The canal director asks for “the number” that shows how complete the estate’s security recommendations are. What does Microsoft Defender for Cloud Secure Score represent?
Select an answer to reveal the explanation.
Short Explanation
Secure Score is not a CVE tote board or a Policy report card. It is a weighted percent of the recommendations you have actually finished—healthy resources versus the impact still sitting on the pier.
Full Explanation
Secure Score in Microsoft Defender for Cloud is calculated from security recommendations as a weighted percentage reflecting completed controls versus remaining potential impact. It is not a raw CVE inventory, not Azure Policy compliance percentage, and not a Sentinel incident-closure metric. Those signals matter elsewhere but answer different questions.