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Cloud Security and Governance

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Security

  • Cloud providers are obviously massive targets for hackers, and so they rightly spend a lot of time, money and effort on platform security
  • Cloud providers go through security audits and compliance certifications
  • And provide customers (you) the tools they need to enable and monitor security with their own applications/data
  • Security is shared between the cloud provider and the customer

How Is It Achieved?

  • Industry standard compliance certifications
  • Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)
  • Always-on DDoS
  • Azure Policy & Blueprint
  • Role based access control (RBAC)
  • Azure Active Directory
  • Always up-to-date platform services
  • Update management
  • Encryption by default
  • Dozens of security services like firewall

Governance:

Why Is It Needed?

  • Your company wants to ensure it’s policies are followed in the cloud
  • Includes basic auditing and reporting as well as enforcement
  • You want to be compliant with industrystandards such as HIPPA or PCC or GDPR

How Is It Achieved?

  • Azure Policy & Blueprint
  • Management groups
  • Custom roles
  • Soft delete
  • Guides and best practices such as Cloud Adoption Framework