Looking for information about protecting workloads in Azure? There are several resources from Microsoft we recommend checking out:
- Overview on how customers and Microsoft share responsibility for workloads running on the Microsoft Cloud:
- This blog explains the approach to Azure cloud security vs. security for on-premises environments.
- Read this white paper from Alert Logic as it describes the background and structure for the shared security responsibility model in the Azure cloud.
- Microsoft has several recommendations and best practice design patterns for many of their cloud services: a
- The list of cloud services best practices from Microsoft is ever-growing. This blog goes into the details of the framework included by Microsoft in each best practice.
- Free foundational training resources at Microsoft’s OpenEdX site.
- Create a Microsoft learning account and get access to free online Azure courses on topics ranging from “Azure Fundamentals” to “Azure Security and Compliance.”
- Microsoft’s Cyber Defense Operations Center outlines some of the best practices they use to protect their customer and corporate assets:
- Protect, detect and respond are the key pillars of the Microsoft Cyber Defense Strategy, and this site goes into details on the tactics for each of these pillars.
If this is your first deployment in the cloud, or if you are planning architecture that spans hybrid or multiple cloud platforms, Alert Logic can help you work through the security considerations to protect your migration or new application deployment.
