Securing PaaS deployments in Azure

Microsoft has published some guidance on how to secure your Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) deployments in Azure. The guidance helps you:

• Understand the security advantages of hosting applications in the cloud

• Evaluate the security advantages of platform as a service (PaaS) versus other cloud service models

• Change your security focus from a network-centric to an identity-centric perimeter security approach

• Implement general PaaS security best practices recommendations

If you are thinking about deploying your applications to Azure, this is a good place to start to understand your responsibilities, Microsoft's responsibilities and that advantages of working together