Protect AI workloads with Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Intermediate
Security Engineer
Azure
Microsoft Foundry
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Microsoft Entra ID
Microsoft Defender XDR
Microsoft Defender for Cloud helps secure AI workloads by combining discovery, posture management, and runtime protection in one platform. You'll learn how to enable the AI workloads plan, review insights in the Data & AI security dashboard, assess posture using Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM), detect runtime threats with Cloud Workload Protection (CWP), and investigate incidents in Microsoft Defender XDR. These capabilities work together to identify configuration gaps, detect suspicious behavior, and provide end-to-end visibility across your AI environments.
Learning objectives
In this module, you learn to:
- Enable and configure the AI workloads plan in Microsoft Defender for Cloud
- Review AI resource insights in the Data & AI security dashboard
- Assess and improve AI posture with Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)
- Detect and respond to runtime threats using Cloud Workload Protection (CWP)
- Investigate AI-related alerts and incidents in Microsoft Defender XDR
Prerequisites
Before starting, you should have:
- Experience managing Microsoft Defender for Cloud plans and Azure configurations
- Familiarity with Azure AI services such as Microsoft Foundry, Azure OpenAI, or Azure Machine Learning
- Basic understanding of threat detection, incident response, and cloud security posture management (CSPM)
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