A global e-commerce company uses Azure to host its customer-facing applications. Due to the sensitive nature of customer data and international regulations, they need to continuously monitor their compliance posture against various industry standards and regulatory frameworks, such as PCI DSS and GDPR. Which Azure service is designed to help them assess, track, and improve their compliance with these standards?

Why the other options are wrong

• A. Azure Policy helps enforce organizational standards and assess compliance at scale for Azure resources, but it doesn't provide the comprehensive assessment, scoring, and workflow management for external regulations like Compliance Manager.
• C. Azure Active Directory Identity Protection detects potential vulnerabilities affecting your organization’s identities and provides automated remediation, focusing specifically on identity security, not broader regulatory compliance.
• D. Azure Security Center (now part of Microsoft Defender for Cloud) provides unified security management and advanced threat protection, but its primary focus is security, not comprehensive regulatory compliance assessment and management.