From Compliance to Auto-Remediation: Azure’s Latest Linux Security Innovations

We are pleased to announce that the Azure security baseline through Azure Policy and Machine Configuration for Linux has moved to public preview, and we are expanding the capabilities with built-in auto-remediation feature (limited public preview). Customers face increasing pressure to comply with requirements set by governments, regulatory bodies, or…

19/11/2024Linux and Open Source Blog

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