Microsoft bolsters cloud security with more AI threat detection

The Satya Nadella era at Microsoft has been defined by one overarching theme: everything ties back to the cloud.

Every Microsoft business app and service plugs back to its Azure cloud platform in one way or another. Ahead of the RSA security conference, the company is once again debuting new Azure security tools to add to its enterprise threat protection arsenal.

Ann Johnson, Microsoft's Corporate Vice President of Cybersecurity Solutions, announced two new services—Azure Sentinel and the Microsoft Threat Experts program—from the floor of the company's Cyber Defense Operations Center. Johnson said Azure Sentintel is "the first cloud-native SIEM [security information and event management tool] within a major cloud platform." Read more...