added release note

Author: ElazarK

articles/defender-for-cloud/release-notes.md

@@ -20,6 +20,25 @@ To learn about *planned* changes that are coming soon to Defender for Cloud, see
 
 If you're looking for items older than six months, you can find them in the [Archive for What's new in Microsoft Defender for Cloud](release-notes-archive.md).
 
+## December 
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+| Date | Update |
+|--|--|
+| December 3 | General availability of Defender for APIs |
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+### General availability of Defender for APIs
+
+December 3, 2023
+
+We're announcing the General Availability (GA) of Microsoft Defender for APIs. Defender for APIs is designed to protect organizations against API security threats. 
+
+Defender for APIs allows organizations to protect their APIs and data from malicious actors. Organizations can investigate and improve their API security posture, prioritize vulnerability fixes, and quickly detect and respond to active real-time threats. Organizations can also integrate security alerts directly into their Security Incident and Event Management (SIEM) platform, for example Microsoft Sentinel, to investigate and triage issues.
+
+You can learn how to [Protect your APIs with Defender for APIs](defender-for-apis-deploy.md). You can also learn more about [About Microsoft Defender for APIs](defender-for-apis-introduction.md).
+
+You can also read [this blog](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-defender-for-cloud/microsoft-announces-general-availability-of-defender-for-apis/ba-p/3981488) to learn more about the GA announcement.
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+
 ## November 2023
 
 | Date | Update |
@@ -47,9 +66,9 @@ Agentless secret scanning enhances the security cloud based Virtual Machines (VM
 
 We're announcing the General Availability (GA) of agentless secret scanning, which is included in both the [Defender for Servers P2](tutorial-enable-servers-plan.md) and the [Defender CSPM](tutorial-enable-cspm-plan.md) plans. 
 
-Agentless secret scanning utilizes cloud APIs to capture snapshots of your disks, conducting out-of-band analysis that ensures that there is no effect on your VM's performance. Agentless secret scanning broadens the coverage offered by Defender for Cloud over cloud assets across Azure, AWS, and GCP environments to enhance your cloud security.
+Agentless secret scanning utilizes cloud APIs to capture snapshots of your disks, conducting out-of-band analysis that ensures that there's no effect on your VM's performance. Agentless secret scanning broadens the coverage offered by Defender for Cloud over cloud assets across Azure, AWS, and GCP environments to enhance your cloud security.
 
-With this release, Defender for Cloud's detection capabilities now support additional database types, data store signed URLs, access tokens, and more.
+With this release, Defender for Cloud's detection capabilities now support other database types, data store signed URLs, access tokens, and more.
 
 Learn how to [manage secrets with agentless secret scanning](secret-scanning.md).