Microsoft Defender for Business launched, mainly aimed at the small and medium business community

The focus that Microsoft is targeting is small and medium businesses (SMBs). Statistics of the company Redmond show that small and medium-sized businesses are the ones most affected by security breaches in the past few years, due to the lack of appropriate software to protect safety. for your network.

Built as an all-in-one security solution, Microsoft Defender for Business is expected to provide enterprise-class endpoint customers with a stable, consistent, and easy-to-deploy security engine. This involves every aspect of security, from traditional malware and virus protection to modern threats like ransomware. With that comes advanced detection and response capabilities.

'With Defender for Business, SMBs will be protected with a multi-layered, five-stage detection and response system under the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) cybersecurity framework: Identify, protect, detect, respond, and recover," Microsoft said.

In addition, Defender for Business also comes with built-in policies to help customers quickly establish a suitable security barrier, by continuously detecting and automatically remediating various threats. All are automated.

Compared to the regular Microsoft Defender (the version that comes with Windows), this new version aimed at small and medium businesses doesn't come with a free license. Customers can choose to purchase independently for $3 per user. But on the other hand, Microsoft Defender for Business is also part of Microsoft 365 Business Premium.

Jessica Tanner

Update 06 May 2022