Autorentext
Matthew Jacobs is a system engineer focused on cloud architecture technologies needed to support identity management, security, and collaboration tool sets for small and medium businesses, including enterprise organizations. His work has focused on digital transformation, including on-premise only, hybrid cloud networks, and complete public cloud-only deployment. Matthew brings a hands-on cloud architecture approach for Identity Management (IAM) and enhanced engineering to enable business agility that secures and supports a global remote work force. His current work in the Nashville, Tennessee area includes Fortune 500 media, entertainment, and hospitality companies, and his work history extends into public cloud federal compliance requirements for the banking and healthcare industries.
Klappentext
- Understand enterprise privileged identity and security policies
- "Shift left" with security controls in Microsoft Azure
- Configure intrusion detection and alerts
- Reduce security risks using Azure Security Service
Inhalt
In this chapter you learn the foundation of Azure active directory and quickly expand on the different capabilities for custom domains to manage Azure Subscriptions and why Identity is the security perimeter in the cloud. Azure directly supports IAM (Identity Access Management), for any size organization as the IT cloud supports secure connection from any device and any location. In this chapter you gain insight into IAM challenges for blue team defense of cyber security attacks.
· Azure cloud relations to: Azure Tenant, Azure Subscription, Azure AD
o Azure tenant security
o Azure subscription security
o Azure API security
o Azure resource locks
· Managing Azure Active Directory: Users, and Groups
· Azure Active Directory OAuth, SAML, AD Connect
· Security measures:
o Azure Application Permission Scopes, consent
o Configure Multi-Factor Authentication
o Conditional Access Policies· Configure Azure AD Privileged Identity Management
Chapter 2 Azure Network Security Configuration
· Virtual Networks, VNets, Network Peering
· NSG, Port vulnerability, OSI / TCP Model
· Azure Firewall Configurations
· Azure Front Door Service
· Application Security Groups
· Remote Access Management
Chapter 3 Reduce Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities from IaaS and DataOperational frameworks and cyber security frameworks work hand-in-hand to support the business. The framework helps to prepare and enable steps to prevent penetration from globally attacks. In this chapter you learn through examples about advanced persistent threats (APT) using techniques, tactics and procedures to reduce risk to specific threats.
· Harden Azure VMs
· VM Security
· VM Endpoint Security
· VM OS security updates· Database configurations (Best Practices)
o Authentication
o Auditing
o SQL Advanced Threat Protection
· Storag...