Chapter 5: Defining Identity Principles/Concepts and the Identity Services within Azure AD
The previous chapter covered the key security and compliance principles that Microsoft adheres to for its customers and how we can access this information. This chapter will discuss the role of identity in the cloud. Once you have completed this chapter, you will have an understanding of the principles and concepts that make up identity services in the cloud and the services that Azure provides for managing identity.
In this chapter, we're going to cover the following main topics:
- Defining identity as the security perimeter
- Defining authentication and authorization
- Describing identity providers, Azure Active Directory, and federated services
- Defining common identity attacks
