Merge pull request #224821 from ElazarK/freshness

freshness and acrolinx fixes

Author: v-ccolin

articles/defender-for-cloud/alert-validation.md

@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ title: Alert validation in Microsoft Defender for Cloud
 description: Learn how to validate that your security alerts are correctly configured in Microsoft Defender for Cloud
 ms.topic: how-to
 ms.date: 10/06/2022
-
+ms.author: benmansheim
+author: bmansheim
 ---
 # Alert validation in Microsoft Defender for Cloud
 
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ You can simulate alerts for both of the control plane, and workload alerts with
 
 **To simulate a a Kubernetes workload security alert**:
 
-1. Create a pod to run a test command on. This pod can be any of the existing pods in the cluster, or a new pod. You can create created using this sample yaml configuration:
+1. Create a pod to run a test command on. This pod can be any of the existing pods in the cluster, or a new pod. You can create using this sample yaml configuration:
 
     ```yaml
     apiVersion: v1

articles/defender-for-cloud/azure-devops-extension.md

@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 ---
 title: Configure the Microsoft Security DevOps Azure DevOps extension
 description: Learn how to configure the Microsoft Security DevOps Azure DevOps extension.
-ms.date: 11/03/2022
+ms.date: 01/24/2023
 ms.topic: how-to
 ms.custom: ignite-2022
 ---
 
 # Configure the Microsoft Security DevOps Azure DevOps extension
 
-> [!Note]
+> [!NOTE]
 > Effective December 31, 2022, the Microsoft Security Code Analysis (MSCA) extension is retired. MSCA is replaced by the Microsoft Security DevOps Azure DevOps extension. MSCA customers should follow the instructions in this article to install and configure the extension.
 
 Microsoft Security DevOps is a command line application that integrates static analysis tools into the development lifecycle. Microsoft Security DevOps installs, configures, and runs the latest versions of static analysis tools (including, but not limited to, SDL/security and compliance tools). Microsoft Security DevOps is data-driven with portable configurations that enable deterministic execution across multiple environments.
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ The pipeline will run for a few minutes and save the results.
 - Learn how to [deploy pipelines to Azure](/azure/devops/pipelines/overview-azure?toc=%2Fazure%2Fdevops%2Fcross-service%2Ftoc.json&bc=%2Fazure%2Fdevops%2Fcross-service%2Fbreadcrumb%2Ftoc.json&view=azure-devops).
 
 ## Next steps
+
 Learn more about [Defender for DevOps](defender-for-devops-introduction.md).
 
 Learn how to [connect your Azure DevOps](quickstart-onboard-devops.md) to Defender for Cloud.

articles/defender-for-cloud/concept-attack-path.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ description: Learn how to prioritize remediation of cloud misconfigurations and
 titleSuffix: Defender for Cloud attack path.
 ms.topic: conceptual
 ms.custom: ignite-2022
-ms.date: 11/08/2022
+ms.date: 01/24/2023
 ---
 
 # What are the cloud security graph, attack path analysis, and the cloud security explorer? 
@@ -27,17 +27,17 @@ Defender for Cloud then uses the generated graph to perform an attack path analy
 
 ## What is attack path analysis?
 
-Attack path analysis is a graph-based algorithm that scans the cloud security graph. The scans expose exploitable paths that attackers may use to breach your environment to reach your high-impact assets. Attack path analysis exposes those attack paths and suggests recommendations as to how best remediate the issues that will break the attack path and prevent successful breach. 
+Attack path analysis is a graph-based algorithm that scans the cloud security graph. The scans expose exploitable paths that attackers may use to breach your environment to reach your high-impact assets. Attack path analysis exposes attack paths and suggests recommendations as to how best remediate issues that will break the attack path and prevent successful breach. 
 
