Creating Security Baselines in Microsoft Azure
This course will teach you about Security Baselines, which are part of the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure. You'll learn how to identify security risks, create policy statements to address them, and implement secure designs in Azure.
What you'll learn
Security is a major concern for every organization moving to the cloud, or evolving their cloud security practices. In this course, Creating Security Baselines in Microsoft Azure, you'll learn about the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework, and the Security Baseline discipline contained in the framework. First, you'll explore the framework itself, and the five disciplines of cloud governance. Next, you'll cover how to create network security baselines using features of Azure. Finally, you'll discover how to secure data at rest, in transit and in use, using encryption and key management features in Azure. When you're finished with this course, you'll have the skills and knowledge of security design needed to create a Security Baseline for your organization.
Table of contents
- Introduction 2m
- Software Defined Networking Models in Azure 4m
- The Hub Spoke Model 4m
- Creating User Defined Routes 6m
- Network Access Controls with NSGs and Azure Firewall 6m
- Configuring Internet Connectivity Paths 2m
- Publishing Web Applications with Application Gateway 4m
- Network Monitoring and Threat Detection 7m
- Azure Policy Templates for Virtual Networks 1m
- Module Summary 1m
- Introduction 3m
- Key Management with Azure Key Vault 4m
- Creating a New Key Vault 8m
- Encrypting Data at Rest in Azure 9m
- Configure Customer-managed Keys for Azure Storage 4m
- Encrypting Data in Transit in Azure 2m
- Protecting Data in Use with Azure Confidential Computing 2m
- Securing Confidential Data in Email and Documents 3m
- Module Summary 1m
About the author
Neil has worked on everything from early mobile .NET compact framework apps to modern Azure based web apps during his years in IT. As a developer and architect, he has focused on .NET and JavaScript application development, security, and hosting across a variety of Microsoft platforms, including ASP.NET, SharePoint, and Dynamics CRM. Neil has several Microsoft Certifications, including MCPD, MCSA, and MCSD.