Microsoft Defender for IoT
General

Review Security Initiatives

In brief

The page metadata, wording, heading, anchor, and OT Security prerequisite guidance were updated. The review section is now titled “Review OT and Enterprise IoT security initiatives in the Defender portal.”

What Defender admins need to know

Administrators may see updated navigation and wording when reviewing OT and Enterprise IoT security initiatives; no configuration change is stated.

Summaries are generated from the documentation change itself.

Documentation change

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Review the OT Security initiative

The OT Security initiative improves your OT site security posture by monitoring and protecting OT environments in the organization, and employing network layer monitoring. ThisThe OT Security initiative identifies devices and ensures that systems are working correctly, and data is protected.

Your security teams can use the OT Security initiative to:

Review the Enterprise IoT Security initiative

The Enterprise IoT Security initiative allows you to identify unmanaged IoT devices and enhance your organization's security. With continuous monitoring, vulnerability assessments, and tailored recommendations specifically designed for enterprise IoT devices, you gain comprehensive visibility into the risks posed by these devices. ThisThe Enterprise IoT Security initiative not only helps you understand the potential threats but also strengthens your organization's resilience in mitigating them.

Review the full security initiatives catalog.

  1. Select create new sites to set up sites.

Review OT and Enterprise IoT security initiatives in the Defender portal

  1. Follow the procedure to open the Initiatives page and review an initiative.

  2. For the OT Security initiative, if you haven't yet onboarded Defender for IoT and set up sites, the More data is required to support the OT Security initiative section is displayed. InIf this case,section is displayed, see the prerequisites for the OT Security initiative.

  3. Review the data in the initiative page, including the initiative score, top metrics, and more (learn more about security exposure management initiatives). For example, this OT Security initiative page shows an initiative score of 83%, and shows that 61.9% of the detected OT devices are protected.