"Microsoft Corp. broadened its profile as a secure cloud vendor on Monday using its annual IT conference to announce several security initiatives designed to woo enterprises to its Azure public cloud platform and away from rivals Amazon.com Inc. and Alphabet Inc. To kick off its Ignite conference in Orlando, Microsoft on Monday announced, among other things, that it was applying its Authenticator app across Azure to do away with login passwords as well as its Secure Score service across its cloud to provide users with feedback to avoid breaches. The Redmond, Wash.-based tech giant also said its Threat Protection product would offer AI and human support across its Microsoft 365 suite to provide end-to-end cybersecurity, and announced a public preview of its Azure confidential computing product designed to secure cloud data while it was in use..." https://www.marketwatch.com/story/m...ts-seek-to-shake-up-the-cloudscape-2018-09-24
