Azure security cookbook : practical recipes for securing Azure resources and operations / Steve Miles.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miles, Steve, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Microsoft Azure (Computing platform).

Computer security.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (372 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham, England ; Mumbai : Packt Publishing, [2023]

Biography/History:

Miles Steve: Steve Miles is a Microsoft security and Azure/hybrid MVP and MCT with over 20 years of experience in security, networking, storage, end user computing, and cloud solutions. His current focus is on securing, protecting, and managing identities, Windows clients, and Windows server workloads in hybrid and multi-cloud platform environments. His first Microsoft certification was on Windows NT and he is an MCP, MCITP, MCSA, and MCSE for Windows and many other Microsoft products. He also holds multiple Microsoft Fundamentals, Associate, Expert, and Specialty certifications in Azure security, identity, network, M365, and D365. He also holds multiple security, networking vendor, and other public cloud provider certifications.

Summary:

Gain critical real-world skills to secure your Microsoft Azure infrastructure against cyber attacks Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook Key Features Dive into practical recipes for implementing security solutions for Microsoft Azure resources Learn how to implement Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Microsoft Sentinel Work with real-world examples of Azure Platform security capabilities to develop skills quickly Book Description With evolving threats, securing your cloud workloads and resources is of utmost importance. Azure Security Cookbook is your comprehensive guide to understanding specific problems related to Azure security and finding the solutions to these problems. This book starts by introducing you to recipes on securing and protecting Azure Active Directory (AD) identities. After learning how to secure and protect Azure networks, you'll explore ways of securing Azure remote access and securing Azure virtual machines, Azure databases, and Azure storage. As you advance, you'll also discover how to secure and protect Azure environments using the Azure Advisor recommendations engine and utilize the Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Microsoft Sentinel tools. Finally, you'll be able to implement traffic analytics; visualize traffic; and identify cyber threats as well as suspicious and malicious activity. By the end of this Azure security book, you will have an arsenal of solutions that will help you secure your Azure workload and resources. What you will learn Find out how to implement Azure security features and tools Understand how to provide actionable insights into security incidents Gain confidence in securing Azure resources and operations Shorten your time to value for applying learned skills in real-world cases Follow best practices and choices based on informed decisions Better prepare for Microsoft certification with a security element Who this book is for This book is for Azure security professionals, Azure cloud professionals, Azure architects, and security professionals looking to implement secure cloud services using Microsoft Defender for Cloud and other Azure security features. A solid understanding of fundamental security concepts and prior exposure to the Azure cloud will help you understand the key concepts covered in the book more effectively. This book is also beneficial for those aiming to take Microsoft certification exams with a security element or focus.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contributors

Table of Contents

Preface

Part 1: Azure Security Features

Chapter 1: Securing Azure AD Identities

Introduction to Azure Identity Services

What is AD?

Technical requirements

Reviewing Azure AD Identity Secure Score

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works…

See also

Implementing Azure AD tenant Identity and Access Management

There's more…

Implementing Azure AD Password Protection

Implementing a Self-Service Password Reset

Implementing Azure AD security defaults

How to do it….

Implementing Azure AD multi-factor authentication

Implementing Conditional Access policies

Implementing the Azure AD Identity Protection service

Implementing Azure AD Privileged Identity Management

Chapter 2: Securing Azure Networks

Implementing network security groups

Implementing Azure Firewall

Implementing Azure Web Application Firewall

Implementing Azure DDoS

Chapter 3: Securing Remote Access

Technical requirements.

Implementing Azure Network Adapter

Implementing the Azure Bastion service

Implementing JIT VM access

Chapter 4: Securing Virtual Machines

Implementing VM Update Management

Implementing VM Microsoft Antimalware

Implementing VM Azure Disk Encryption

Chapter 5: Securing Azure SQL Databases

Implementing a service-level IP firewall

Implementing a private endpoint

How it works….

Implementing Azure AD authentication and authorization

Chapter 6: Securing Azure Storage

Implementing security settings on storage accounts

Implementing network security

Implementing encryption

Part 2: Azure Security Tools

Chapter 7: Using Advisor

Reviewing the security recommendations

Implementing the security recommendations

See also.

Chapter 8: Using Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Terminology reference

Review Defender for Cloud components

Enable enhanced security features of Defender for Cloud

Add a standard to the Regulatory compliance dashboard

Assess your regulatory compliance

Chapter 9: Using Microsoft Sentinel

Enabling Microsoft Sentinel

Reviewing Microsoft Sentinel components

Creating automation

Set up data connectors

Chapter 10: Using Traffic Analytics

Implementing traffic analytics

Index

About Packt

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ISBN:

9781804616673

1804616672

OCLC:

1371754303