Microsoft defender for cloud apps impossible travel

1. What is impossible travel Defender for cloud apps?
2. What is impossible travel time in cyber security?
3. When the SIEM becomes unavailable after how many hours will Microsoft Defender for cloud apps display a status of disconnected for the SIEM?
4. Can you trust Microsoft Defender?
5. Is Microsoft Defender a VPN?
6. What is default impossible travel alert?
7. Is Impossible travel time a policy?
8. What is atypical travel alert?
9. What is MCAS alerts?
10. What is Azure MCAS?
11. What does Defender for cloud apps do?
12. What is the difference between Defender for cloud and Defender for cloud apps?
13. What is Defender for cloud apps discovery?
14. What is Defender cloud protection?
15. Is Microsoft Defender enough protection?
16. Why Microsoft Defender is not enough?
17. Is it OK to turn off Microsoft Defender?

What is impossible travel Defender for cloud apps?

Impossible Travel

To improve accuracy and alert only when there is a strong indication of a breach, Defender for Cloud Apps establishes a baseline on each user in the organization and will alert only when the unusual behavior is detected. The impossible travel policy can be fine-tuned to your requirements.

What is impossible travel time in cyber security?

'Impossible travel,' when a user logs in from different locations faster than humanly possible, proves easier for systems to spot than to resolve. Security professionals are often overwhelmed by false positives and lack time to investigate all the alerts.

When the SIEM becomes unavailable after how many hours will Microsoft Defender for cloud apps display a status of disconnected for the SIEM?

The status changes to Disconnected if the connection is down for over 12 hours.

Can you trust Microsoft Defender?

Microsoft Defender antivirus is pretty safe. It has almost 100% real-time protection rates, according to independent tests. It also has additional features for device protection against malware, such as scanning, app and browser control, and account protection options.

Is Microsoft Defender a VPN?

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint uses a virtual private network (VPN) to provide Web Protection capabilities that protect you against phishing or web-based attacks. This is a local (or self-looping) VPN, and unlike traditional VPNs, it can't direct or redirect traffic off the device.

What is default impossible travel alert?

Default Impossible Travel Alert: This alert identifies users who logged in from multiple locations that are impossible to physically travel between in a short time. This alert applies to all tenants and this activity must occur at least once within a day to generate an alert.

Is Impossible travel time a policy?

Impossible Travel policy is part of the Threat Detection category and has the following characteristics: Uses 7 days of user activity to build a baseline before identifying anomalies. The policy scope can be configured to only be applicable to specific users and groups.

What is atypical travel alert?

Description. Atypical travel. Offline. This risk detection type identifies two sign-ins originating from geographically distant locations, where at least one of the locations may also be atypical for the user, given past behavior.

What is MCAS alerts?

Microsoft Cloud App Security (MCAS) is a Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) service that manages security activity in the cloud.

What is Azure MCAS?

Microsoft 365 Cloud App Security, also known as MCAS, to implement efficient security monitoring and strong data security with threat protection and threat detection for the cloud-deployed apps used by your company. MCAS performs the function of a Cloud Access Security Broker or CASB.

What does Defender for cloud apps do?

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps is a Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) that operates on multiple clouds. It provides rich visibility, control over data travel, and sophisticated analytics to identify and combat cyberthreats across all your cloud services.

What is the difference between Defender for cloud and Defender for cloud apps?

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.

What is Defender for cloud apps discovery?

Cloud Discovery analyzes your traffic logs against the Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps catalog of over 31,000 cloud apps. The apps are ranked and scored based on more than 90 risk factors to provide you with ongoing visibility into cloud use, Shadow IT, and the risk Shadow IT poses into your organization.

What is Defender cloud protection?

Microsoft Defender Antivirus cloud protection helps protect against malware on your endpoints and across your network. We recommend keeping cloud protection turned on, because certain security features and capabilities in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint only work when cloud protection is enabled.

Is Microsoft Defender enough protection?

Is Windows Defender good enough? Yes, Windows Defender is a good basic virus protection software. You may not find everything you want if you are extremely security focused. A third-party antivirus or anti-malware software will likely find threats that Windows Defender may miss.

Why Microsoft Defender is not enough?

Yes, Microsoft Defender can detect and remove malware, but it isn't a reliable choice for protection against zero-day threats. During my tests, Microsoft Defender detected 98% of real-time threats. While this may seem outstanding, it pales in comparison to Norton's 100% zero-day malware detection.

Is it OK to turn off Microsoft Defender?

On its own, it is entirely safe to disable Windows Defender. The problem arises when you disable it without providing a replacement. Make sure you have another security suite set up—and of course the onus is still on you to practice sensible safety precautions.