-By taking your environment's contextual information into account such as internet exposure, permissions, lateral movement, and more, attack path analysis identifies issues that may lead to a breach on your environment, and helps you to remediate the highest risk ones first. 
+When you take your environment's contextual information into account, attack path analysis identifies issues that may lead to a breach on your environment, and helps you to remediate the highest risk ones first.  For example its exposure to the internet, permissions, lateral movement, and more.
 
 :::image type="content" source="media/concept-cloud-map/attack-path.png" alt-text="Image that shows a sample attack path from attacker to your sensitive data.":::
 
 Learn how to use [attack path analysis](how-to-manage-attack-path.md).
 
 ## What is cloud security explorer?
 
-Using the cloud security explorer, you can proactively identify security risks in your multicloud environment by running graph-based queries on the cloud security graph. Your security team can use the query builder to search for and locate risks, while taking your organization's specific contextual and conventional information into account. 
+By running graph-based queries on the cloud security graph with the cloud security explorer, you can proactively identify security risks in your multicloud environments. Your security team can use the query builder to search for and locate risks, while taking your organization's specific contextual and conventional information into account. 
 
 Cloud security explorer provides you with the ability to perform proactive exploration features. You can search for security risks within your organization by running graph-based path-finding queries on top the contextual security data that is already provided by Defender for Cloud, such as cloud misconfigurations, vulnerabilities, resource context, lateral movement possibilities between resources and more.
 

articles/defender-for-cloud/concept-cloud-security-posture-management.md

@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@ title: Overview of Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)
 description: Learn more about the new Defender CSPM plan and the other enhanced security features that can be enabled for your multicloud environment through the Defender Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) plan.
 ms.topic: conceptual
 ms.custom: ignite-2022
-ms.date: 11/09/2022
+ms.date: 01/24/2023
 ---
 
 # Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)
 
 One of Microsoft Defender for Cloud's main pillars for cloud security is Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM). CSPM provides you with hardening guidance that helps you efficiently and effectively improve your security. CSPM also gives you visibility into your current security situation.
 
-Defender for Cloud continually assesses your resources, subscriptions, and organization for security issues and shows your security posture in secure score, an aggregated score of the security findings that tells you, at a glance, your current security situation: the higher the score, the lower the identified risk level.
+Defender for Cloud continually assesses your resources, subscriptions and organization for security issues. Defender for Cloud shows your security posture in secure score. The secure score is an aggregated score of the security findings that tells you your current security situation. The higher the score, the lower the identified risk level.
 
 ## Availability
 
@@ -66,13 +66,13 @@ Attack path analysis is a graph-based algorithm that scans the cloud security gr
 - expose exploitable paths that attackers may use to breach your environment and reach your high-impact assets
 - provide recommendations for ways to prevent successful breaches
 
-By taking your environment's contextual information into account such as, internet exposure, permissions, lateral movement, and more, this analysis identifies issues that may lead to a breach on your environment, and helps you to remediate the highest risk ones first.
+When you take your environment's contextual information into account, attack path analysis identifies issues that may lead to a breach on your environment, and helps you to remediate the highest risk ones first.  For example its exposure to the internet, permissions, lateral movement, and more.
 
 Learn more about [attack path analysis](concept-attack-path.md#what-is-attack-path-analysis).
 
 ## Agentless scanning for machines 
 
-With agentless scanning for VMs, you can get visibility on actionable OS posture issues without installed agents, network connectivity, or machine performance impact.
+With agentless scanning for VMs, you can get visibility on actionable OS posture issues without installed agents, network connectivity, or machine performance.
 
 Learn more about [agentless scanning](concept-agentless-data-collection.md).
 

articles/defender-for-cloud/concept-easm.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ description: Learn how to gain comprehensive visibility and insights over extern
 titleSuffix: Defender EASM and External Attack Surface Management (EASM) and Defender for Cloud
 ms.topic: conceptual
 ms.custom: ignite-2022
-ms.date: 01/10/2023
+ms.date: 01/24/2023
 ---
 
 # What is an external attack surface?

articles/defender-for-cloud/custom-security-policies.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title: Create custom Azure security policies in Microsoft Defender for Cloud
 description: Azure custom policy definitions monitored by Microsoft Defender for Cloud.
 ms.topic: how-to
 ms.custom: ignite-2022
-ms.date: 01/22/2023
+ms.date: 01/24/2023
 zone_pivot_groups: manage-asc-initiatives
 ---
 

articles/defender-for-cloud/defender-for-cloud-glossary.md

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 ---
 title: Defender for Cloud glossary
 description: The glossary provides a brief description of important Defender for Cloud platform terms and concepts.
-ms.date: 10/30/2022
+ms.date: 01/24/2023
 ms.topic: article
 ---
 
 # Defender for Cloud glossary
 
-This glossary provides a brief description of important terms and concepts for the Microsoft Defender for Cloud platform. Select the **Learn more** links to go to related terms in the glossary. This will help you to learn and use the product tools quickly and effectively.
+This glossary provides a brief description of important terms and concepts for the Microsoft Defender for Cloud platform. Select the **Learn more** links to go to related terms in the glossary. This glossary can help you to learn and use the product tools quickly and effectively.
 
 <a name="glossary-a"></a>
 
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ This glossary provides a brief description of important terms and concepts for t
 |--|--|--|
 |**MDC**| Microsoft Defender for Cloud is a Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) and Cloud Workload Protection Platform (CWPP) for all of your Azure, on-premises, and multicloud (Amazon AWS and Google GCP) resources. | [What is Microsoft Defender for Cloud?](defender-for-cloud-introduction.md)|
 |**MDE**| Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is an enterprise endpoint security platform designed to help enterprise networks prevent, detect, investigate, and respond to advanced threats.|[Protect your endpoints with Defender for Cloud's integrated EDR solution: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint](integration-defender-for-endpoint.md)|
-|**MFA**|multi factor authentication, a process in which users are prompted during the sign-in process for an additional form of identification, such as a code on their cellphone or a fingerprint scan.|[How it works: Azure Multi Factor Authentication](../active-directory/authentication/concept-mfa-howitworks.md)|
-|**MITRE ATT&CK**| a globally-accessible knowledge base of adversary tactics and techniques based on real-world observations.|[MITRE ATT&CK](https://attack.mitre.org/)|
+|**MFA**|multi factor authentication, a process in which users are prompted during the sign-in process for an extra form of identification, such as a code on their cellphone or a fingerprint scan.|[How it works: Azure Multi Factor Authentication](../active-directory/authentication/concept-mfa-howitworks.md)|
+|**MITRE ATT&CK**| A globally accessible knowledge base of adversary tactics and techniques based on real-world observations.|[MITRE ATT&CK](https://attack.mitre.org/)|
 |**MMA**| Microsoft Monitoring Agent, also known as Log Analytics Agent|[Log Analytics Agent Overview](../azure-monitor/agents/log-analytics-agent.md)|
 
 ## N

articles/defender-for-cloud/defender-for-cloud-planning-and-operations-guide.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title: Defender for Cloud Planning and Operations Guide
 description: This document helps you to plan before adopting Defender for Cloud and considerations regarding daily operations.
 ms.topic: conceptual
 ms.custom: ignite-2022
-ms.date: 01/08/2023
+ms.date: 01/24/2023
 ---
 
 # Planning and operations guide

articles/defender-for-cloud/defender-for-devops-introduction.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 title: Microsoft Defender for DevOps - the benefits and features
 description: Learn about the benefits and features of Microsoft Defender for
-ms.date: 10/24/2022
+ms.date: 01/24/2023
 ms.topic: overview
 ms.custom: references_regions
 ---

articles/defender-for-cloud/defender-for-sql-introduction.md

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ description: Learn how Microsoft Defender for Azure SQL protects your Azure SQL
 ms.date: 07/28/2022
 ms.topic: overview
 ms.custom: references_regions
+ms.author: benmansheim
+author: bmansheim
 ---
 
 # Overview of Microsoft Defender for Azure SQL