Azure

Now, we will review cloud auditing tools that can be leveraged in the Azure cloud platform.

Azure Monitor

One tool an IT auditor can leverage in the Azure environment is Azure Monitor. As per the Azure documentation, Azure Monitor “helps you maximize performance and availability of your applications and proactively identify problems in seconds.”

To launch Azure Monitor, you can easily search for it in a browser or on the Azure console, as seen in Figure 7.16:

Figure 7.16 – Azure Monitor

Overview presents the different options that an IT auditor can utilize from Application Insights, Container Insights, VM Insights, and Network Insights, as seen in Figure 7.17:

Figure 7.17 – Azure Monitor Overview

A useful feature of Azure Monitor is Activity Log, which displays the last transactions executed in the Azure cloud and who initiated the transaction, as seen in Figure 7.18:

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