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To configure Defender for Cloud across multiple clouds, you connect your Azure subscriptions and deploy the appropriate agents and connectors to establish centralized posture baselines and enforce consistent security rules across environments.

Cloud security posture management prevents misconfigurations across workloads, and Secure Score helps by establishing a baseline to measure and continuously improve your security configuration across Azure and multi-cloud environments.

Yes, an Azure subscription is required to use Defender for Cloud for securing AWS and GCP workloads. You must also have Security Admin or Contributor roles and active Defender for Cloud plans enabled.

You can visualize attack paths and manage cross-cloud compliance workflows for multi-cloud deployments using Defender for Cloud to protect servers, containers, storage, and databases across Azure, AWS, and GCP.

Deploying Defender for Cloud requires an Azure subscription, Security Admin or Contributor roles, active Defender for Cloud plans, a Log Analytics workspace, and properly configured governance and network controls.