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Key Management in Azure

2017-02-08

Most organizations have secrets, such as private keys and passwords that need to be protected. Many organizations (rightly) are very sensitive to where the secrets are stored, and how they are used. On premises, it’s possible to simply store the keys on a USB drive in a safe, for example, but for larger organizations this … [Read more…]

Posted in: Cloud Computing, Information Security Tagged: Azure, Azure Key Vault, certificate management, Information Security

Azure Security Center

2016-10-19

As organizations increasingly move data and services to Azure, it can be difficult to assess whether the services are implemented in a secure fashion. Many of the traditional datacenter security good practices apply in Azure, but they don’t necessarily translate in an obvious way. Moreover, with the ease with which an administrator can add resources, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Cloud Computing, Information Security Tagged: Azure, Azure IaaS, Azure Security Center, Information Security

Azure AD Pass-Through Authentication

2016-10-17

One of the features that I’m really excited about, announced at Ignite, is Pass-Through Authentication for Azure AD. Many customers feel the need to install AD FS in their environment to provide single-sign-on and consistent authentication for their users, or they have a security (audit, authentication barrier) or HR (enforce logon hours) need to perform authentication via their domain controllers. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Information Security Tagged: Azure AD, Azure AD Connect, Azure Pass-through authentication, Enterprise Mobility and Security, Information Security

Key Vault and Disk Encryption

2016-10-13

I have some follow-ups to my previous post on disk encryption in Azure, after I attended BRK3277 – Protect your data using Azure’s encryption capabilities and key management. I learned some interesting tidbits about how this works – the presenter is the owner of the functionality within Microsoft, so I’d consider his information to be authoritative. There’s … [Read more…]

Posted in: Cloud Computing, Cloud Migration, Information Security Tagged: Azure Key Vault, Azure Storage, Information Security

“Defending the New Perimeter” – eBook Review

2016-10-10

I was privileged to be asked to review an advance copy of the eBook recently released by Pete Zerger and Wes Kroesbergen on the subject of Information Security. Targeted at an executive audience, the eBook discusses the current state of information security and the challenges that face the security officer in the current environment. It … [Read more…]

Posted in: General, Information Security Tagged: Enterprise Mobility and Security, Information Security

Encrypting a Virtual Machine in Azure

2016-10-08

Note – Update 2018-11-13: The Azure team has released a new disk encryption method that is much less complex! You can read more about it here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/azure-security-disk-encryption-overview This post will walk you through the configuration necessary to encrypt a virtual machine’s hard drives in Azure. This post applies only to Windows VMs running in Microsoft Azure; … [Read more…]

Posted in: Cloud Computing, Information Security Tagged: Azure IaaS, Azure Key Vault, Azure VMs, Information Security

Ignite 2016 Post-Conference Summary

2016-10-06

Last week, I was in Atlanta for the Microsoft Ignite conference! I had wonderful plans for making a few blog posts during the conference, but that didn’t happen. I’m in awe of those who were able to post great blog posts while participating in the conference, but between information overload, the wonderful fitness regimen that the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Conference Update Tagged: Azure Information Protection, conference, Enterprise Mobility and Security, Information Security, Microsoft Ignite

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