Azure Garage

  💥 Introduction Ransomware has changed the way organizations think about data protection. It’s no longer enough to simply have backups must be confident that you restore points are clean , uncompromised, and safe to recover from. Attackers increasingly target backup data, encrypting it or silently infecting VMs long before an attack is executed. Restoring from a compromised recovery point can quickly turn a disaster recovery attempt into an even bigger crisis. To address this growing challenge, Microsoft has introduced Threat Detection for Azure Backup, integrated with Microsoft Defender for Cloud (MDC) currently available in public preview. This feature enhances Azure Backup by using Defender advanced threat intelligence to scan and validate restore points, ensuring organizations can quickly identify safe backups during or after a security incident. In this blog, we explore what this capability does, how it works behind the scenes, how to configure it, and why it matters ...