Microsoft Defender ATP for Linux is now generally available
Whilst I&#x27;ve never been a Microsoft user, it&#x27;s refreshing to see these moves. For decades they&#x27;ve been an opponent of anything being OSS, let alone running on OSS.  While the move isn&#x27;t for everyone (heck, not me) it&#x27;s still a very positive step, pretty much in line with Nadella&#x27;s underlying strategy vis-a-vis Microsoft&#x27;s newfound growth.<p>Security mandates such as PCI mandate running anti-virus and friends on a per host basis.  They demand a 24-hour event review, FIM, etc.  If tools like this come to Linux, it&#x27;ll make it significantly easier for many organizations to start complying with these mandates.  To be clear - these organizations already take security at best as a suggestion - these tools help reduce the barrier to entry so that at least the basics can be addressed.<p>I&#x27;d imagine that well over 95% of Linux users would never run Microsoft tools on Linux.  At the same time, for those Windows shops that are experimenting with Linux, or need to support a few workloads, can&#x27;t afford the dedicated expertise (yet) this is definitely a step forward to help them.