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Mastering Azure Security - Second Edition

By : Mustafa Toroman, Tom Janetscheck
Book Image

Mastering Azure Security - Second Edition

By: Mustafa Toroman, Tom Janetscheck

Overview of this book

Security is integrated into every cloud, but this makes users put their guard down as they take cloud security for granted. Although the cloud provides higher security, keeping their resources secure is one of the biggest challenges many organizations face as threats are constantly evolving. Microsoft Azure offers a shared responsibility model that can address any challenge with the right approach. Revised to cover product updates up to early 2022, this book will help you explore a variety of services and features from Microsoft Azure that can help you overcome challenges in cloud security. You'll start by learning the most important security concepts in Azure, their implementation, and then advance to understanding how to keep resources secure. The book will guide you through the tools available for monitoring Azure security and enforcing security and governance the right way. You'll also explore tools to detect threats before they can do any real damage and those that use machine learning and AI to analyze your security logs and detect anomalies. By the end of this cloud security book, you'll have understood cybersecurity in the cloud and be able to design secure solutions in Microsoft Azure.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
1
Section 1: Identity and Governance
5
Section 2: Cloud Infrastructure Security
9
Section 3: Security Management

Summary

Microsoft Sentinel satisfies all the requirements for SIEM. Not only that, but it also brings additional tools to the table in the form of proactive threat hunting and using machine learning and predictive algorithms. With all the other resources we have covered, most aspects of modern security have been covered, from identity and governance over network and data protection, to monitoring health, detecting issues, and preventing threats.

But security does not end here. Almost every resource in Azure has some security options enabled. These options can help us go even further and improve security. With all the cybersecurity threats around today, we need to take every precaution available.

In the final chapter, we are going to discuss security best practices and how to use every security option to our advantage.