Introducing Microsoft Defender for Business
Small businesses rely on technology to streamline operations, respond to customer needs, and communicate with employees. You’re being asked to do more with less, and unfortunately, attackers often have the advantage; they need to find only one exploitable weakness.
While the growing threat of cybercrime can seem bleak, Microsoft remains committed to taking it on and constantly innovating to deliver security solutions that protect small and medium-sized businesses from cyberattacks.
What is Microsoft Defender for Business?
Introduced in 2022, Microsoft Defender for Business is aimed at safeguarding endpoints for businesses with up to 300 employees. With this endpoint security solution, your company’s devices are better protected from ransomware, malware, phishing, and other threats. Defender for Business is available as a standalone subscription and is included in Microsoft 365 Business Premium.
With Defender for Business, you can help protect the devices and data your business uses with:
- Enterprise-grade security. Defender for Business brings powerful endpoint security capabilities from our industry-leading Microsoft Defender for Endpoint solution and optimizes those capabilities for IT administrators to support small- and medium-sized businesses.
- An easy-to-use security solution. Defender for Business offers streamlined experiences that guide you to action with recommendations and insights into the security of your endpoints. No specialised knowledge is required, because Defender for Business offers wizard-driven configuration and default security policies that are designed to help protect your company’s devices from day one.
- Flexibility for your environment. Defender for Business can work with your IT environment, whether you’re using Microsoft Intune or you’re brand new to the Microsoft Cloud. Defender for Business works with components that are built into Windows, and with apps for Mac, iOS, and Android devices
Watch this video to see how Microsoft Defender can help you proactively protect your devices, inform you about trending threats, and automatically respond to security incidents. It also includes some quick steps that you can take to set it up.
The continued evolution of Defender for Business
Cyberthreats are not slowing down. That’s why it’s more important than ever for you to continue investing in cybersecurity and protect against the financial, operational, or reputational damage that can result from an attack. However, it can be difficult to understand the status of your business security.
Microsoft continues to extend the capabilities of this valuable tool, including recent improvements to security summaries to help you better understand how secure you are across identity, devices, information, and apps. The report shows threats prevented by Defender for Business, current status from Microsoft Secure Score, and recommendations, all designed to help you increase security in key areas.
The new security summaries in Defender for Business also offer insights into your security investments through Microsoft Secure Score. This summary enables you to make informed decisions about how to improve security in your environment and continuously improve your security status. By leveraging these report insights, small businesses can showcase the status of security, close gaps, and instill confidence in stakeholders.
See how Microsoft Defender for Business can help your nonprofit
As a leading Microsoft Tech for Social Impact partner and expert cloud provider, AspiraCloud can help you take advantage these Microsoft security solutions, while protecting your nonprofit and reducing risk. We also provide IT Support and training and can even introduce you to Microsoft grants and discounts.
We work with numerous charities, trusts, foundations, social enterprises, care homes and other non-profit organisations, including Citizens Advice, Greenwich Housing Rights, Medical Justice and the Blue Cross.
If you would like to learn how your charity can enhance cloud security and protect your devices, the AspiraCloud team can help you get started. Simply contact us today for an introductory chat.
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