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What's new in Microsoft Defender for IoT?

This article describes features available in Microsoft Defender for IoT in the Defender portal, across both OT and Enterprise IoT networks.

Important

This article discusses Microsoft Defender for IoT in the Defender portal (Preview).

If you're an existing customer working on the classic Defender for IoT portal (Azure portal), see the Defender for IoT on Azure documentation.

Learn more about the Defender for IoT management portals.

Some information in this article relates to a prereleased product which may be substantially modified before it's commercially released. Microsoft makes no warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to the information provided here.

November 2024

Secure site-linked devices in Microsoft Security Exposure Management Initiatives page

You can now review the new OT Security initiative in the Microsoft Security Exposure Management Initiatives page. This new initiative provides a metric-driven way of tracking exposure about unmanaged OT devices.

Screenshot showing the OT Security initiative in Microsoft Defender for IoT in the Microsoft Defender portal.

This new initiative serves as a powerful tool to improve your OT site security posture. The initiative aims to monitor and safeguard OT environments within the organization by employing network layer monitoring. This initiative identifies devices and ensures that systems are working correctly, and data is protected.

For more information, see:

September 2024

Review unmanaged enterprise IoT devices in Microsoft Security Exposure Management Initiatives page

You can now review the new Enterprise IoT Security initiative in the Microsoft Security Exposure Management Initiatives page. This new initiative provides a metric-driven way of tracking exposure about unmanaged enterprise IoT devices.

For more information, see the Microsoft Security Exposure Management release notes.

New Building Management Systems (BMS) device category

We now support the new BMS device category in Defender for IoT that improves BMS device discovery and security. The BMS category includes a subset of Smart Facility and Surveillance devices (previously under the IoT category) such as fire alarms, humidity sensors, security radars, etc. Camera devices remain under the IoT category.

For more information, see overview of device discovery.

July 2024

Service area Updates
OT networks - Site property added DeviceInfo schema

New Site property added DeviceInfo schema

In the advanced hunting tables, the Site property is added to the DeviceInfo schema. For more information, see investigate threats.

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