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Learning Azure Cosmos DB

By : Shahid Shaikh
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Learning Azure Cosmos DB

By: Shahid Shaikh

Overview of this book

<p>Microsoft has introduced a new globally distributed database, called Azure Cosmos DB. It is a superset of Microsoft's existing NoSQL Document DB service. Azure Cosmos DB enables you to scale throughput and storage elastically and independently across any number of Azure's geographic regions.</p> <p>This book is a must-have for anyone who wants to get introduced to the world of Cosmos DB. This book will focus on building globally-distributed applications without the hassle of complex, multiple datacenter configurations. This book will shed light on how Cosmos DB offers multimodal NoSQL database capabilities in the cloud at a scale that is one product with different database engines, such as key-value, document, graph, and wide column store. We will cover detailed practical examples on how to create a CRUD application using Cosmos DB with a frontend framework of your choice. This book will empower developers to choose their favorite database engines to perform integration, along with other systems that utilize the most popular languages, such as Node.js. This book will take you through the tips and trick, of Cosmos DB deployment, management, and the security offered by Azure Cosmos DB in order to detect, prevent, and respond to database breaches.</p> <p>By the end of this book, you will not only be aware of the best capabilities of relational and non-relational databases, but you will also be able to build scalable, globally distributed,<br />and highly responsive applications.</p>
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
Title Page
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
Index

Database security


Cosmos DB data which is not moving around the network is encrypted and secured. You can be rest assured that, even if attackers somehow get your stored data, it will be extremely tough for them to decrypt it.

Let's look over the key security features offered by Azure:

  • Secured network: Cosmos DB provides an IP-based, rule-filtering firewall for advanced network protection
  • Authorization: Cosmos DB authorize users using hash-based authentication codes
  • User management: Cosmos DB provides secure user management using the resources concept
  • Active directory support: Cosmos DB integrates with widely known and secure active directory authentication systems
  • Turnkey distribution and replication: Using turnkey distribution, data is replicated and secured
  • Failover handling: You can use automatic or manual failover
  • Automated backups: Cosmos DB data is backed up regularly
  • Database restoration: You can restore your database from the backup
  • Monitor for attacks: By using monitoring, you can monitor...