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DevSecOps for Azure

You're reading from   DevSecOps for Azure End-to-end supply chain security for GitHub, Azure DevOps, and the Azure cloud

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781837631117
Length 342 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (14) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1: Understanding DevOps and DevSecOps
2. Chapter 1: Agile, DevOps, and Azure Overview FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Security Challenges of the DevOps Workflow 4. Part 2: Securing the Plan and Code Phases of DevOps
5. Chapter 3: Implementing Security in the Plan Phase of DevOps 6. Chapter 4: Implementing Pre-commit Security Controls 7. Chapter 5: Implementing Source Control Security 8. Part 3: Securing the Build, Test, Release, and Operate Phases of DevOps
9. Chapter 6: Implementing Security in the Build Phase of DevOps 10. Chapter 7: Implementing Security in the Test and Release Phases of DevOps 11. Chapter 8: Continuous Security Monitoring on Azure 12. Index 13. Other Books You May Enjoy

Understanding continuous monitoring in DevOps

The fifth practice of DevOps that we introduced in the opening chapter of this book is Continuous Monitoring (CM). CM involves two main tasks – gathering user feedback and collecting real-time telemetry data. User feedback is used to set future priorities. Telemetry data is used to quickly detect and address operational issues, reduce downtime, and uphold service reliability and availability.

To achieve this, CM relies on monitoring tools for data collection across applications, infrastructure, and networks. In Azure, Application Insights is a key service for CM. It has similar Application Performance Management (APM) capabilities to Dynatrace and Datadog APM. It can be used to collect data from running applications, using either a codeless or code-based approach. This data can then be analyzed to offer insights into application health, live metrics, transaction searches, and user behavior (Figure 8.1).

Figure 8.1 – An Azure Application Insights overview
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