Configuring Workload Protection Plans in Defender for Cloud

Securing modern cloud environments requires proactive monitoring and robust threat protection across all your digital assets. This text-based course guides you through the foundational concepts of Cloud Workload Protection (CWPP) to safeguard your infrastructure from potential vulnerabilities. You will learn how to plan, enable, and configure tailored security plans for servers, databases, storage, APIs, and containerized workloads. By reading through practical scenarios and written exercises, you will understand how to deploy these protections at scale across your entire cloud footprint and verify your security coverage. What you will learn: Understand foundational cloud workload protection concepts and security baselines; Configure protection plans for servers, databases, storage accounts, and APIs; Deploy Defender for Cloud protections at scale using automated policies; Apply zero-trust security principles to cloud workloads and AI services; Verify security coverage and analyze threat detection alerts. This course begins with essential security terminology and configuration basics before moving into step-by-step written guides for protecting specific resource types and managing alerts. It is designed for beginner cloud administrators, security analysts, and IT professionals looking to establish strong cloud security practices, with no prior security configuration experience required. Start reading today to secure your cloud workloads against modern threats.