Detecting attempts to run untrusted code by using trusted executables in Azure Security Center
Early last year FireEye documented a sophisticated spear phishing campaign targeting individuals within the Mongolian government. In the...
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How large scale datasets makes it easier to reveal threats in the cloud
I was thinking about my post last week on how cool the threat intelligence dashboard in the Azure Security Center (ASC) was so cool,...
Why Azure's threat intelligence dashboard is so cool
OK I admit it. I am a total data whore when it comes to threat intelligence. I'm actually a bit jealous of the petabytes of security...
Where to go to learn about Azure security
I regularly get asked by IT professionals and InfoSec personnel alike on where to start when it comes to Azure security. There is so much...
Azure security checklists
I found a couple of good security checklists for Azure worth checking out. The first is the Azure operational security checklist. Before...
Azure DDoS Protection Service
Saw a great episode of "Azure Friday" with Scott Hanselman that discusses protecting applications on Azure from Distributed Denial of...
Azure Policy gets a facelift and new features
So Microsoft announced some serious updates and feature enhancements to Azure Policy. Included in this is a new UI which included...
Azure SQL Database Threat Detection & Auditing
Azure SQL Database Threat Detection provides an additional layer of security intelligence built into the Azure SQL Database service. It...
Understanding audit logging in Azure
Auditing and logging of security-related events, and related alerts, are important components in an effective data protection strategy....
Need to move tons of data to Azure? Check out Azure Data Box!
This is pretty cool. Microsoft figured out a way to overcome the data transfer barriers that can block moving to the Microsoft cloud....
SQL Azure now supports Transparent Data Encryption with Bring Your Own Keys
I just stumbled upon an announcement from last month where Microsoft has released the preview of Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) with...
Microsoft partners up with the Center of Internet Security to deliver hardened VMs in Azure
I saw something last week that was interesting that I am just getting to blog about now. It appears Microsoft has partnered with the...
Threat modeling your Azure PaaS application
I recently stumbled across an interesting article in the Azure Security documentation on building PCI compliant Payment Processing...
Keep credentials out of code: Introducing Azure AD Managed Service Identity
I've been waiting for this to go public. Last week Microsoft announced the preview of Azure Active Directory Managed Service Identity...
Introducing Azure confidential computing
This is interesting. Microsoft has announced that they are introducing the capability of offering a protection that to date has been...
Disabling Server Message Block Version 1 (SMB v1) in Azure
Well this is refreshing. The Azure security team has made the decision to disable SMB v1 by default on all Windows operating system...
Microsoft introduces more secure defaults for Azure Storage
Now this I like to see! Microsoft has announced that going forward by default encryption will now be turned on for Azure Blobs, Files,...
Huge growth in hackers targeting Microsoft's cloud
So when Microsoft released the latest edition of the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (SIR Volume 22) it had 2 key findings in the...
AI for security: Microsoft Security Risk Detection makes debut
This is why I love the Microsoft Cloud. Microsoft has released a cloud service that uses artificial intelligence to track down bugs in...
How to encrypt your VM disks in Azure
If you are running infrastructure in Azure you really should be taking advantage of Azure Disk Encryption. It leverages Bitlocker for...