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# Secure score in Azure Security Center
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# Enhanced secure score (preview) in Azure Security Center
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## Introduction to secure score
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The secure score page of Security Center includes:
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-**The score** - The secure score shown as both a percentage and the numbers behind that percentage, as shown in the following screenshot:
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-**The score** - The secure score is shown as a percentage value, but the underlying values are also clear:
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[](media/secure-score-security-controls/secure-score-with-percentage.png#lightbox)
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[](media/secure-score-security-controls/secure-score-with-percentage.png#lightbox)
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-**Security controls** - Each control is a logical group of related security recommendations, and reflects your vulnerable attack surfaces. A control is a set of security recommendations, with instructions that help you implement those recommendations. Your score only improves when you remediate *all* of the recommendations for a single resource within a control.
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>Earlier versions of Security Center awarded points at the recommendation level: when you remediated a recommendation for a single resource, your secure score improved.
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>Earlier versions of Security Center awarded points at the recommendation level: when you remediated a recommendation for a single resource, your secure score improved.
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> Today, your score only improves if you remediate *all* of the recommendations for a single resource within a control. So your score only improves when you've improved the security of a resource.
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> While this enhanced version is still in preview, the earlier secure score experience is available as an option from the Azure Portal.
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## Locating your secure score
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## Secure score FAQ
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### Why has my secure score gone down?
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Security Center has switched to an enhanced secure score which includes changes in the way the score is calculated. Now, you must solve all recommendation for a resource to receive points. The scores also changed to a scale of 0-10.
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Security Center has switched to an enhanced secure score (currently in preview status) which includes changes in the way the score is calculated. Now, you must solve all recommendation for a resource to receive points. The scores also changed to a scale of 0-10.
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### If I address only three out of four recommendations in a security control, will my secure score change?
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No; it won't change until you remediate all of the recommendations for a single resource. To get the maximum score for a control, you must remediate all recommendations, for all resources.
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No. It won't change until you remediate all of the recommendations for a single resource. To get the maximum score for a control, you must remediate all recommendations, for all resources.
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### Is the previous model of the secure score still available?
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Yes, for a while they'll be running side by side to ease the transition. Expect the previous model to be phased out in time.
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### Is the previous experience of the secure score still available?
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Yes. For a while they'll be running side by side to ease the transition. Expect the previous model to be phased out in time.
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### If a recommendation isn't applicable to me, and I disable it in the policy, will my security control be fulfilled and my secure score updated?
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Yes. We recommend disabling recommendations when they're inapplicable in your environment. For instructions on how to disable a specific recommendation, see [Disable security policies](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/security-center/tutorial-security-policy#disable-security-policies).
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