Dig Deeper into the Essentials of Microsoft Azure Security
In the next few minutes, you will explore the in-depth design of Azure services and capabilities to help you secure, manage and monitor your cloud data and infrastructure. As a managed service, Microsoft designs and operates its cloud services with security at the core and provides you with built-in controls and tools to meet your security needs.
Azure security can be built in a variety of ways, depending on the services and roles used. By following the guidelines listed below, you can avoid common cybersecurity risks and advance the security level of your entire Azure environment.
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What is Microsoft Azure?
Also known as Windows Azure. In addition to compute, analytics, storage, and networking, it provides a wide range of cloud services. Users can pick and choose from these services to create and scale new applications or operate current apps on the public cloud. The Azure platform aims to assist organizations in managing challenges and achieving their objectives. It is compatible with open – source technology and provides solutions that assist many industries, including e-commerce, finance, and many Fortune 500 organizations. Users now have the freedom to utilize the tools and technology of their choice. Azure also provides four different kinds of cloud computing: serverless functions, platform as a service, software as a service, and infrastructure as a service.
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Tips on identity and access management
Here is what you should do to prevent security issues with identity and access management:
Redundant rights for users and applications
Security threats are mostly non-malicious and result from carelessness from employees.
Weak account security
Most of the attacks involve accounts when an attacker uses a stolen password.
Using Default user portal settings
More stress on password reliability and secure authentication.
Ensure user account protection
- Azure provides Multi-Factor Authentication for users with the assigned Global Admin role free of charge.
- Use the App Password feature with caution.
- Make sure that passwords are complex and change them timely.
- Limit the attempts of incorrect password entry.
- Use Conditional Access and Identity Protection tools to detect and stop malicious activity in your account.
Safeguard your portal and applications
- Verify the permissions granted to software using Microsoft Graph APIs.
- For unprivileged users, disable registering applications.
- Implement a feature that restricts Azure portal access for unprivileged users.
- Assign Service Principal to applications using native services.
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Tips for secure service deployment
Listed below are a few mistakes that the Administrator or developers often commit while deploying Azure services:
- Passwords are imprudently left in Azure Resource Manager (ARM) configuration files or deployment templates.
- Non-configured network access policies.
- Incorrectly configured access modifiers to Azure Storage.
- Open administration ports.
- Disable OS updates.
- Lack of antivirus software
You can avoid the above mentioned mistakes by following these tips:
- Use Azure Key Vault to store passwords and certificates – Helps in securing your infrastructure if configuration files or templates were unintentionally copied to a public repository.
- Use Just-in-Time (JIT) access to virtual machines – JIT access enables you to keep administrative ports locked and only open them in response to an administrator’s request and under specific circumstances.
- Configure Network Security Group (NSG), resource firewall, and application firewall.
- Configure OS Windows update policy.
- Each Windows-based virtual machine should have the Defender plugin installed – By manually using the gateway, you can accomplish this.
- To protect databases, we recommend using Advanced Threat Protection and database encryption functions.
What else can you do for your Azure Security?
In this blog, we discussed common security measures that might help you to keep your Azure environment safe. The complexity of Azure-hosted systems necessarily leads to an increase in the number of exploitable holes, therefore cybersecurity must be dynamic and continually monitored. Therefore, your next step should be the timely discovery of security flaws in your cloud IT infrastructure.
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