Security Hygiene, Azure Security Center, and Secure Score

Security Hygiene, Azure Security Center, and Secure Score

The basics Let's start this article with some basic cybersecurity terminology.  Security hygiene, or cyber hygiene, is a general term used to describe the ongoing practice of keeping your technology and IT estate in a healthy and protected state.  The metaphor with physical hygiene is valid because we know with our bodies that there's no such thing as "set it and forget it": if we don't maintain regular hygiene practices and exercise, we atrophy. …