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What is a security policy in Azure Security Center?

Marilee Turscak-MSFT 34,801 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
2020-05-06T21:25:50.127+00:00

What is a security policy in Azure Security Center? To what can I apply a security policy and how can I use them to make my applications and data more secure?

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Source: Security health monitoring in Azure Security Center

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  1. Saurabh Sharma 23,766 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
    2020-05-06T22:06:27.403+00:00

    A security policy defines the set of controls that are recommended for resources within the specified subscription. In Azure Security Center, you define policies for your Azure subscriptions according to your company's security requirements and the type of applications or sensitivity of the data in each subscription.
    The security policies enabled in Azure Security Center drive security recommendations and monitoring. To learn more about security policies, see Security health monitoring in Azure Security Center.

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  1. Ken Golitin 21 Reputation points
    2020-07-09T07:34:09.843+00:00

    Hi,

    You can chech the link: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security-center/tutorial-security-policy
    Hope that's help.
    Ken

    Introduction to security policies
    A security policy defines the desired configuration of your workloads and helps ensure you're complying with the security requirements of your company or regulators.

    Azure Security Center makes its security recommendations based on your chosen policies. Security Center policies are based on policy initiatives created in Azure Policy. You can use Azure Policy to manage your policies and to set policies across Management groups and across multiple subscriptions.

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