Azure Cloud Security Services
In Chapter 7 of the book, we discussed Amazon cloud security, learned the cloud security concepts, and looked at a case study about auto threat detection and remediation in the AWS cloud. In Chapter 11 of the book, we explored Google Cloud security measurements and practices, highlighting GCP Security Command Center, which is the most comprehensive security service/tool in Google Cloud. Now, based on our knowledge of cloud security and the Azure cloud, we will go a level up and discuss some advanced cloud security topics related to the Azure cloud. We will first summarize the best practices in Azure cloud security, then discuss the reference architecture of Azure cloud security, and finally, conduct an Azure security case study.
In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:
- Azure cloud security best practices, including Azure cloud security center, Identity Access Management (IAM), Virtual Machine (VM) protection, network protection...