Microsoft Defender for Cloud

aid: microsoft-defender-for-cloud
name: Microsoft Defender for Cloud
description: >-
  Microsoft Defender for Cloud is Microsoft's unified cloud-native application
  protection platform (CNAPP) that delivers cloud security posture management
  (CSPM) and cloud workload protection (CWPP) across Azure, AWS, GCP, and
  hybrid/on-premises workloads. It provides security recommendations, secure
  score, regulatory compliance assessments, vulnerability management, and
  advanced threat protection for servers, containers, databases, storage, and
  more. The Defender for Cloud REST APIs are part of the Azure Resource
  Manager surface and authenticate via Azure Active Directory OAuth 2.0 tokens.
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
  - Cloud Security
  - CSPM
  - CWPP
  - CNAPP
  - Threat Protection
  - Compliance
  - Vulnerability Management
  - Azure
url: >-
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/microsoft-defender-for-cloud/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-11'
modified: '2026-05-11'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
  - aid: microsoft-defender-for-cloud:rest-api
    name: Microsoft Defender for Cloud REST API
    description: >-
      Azure Resource Manager REST API for managing Defender for Cloud
      assessments, alerts, recommendations, secure score, regulatory compliance,
      pricing/plans, security contacts, and connectors for multi-cloud
      environments. Authentication is via Azure AD OAuth 2.0 bearer tokens
      against the management.azure.com endpoint with api-version query
      parameters.
    humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/defenderforcloud/
    baseURL: https://management.azure.com
    tags:
      - Cloud Security
      - CSPM
      - CWPP
      - Azure Resource Manager
      - Threat Protection
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/defenderforcloud/
      - type: Operation Groups
        url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/defenderforcloud-composite/operation-groups
      - type: OpenAPI Specifications
        url: https://github.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/tree/main/specification/security
      - type: Azure SDK
        url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/developer/
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/defender-for-cloud
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/defender-for-cloud/
  - type: REST API Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/defenderforcloud/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/defender-for-cloud/
  - type: Sign Up
    url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/
  - type: GitHub OpenAPI Specs
    url: https://github.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/tree/main/specification/security
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: [email protected]