====== Azure Security Center ====== * //Azure Security Center// is now called //Microsoft Defender for Cloud// * ASC is largely powered by //Azure Policy// * A //Log Analytics Workspace// is used to capture data from VMs for ASC findings specific to VMs. * There are two tiers of ASC—ASC with and without Defender. The tier without Defender is //free// and the tier with Defender is a paid service. Defender provides some additional capabilities. Defender for ASC can be enabled at a granular level for different resource types.