Certificate Transparency
Certificate Transparency (CT) is a new Internet standard that addresses the concern of mis-issued certificates and certificate repudiation by making the Transport Layer Security (TLS) ecosystem...
View ArticleAzure Disk Encryption with EncryptFormatAll feature for Data disks on Linux...
In this blog, we will introduce you to the new Azure disk encryption feature parameter EncryptFormatAll. It is a new feature parameter to reduce encryption times for Storage backed data disks on Linux...
View ArticleAnnouncing Azure Disk Encryption Preview for Virtual Machine Scale Sets
Today, we are excited to announce the public preview of Azure Disk Encryption for Virtual Machine Scale Sets (VMSS). With this announcement, Azure disk encryption can be enabled for Windows and Linux...
View ArticleDisabling Server Message Block Version 1 (SMB v1) in Azure
Microsoft has always considered security to be priority #1. Whether it be in the cloud, on-premises, or across hybrid deployments, security is part of our DNA and we do whatever we can to help protect...
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Microsoft Encryption of Data-at-Rest White Paper
There are essentially 3 types of encryption you want to think about when working with a cloud service provider: Encryption at Rest Encryption in Flight (network encryption) Encryption in processing...
View ArticleApplying updates to a encrypted Azure IaaS Red Hat VM using Yum Update
In this post, we will describe the steps you must take before you apply the updates (patch) to an already encrypted Azure IaaS RHEL VM using yum update or newly encrypted IaaS RHEL VM. Lets take a look...
View ArticleDeprecating Azure disk encryption preview extension for Linux IaaS VMs
The Azure Disk Encryption engineering team has deprecated the Linux security extension "Microsoft.OSTCExtension.AzureDiskEncryptionForLinux". This extension was published for Azure disk encryption...
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Azure Network Security Whitepaper/Article Released
One of the biggest challenges we have when learning about a new cloud service provider is trying to figure out what that provider has. In fact, it’s hard even if you’re already using that cloud service...
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Azure Logging and Auditing–Turn Chaos into Order
Azure is a big thing – so big that a lot of your tell me it’s hard to keep up. But you’re also IT pro’s, you’re used to learning new things – IT definitely isn’t the profession you chose to not learn...
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New Azure Security Whitepapers–A Security Bonanza!
They’ve been a long time coming – the Azure Security White Paper collection. This isn’t just a white paper or two. This isn’t marketing stuff and fluff. This isn’t just click-this and click-that. This...
View ArticleAzure TLS Certificate Changes
We know security is a top priority for you, and so is uptime of your applications. To give you additional assurance of the authenticity of Azure services, most Azure services get their SSL/TLS...
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Azure Security Center Dashboard Updated
Good news on the Azure Security Center front! We’ve refreshed the dashboard to make it easier for you to: Identify new issues with your Azure Virtual Machines and PaaS services Find those issues easily...
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Security Update Guide ushers in a new era of Microsoft updates
What do you think is the most important thing you can do to help secure both your client and server deployments? If you said, “apply security updates as soon as possible” – then you guessed right....
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Update to Azure Antimalware Extension for Cloud Services
Microsoft Azure has released the latest version (1.1.0.1) of the Azure Antimalware extension for Cloud Services (PaaS v1). This release includes support for Guest Agent Family 5+ and has Windows Server...
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NEW: Azure Platform as a Service (PaaS) Security Best Practices
Things have been super busy around here, and one of the victims of that flurry of activity is the blog. Let’s try to make it up to you by giving your some great news – we’ve published some new PaaS...
View ArticleExperiencing a Real-World Security Investigation with OMS Security
Earlier this month, Tom Shinder wrote this article about the OMS Suite Experience Center. This is an amazing resource to learn more about OMS Security, experience the interface and get used to the...
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Get Hands-On Experience with OMS Security with OMS Suite Experience Center
We spend a lot of time talking about Azure Security Center here – and for good reason – Azure Security Center will help you secure your Azure IaaS and PaaS deployments. If you’re using Azure, you...
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Free e-book–Protect Your Data: 7 Ways to Improve Your Security Posture
It’s the holiday season and that means it’s time for giving! What would be a good gift from the Azure Security team? How about a free eBook on how to improve your security posture? You got it! We have...
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Microsoft Security Intelligence Report features Azure Security Center...
The Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (SIR) focuses on software vulnerabilities, software vulnerability exploits, malware, and unwanted software. Current and past reports and related resources are...
View ArticleMonitoring your hybrid environment with OMS security
If you’re wondering how to use Microsoft Operations Management Suite (OMS) Security and Audit Solution to monitor a hybrid enterprise infrastructure, be sure to check out this new MVA course. Learn...
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