Selecting Cloud Security Controls
To ensure that the cloud environment is as secure as possible, many controls need to be in place. Let's look at some of these controls.
High Availability Access Zones
In a global Azure environment, there are Azure regions. Inside each region, there are high availability zones. These zones are physical locations that may hold two or more data centers and provide high availability within their zone. They are independent of each other with their own networks. Inside each network, they have their own power and Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems that regulate their own cooling using hot and cold aisles. Applications can be distributed across multiple zones so that if one zone fails, the application is still available.
Resource Policies
These are policies that state what access level or actions someone has to a particular resource. This is crucial for resource management and audit. We need to apply the principle of...