You have a Microsoft 365 subscription that uses Microsoft 365 Defender. You need to compare your company's security configurations to Microsoft best practices and review improvement actions to…

The correct answer is A. Microsoft Secure Score. Microsoft Secure Score is the correct tool. It measures an organization's security posture by evaluating current security configurations against Microsoft best practices, and it surfaces prioritized improvement actions with scores to help increase overall security posture…

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Question

You have a Microsoft 365 subscription that uses Microsoft 365 Defender. You need to compare your company's security configurations to Microsoft best practices and review improvement actions to increase the security posture. What should you use?

Options

AMicrosoft Secure Score
BCloud discovery
CExposure distribution
DThreat tracker
EExposure score

How the community answered

(27 responses)

A
93% (25)
D
4% (1)
E
4% (1)

Explanation

Microsoft Secure Score is the correct tool. It measures an organization's security posture by evaluating current security configurations against Microsoft best practices, and it surfaces prioritized improvement actions with scores to help increase overall security posture. Cloud discovery (B) identifies shadow IT apps. Exposure score (E) and Exposure distribution (C) relate to Microsoft Defender for Endpoint's vulnerability management, not broad security configuration benchmarking. Threat tracker (D) monitors emerging cybersecurity threats, not configuration comparisons.

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