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Understanding Microsoft Secure Score

Based on Microsoft Digital Defense Report (MDDR) 2023, the top four threats and attack vectors were identity attacks, ransomware encounters, targeted phishing, and business email compromise (BEC) attacks. In all these scenarios, the better the environment security posture is, the lower the likelihood of an attack succeeding. Also, in cloud environment breaches, some of the common factors are misconfiguration, mismanaged credentials, and insider theft.

Security posture management is a broad topic that is related to environmental footprint. Even though Microsoft Secure Score does not cover all the possible scenarios related to environment posture management, by leveraging it, organizations can enhance security ...

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