Implementing Azure Defender for Cloud When to Use - When enabling comprehensive security monitoring across Azure subscriptions - When implementing cloud workload protection for VMs, containers, SQL, storage, and Key Vault - When compliance requirements demand continuous assessment against regulatory frameworks - When building adaptive security controls that respond to detected threats - When centralizing security findings from Azure-native and hybrid workloads Do not use for non-Azure workload protection exclusively (use AWS Security Hub or GCP SCC), for application-level security testing (us…