Question

You are the Microsoft 365 administrator for Contoso. Leadership asks you to improve the organization's Microsoft Secure Score. In the Microsoft Defender portal you open the Secure Score page and see several recommended improvement actions, each showing a different point value and a status. You want to know how the overall Secure Score percentage is calculated so you can explain progress to leadership. Which statement correctly describes how the Secure Score percentage is determined?

Accepted Answer

It is the number of achieved points divided by the total possible points across all applicable improvement actions, expressed as a percentage.

Answer

It is the number of completed improvement actions divided by the total number of recommended actions, regardless of point value.

Answer

It is the count of high-severity alerts that have been resolved in the last 30 days divided by all alerts generated.

Answer

It is a fixed score assigned by Microsoft based on your subscription tier and cannot be changed by configuration changes.