Pro Azure Governance and Security: A Comprehensive Guide to Azure Policy, Blueprints, Security Center, and Sentinel

Description

Any IT professional can tell you that managing security is a top priority and even more so when working in the cloud. Access to accurate and timely security information is critical, but governance and control must first be enabled. This guide shows you how to take advantage of Azure's vast and powerful built-in security tools and capabilities for your application workloads. Pro Azure Governance and Security offers a comprehensive look at the governance features available with Microsoft Azure and demonstrates how to integrate them with your hybrid and Azure environments, drawing on the author's experiences from years in the field. Learn about the array of controls implemented within Microsoft Azure from two valuable perspectives: the customer and Microsoft operations. Beginning with the top-level subscription hierarchy, learn about the most important built-in Azure security services and features, as well as how to use Azure Policies and Blueprints as a means for security and governance. A series of hands-on exercises teaches you the concepts of Azure Governance: how to enable and deploy Azure Security Center, integrate RBAC (role-based access control), and set up Azure Operations and Monitoring. Get introduced to the new Azure Sentinel solution that offers SIEM as a service for security incident management and proactive hunting. What You'll Learn Understand different architectural designs for implementing Azure Security Operate and monitor an Azure environmentDeploy Azure Governance, Policies, and BlueprintsDiscover key Azure features that enhance securityImplement and confidently access Azure Security CenterGet to know Azure Sentinel Who This Book Is For Technical engineers, consultants, solution and cloud architects, IT managers, and SecOps teams who need to understand how to integrate governance, security, and compliance in hybrid and Azure environments. A basic understanding of Azure or other public cloud platforms is beneficial, but not required. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxii Introduction to Governance in the Cloud (Peter De Tender, David Rendon, Samuel Erskine)....Pages 1-20 Azure Scaffold for Enterprise Subscriptions (Peter De Tender, David Rendon, Samuel Erskine)....Pages 21-28 Azure Naming Conventions and Standards (Peter De Tender, David Rendon, Samuel Erskine)....Pages 29-51 Azure Policy Implementation and Management (Peter De Tender, David Rendon, Samuel Erskine)....Pages 53-100 Azure Security Center (Peter De Tender, David Rendon, Samuel Erskine)....Pages 101-179 Optimizing IT Operations Using Azure Monitor and Log Analytics (Peter De Tender, David Rendon, Samuel Erskine)....Pages 181-228 Introduction to Azure Governance at Scale for the Enterprise (Peter De Tender, David Rendon, Samuel Erskine)....Pages 229-265 Azure Sentinel (Preview) (Peter De Tender, David Rendon, Samuel Erskine)....Pages 267-310 Back Matter ....Pages 311-317