Integrating a hybrid or multi-tenant environment into a security strategy
This chapter has discussed several strategies and ways to implement zero trust, Defense-in-depth, and resiliency in the architecture. At the time of writing, most companies have more than just Microsoft services and solutions within their infrastructure. Therefore, a cybersecurity architect needs to account for those additional environments in their design for the company. This includes private, or on-premises, data centers, other cloud providers (AWS or GCP), and multi-tenant Microsoft environments. Let’s look at each of these and how to integrate them into the security strategy:
- Private data centers: Most companies today have a combination of private and public infrastructures or hybrid infrastructures. These architectures create complexity in network communications, identity and access management, and applications. The challenge is that these legacy private data centers have existing security...
