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

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ACR is based on the open source Docker Registry 2.0 service, which is the same service that the popular Docker Hub registry (https://hub.docker.com/) is based on.

Because ACR is a managed service, we do not need to manage the underlying infrastructure, operating system (OS), or application; this gives us fewer security responsibilities to fulfill. Before we explore how to implement security for ACR, let's discuss how this service works. Figure 9.7 illustrates this clearly:

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