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

Chapter 11: Implementing Database Security

The Azure cloud offers multiple database options to store application data. Customers can choose from a range that includes relational, NoSQL, and in-memory databases. The database technologies on offer also span both proprietary database management systems such as Microsoft SQL and open source systems such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB. Regardless of the option that we choose to use, we need to implement a comprehensive security strategy to protect our Azure databases from common risks such as unauthorized access, data leakage/theft, and database vulnerabilities. This chapter will cover how to implement this type of holistic database security.

Our focus in this chapter will be on the Azure SQL database options, but the same protection options that we cover can be applied to the other database services in Azure. Here are the topics that we will cover in this chapter: