Microsoft Defender ATP now helps secure network devices

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Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) can now assess the collective security configuration state of devices on an enterprise network with the help of a new feature dubbed Microsoft Secure Score for Devices.

Microsoft Secure Score for Devices assesses the security state of enterprise networks dynamically, identifying unprotected systems and providing recommended actions to boost the overall security of an organization's endpoints.

"Your score for devices is visible in the Threat & Vulnerability Management dashboard of the Microsoft Defender Security Center," Microsoft explains in a new support document.

"A higher Microsoft Secure Score for Devices means your endpoints are more resilient from cybersecurity threat attacks."

Through the Microsoft Secure Score for Devices card on the Threat & Vulnerability Management dashboard, users have access to data aggregated by:
 

• Comparing collected configurations to the collected benchmarks to discover misconfigured assets
• Mapping configurations to vulnerabilities that can be remediated or partially remediated (risk reduction)
• Collecting and maintaining best-practice configuration benchmarks (vendors, security feeds, internal research teams)
• Collecting and monitoring changes of security control configuration state from all assets

Recommendations to boost endpoints' securityAt the moment, Microsoft Secure Score for Devices supports configurations set via Group Policy. As Microsoft explains, configurations set using Intune could be detected as misconfigured.

The new feature checks the security configuration state of enterprise network devices across the application, operating system, network, accounts, and security controls categories.

To improve their endpoints' overall network security, users have to remediate the issues added to the security recommendations list.

While doing that, Microsoft Secure Score for Devices also improves, making it even easier to secure an org's entire network against vulnerabilities and cybersecurity threats.

A detailed description of the procedure that needs to be followed to address the issues found by Microsoft Secure Score for Devices while assessing their network devices is available here.
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