Potential Refresh Issues with the Azure Security Center Power BI
Hello Azure Security community! Yuri Diogenes (CSI Enterprise Mobility and Azure Security team) here. We recently receive a report that some customers are experiencing a problem with Azure Security...
View ArticleIoT Security: Architecture and Best Practices
Internet of Things (IoT) represents a new frontier. In the next few years you can expect to see literally billions of new IoT devices being introduced all over the world. And since our company...
View ArticleSecurity management in Microsoft Azure
Secure management of your Azure resources requires the right combination of people, processes and technology. Your people need to be vetted and trained in secure cloud management. Well defined and...
View ArticleHow Would Microsoft Respond to a Data Breach of the Azure services?
Todays blog post is brought to you by Ben Ridgway. Ben is a Senior Security Program Manager in the Microsoft Security Response Center’s (MSRC) team supporting Microsoft Azure services. He has been...
View ArticleAzure Disk Encryption for Windows Virtual Machines reaches General Availability
Today we announce the general availability of Azure disk encryption for Windows IaaS VMs in Australia region. With this announcement, Azure disk encryption for Windows IaaS VMs (Std A, D and G series...
View ArticleWhat does shared responsibility in the cloud mean?
When talking about security in the public cloud, people often ask “what are the main differences between security on-premises and security in the public cloud?” Download Shared Responsibilities for...
View ArticleEnabling Diagnostics Logging for Azure Antimalware
Hello Azure security community! Yuri Diogenes (CSI Enterprise Mobility and Azure Security team) here. Recently we had a great discussion online about how to enable diagnostics logs for Antimalware in...
View ArticleCipher Suite change
Microsoft is announcing the removal of RC4 from the supported list of negotiable ciphers on our service endpoints in Microsoft Azure. This change is to update the SSL cipher suite order and the removal...
View ArticleAzure Services SSL/TLS cipher suite update and removal of RC4
In the blog post, Protecting customer data from government snooping, Brad Smith, general counsel and executive vice president of legal and corporate affairs at Microsoft, announced Microsoft’s...
View ArticleAzure Disk Encryption for Windows Virtual Machines reaches General Availability
Today we announce the general availability of Azure disk encryption for Windows IaaS VMs in Australia region. With this announcement, Azure disk encryption for Windows IaaS VMs (Std A, D and G series...
View ArticleUpdate on Operations Management Suite (OMS)Security
Microsoft Azure has two heavy hitters when it comes to security. First and foremost is Azure Security Center. We’ve spent a lot of time talking about Azure Security Center on this blog and will...
View ArticleAdvances in Azure Security Center Threat Detection
One of the main pillars of Azure Security Center is threat detection. Threat detection isn’t new, we’ve been doing that for a long time on-premises. We have decades of experience with Intrusion...
View ArticleImprove Security by Migrating from Azure Service Management to Azure Resource...
There are two management models currently available in Microsoft Azure: Azure Service Management (ASM) and Azure Resource Management (ARM). If you’ve been around Azure for a while, you probably think...
View ArticleAzure Security Information Site on Azure.com
We are very happy to announce today the release of the Azure Security Information site on Azure.com! The Azure Security Information site is intended to be your one-stop shop for getting information...
View ArticleInsights on Container Security with Azure Container Service (ACS)
Microsoft Azure has a number of security partners and these partners help us help you deploy more secure solutions in Microsoft Azure. We greatly appreciate our partners work and encourage you to seek...
View ArticleAzure Infrastructure Security Book Coming Soon
We’re all about Azure security here on the Azure Security and Compliance Team blog. We know that the Azure public cloud has what you need to be successful faster than you could ever be on-premises....
View ArticleMicrosoft Recognized in Leader Quadrant for Identity and Access Management as...
We have some GREAT news to share with you today! Gartner has recognized Microsoft as a Leader, positioned furthest to the right for completeness of vision, in the 2016 Magic Quadrant for Identity and...
View ArticleWhat’s in the Azure Security Information Site on Azure.com–June 2016
If you haven’t had chance yet to see the new Azure Security Information site on Azure.com, then here’s you chance to get started! We released the site this month and it has a nice collection of Azure...
View ArticleHybrid Management and Security with Microsoft Operations Management Suite
The Microsoft Operations Management Suite (OMS) is a great way to get more insights into the security stance for your hybrid deployments. With the Microsoft Operations Management Suite you can: Get...
View ArticleAzure Services SSL/TLS Cipher Suite Update and Removal of RC4
In the blog post, Protecting customer data from government snooping, Brad Smith, general counsel and executive vice president of legal and corporate affairs at Microsoft, announced Microsoft’s...
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