure.
- Prioritize by reachable impact.
- Remediate or approve a time-bound exception.
- Verify the finding is closed and the control remains healthy.