CyberX Microsoft Defender for IoT
Legacy names CyberX, Azure Security Center for IoT, Azure Defender for IoT
Agentless network-layer asset discovery, vulnerability management, and behavioral threat detection service for Internet of Things (IoT), industrial control systems (ICS), and operational technology (OT) environments.
Naming timeline
- Azure Security Center for IoT & CyberX
Microsoft acquired OT/ICS security vendor CyberX in June 2020 to complement Azure Security Center for IoT (launched 2019).
- Azure Defender for IoT
Unified CyberX agentless OT network monitoring and Azure Security Center for IoT into Azure Defender for IoT.
- Microsoft Defender for IoTCurrent name
Renamed to Microsoft Defender for IoT across the Azure portal, Microsoft 365 licensing, and Microsoft Defender XDR.
What is CyberX called now?
CyberX is now called Microsoft Defender for IoT, with the latest change on 2 November 2021 (Ignite 2021 Microsoft Defender Rebrand). Earlier names covered by this entry also include Azure Security Center for IoT, Azure Defender for IoT. Agentless network-layer asset discovery, vulnerability management, and behavioral threat detection service for Internet of Things (IoT), industrial control systems (ICS), and operational technology (OT) environments. Only the customer-facing name changed; the underlying technical identifiers remain backward compatible.
Also known as
- Defender for IoT OT Monitoring
- Enterprise IoT Security
Technical identifiers
Technical identifiers unchanged. Only the customer-facing product name changed; the APIs, CLI commands, IAM roles and Terraform resources below keep their legacy identifiers for backward compatibility.
| ARM Resource Providers (Microsoft.*) | Microsoft.IoTSecurity/sensors Microsoft.IoTSecurity/sites Microsoft.IoTSecurity/iotSecuritySolutions |
|---|---|
| Azure CLI (az) / PowerShell | az iot-security |
| Entra ID / Azure RBAC Roles | Security Admin Security Reader |
| Terraform Resources (azurerm_*) | azurerm_iot_security_solution azurerm_iot_security_device_group |
The ARM Resource Provider (Microsoft.IoTSecurity), CLI commands (az iot-security), and Terraform resources (azurerm_iot_security_solution) remain unchanged.
Notes & disambiguation
- Following Microsoft's acquisition of industrial IoT/OT security vendor CyberX in June 2020, Microsoft combined CyberX's agentless OT network monitoring with Azure Security Center for IoT and launched Azure Defender for IoT in October 2020.
- At Microsoft Ignite on November 2, 2021, Azure Defender for IoT was rebranded to Microsoft Defender for IoT alongside the broader Microsoft Defender for Cloud portfolio rename.
- Underlying ARM Resource Provider (Microsoft.IoTSecurity), Azure CLI extension commands (az iot-security), and Terraform resources (azurerm_iot_security_solution) retain their legacy IoTSecurity / iot_security naming.
Sources & official documentation
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