You're reading from Microsoft Azure Security Technologies Certification and Beyond Gain practical skills to secure your Azure environment and pass the AZ-500 exam

Product type Paperback

Published in Nov 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800562653

Length 526 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Azure

Concepts

Cybersecurity

Author (1):

David Okeyode

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Table of Contents (19) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Implement Identity and Access Security for Azure

2. Chapter 1: Introduction to Azure Security FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Understanding Azure AD

4. Chapter 3: Azure AD Hybrid Identity

5. Chapter 4: Azure AD Identity Security

6. Chapter 5: Azure AD Identity Governance

7. Section 2: Implement Azure Platform Protection

8. Chapter 6: Implementing Perimeter Security

9. Chapter 7: Implementing Network Security

10. Chapter 8: Implementing Host Security

11. Chapter 9: Implementing Container Security

12. Section 3: Secure Storage, Applications, and Data

13. Chapter 10: Implementing Storage Security

14. Chapter 11: Implementing Database Security

15. Chapter 12: Implementing Secrets, Keys, and Certificate Management with Key Vault

16. Chapter 13: Azure Cloud Governance and Security Operations

17. Assessments

18. Other Books You May Enjoy

Understanding Key Vault pricing tiers

The first step to protecting sensitive application secrets in Azure is to create a Key Vault resource in an Azure region of our choice. This is the resource that stores our secrets, keys, and certificates. When we create this resource, we need to specify the pricing tier that we want. The pricing tier that we select defines the capabilities that are available for us to use. Azure Key Vault has two pricing tiers – the standard tier and the premium tier.

The main difference between these two tiers is this: the standard tier supports only software-protected keys while the premium tier supports HSM-protected keys.

Note

Hardware Security Modules (HSMs) are special hardware that can be used to perform cryptographic operations in a secure environment.

The key advantage of using the premium tier is that HSM keys offer stronger protection against tampering. HSM-protected keys in premium tier vaults are backed by nCipher HSMs, which...