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Managing Microsoft Azure Security

by Ned Bellavance

Microsoft Azure Security Center is a cloud-based solution providing a unified view into the security posture of your environment. Here, you will learn to manage the Security Center, including policies, data collection, alerts, and investigation.

What you'll learn

Configuring and monitoring the security of your Azure environment is a challenging endeavor. You want to ensure that you are following best practices, finding the important events, and taking a proactive stance on security configuration. Microsoft Azure Security Center helps provide a single management point for all things security in Azure. In this course, Managing Microsoft Azure Security, you'll learn how to properly leverage the Azure Security Center from Microsoft to meet the advanced security needs of a cloud deployment. First, you'll configure policies and data collection for the resources in your Azure subscriptions. Next, you'll review the recommended actions from the Security Center and prioritize which actions to take first. Finally, you'll investigate alerts and incidents to determine the root cause of a security intrusion. By the end of this course, you'll be able to leverage Azure Security Center to improve your security posture in Azure and assess and remediate vulnerabilities effectively.

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About the author

Ned is an IT professional with almost 20 years of experience in the field. He has been a helpdesk operator, systems administrator, cloud architect, and product manager. In his newest incarnation, he is the Founder of Ned in the Cloud LLC. As a one-man-tech-juggernaut, he develops courses for Pluralsight, runs two podcasts (Day Two Cloud and Buffer Overflow), and creates original content for technology vendors. Ned has been a Microsoft MVP since 2017 and holds a bunch of industry certifications t... more

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