Microsoft cloud app security email alerts

1. What is Microsoft Cloud App security?
2. How do I set up alerts in Microsoft Defender for cloud?
3. What is benign false positive in cloud app security?
4. Which type of Microsoft Cloud App Security alert can be triggered by cloud discovery?
5. How do I know if a Microsoft security alert is real?
6. Is Microsoft security warning real?
7. Can Windows Defender send email notification?
8. What is a false positive in email security?
9. How can you tell if a vulnerability is false positive?
10. What is the difference between Microsoft Defender and cloud app security?
11. Where is Microsoft Cloud App Security?
12. What is a Microsoft MCA?
13. What do I need for cloud app security?
14. What is the new name for Microsoft Cloud App security?
15. What are three uses of Microsoft Cloud App security?
16. Can I trust Microsoft Defender?

What is Microsoft Cloud App security?

Microsoft Cloud App Security is a Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) that supports multiple deployment modes. It gives you rich visibility, enables you to control how your data travels, and provides sophisticated analytics to identify and combat cyberthreats – across all your cloud services.

How do I set up alerts in Microsoft Defender for cloud?

From Defender for Cloud's Environment settings area, select the relevant subscription, and open Email notifications. Define the recipients for your notifications with one or both of these options: From the dropdown list, select from the available roles. Enter specific email addresses separated by commas.

What is benign false positive in cloud app security?

A benign positive alert is an accurate alert, but the activity that generated it is considered legitimate. These types of alerts can be dismissed – and when you dismiss them, set the reason to either Actual severity is lower or Not interesting. A false positive alert is inaccurate.

Which type of Microsoft Cloud App Security alert can be triggered by cloud discovery?

An informative alert about access to a connected app from a new location, and it's triggered only once per country/region. Investigate the specific user's activity. This alert is an alert about Shadow IT. A new app was detected by Cloud Discovery.

How do I know if a Microsoft security alert is real?

If you aren't sure about the source of an email, check the sender. You'll know it's legitimate if it's from the Microsoft account team at [email protected].

Is Microsoft security warning real?

The Windows Defender security warning is a particular scam that is commonly referred to as a phishing scam. And what that means is that it tries to emulate an actual warning or error message to get the users to download something or contact a bad actor to continue the ruse.

Can Windows Defender send email notification?

Alert notifications

In Microsoft 365 Defender, you can add recipients for email notifications of detected alerts. In Microsoft 365 Defender, go to Settings and then Identities. Select Alert notifications. Enter the recipient's email address.

What is a false positive in email security?

False Positive (FP)

This is a message that is not spam, but is incorrectly being quarantined as spam.

How can you tell if a vulnerability is false positive?

If the response time changes according to the delay, it is a genuine vulnerability. If the response time is constant or the output explains the delay, such as a timeout because the application didn't understand the input, then it is a false positive.

What is the difference between Microsoft Defender and cloud app security?

Defender for Cloud is all about protecting workloads in Azure (and AWS & GCP, hence the name change from Azure Defender to Defender for Cloud), whereas Defender for Cloud Apps is all about spotting shadow IT, managing SaaS service access by your end-users, and applying policy.

Where is Microsoft Cloud App Security?

To access the portal. To access the Defender for Cloud Apps portal, go to https://portal.cloudappsecurity.com. You can also access the portal through the Microsoft 365 Defender portal, as follows: In the Microsoft 365 Defender Portal, select More resources, and then select Defender for Cloud Apps.

What is a Microsoft MCA?

Get started with managing your billing and subscriptions under your Microsoft Customer Agreement (MCA). Learn how to understand and optimize your costs while ensuring secure access to your billing environment.

What do I need for cloud app security?

To enable Cloud App Security, you must have an E5 license or purchase the Cloud App Security add-on. To enable the alerts and monitoring capabilities, log onto the Office 365 Security and Compliance portal or the Microsoft Cloud App Security website.

What is the new name for Microsoft Cloud App security?

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps (previously known as Microsoft Cloud App Security) is now part of Microsoft 365 Defender. The Microsoft 365 Defender portal allows security admins to perform their security tasks in one location.

What are three uses of Microsoft Cloud App security?

Defender for Cloud Apps can enforce policies, detects threats, and provides governance actions for resolving issues.

Can I trust Microsoft Defender?

Microsoft Defender antivirus is pretty safe. It has almost 100% real-time protection rates, according to independent tests.