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Defender Adds Asset-Aware Protections for High-Value Systems

Microsoft says Defender now applies asset-aware protections to high-value assets including domain controllers, Exchange, and SharePoint servers. The protections use Microsoft Security Exposure Management to detect and block threats and to disrupt high-impact attack paths.

Timeline

• Mar 27 Reported by Microsoft Security Blog

Sources

1 source covering this story

• Microsoft Security Blog Mar 27

  How Microsoft Defender protects high-value assets in real-world attack scenarios | Microsoft Security Blog

  Microsoft Defender applies asset-aware protection using Microsoft Security Exposure Management to detect and block threats against these critical systems.

Vendor digest: Microsoft

Part of the PlainSec briefing for 2026-03-28

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• Briefing for 2026-03-28
• Briefing for 2026-03-27