As discussed in earlier chapters, one of the benefits of building in a cloud environment is the access the cloud native developers receive to dozens of services that easily integrate into the environment. This is especially important when it comes to security, as there are many features baked in to the platform that a user can and should leverage. The current list of services and features are outlined next.
Cloud security services
Network firewalls
Security groups (SGs) and NACLs act as firewalls for virtual machines in your cloud network plane. SGs act at the machine network interface (NI) and are generally more flexible and useful in day-to-day deployments. SGs can be modified on the fly and rules cascade down to all...
