Microsoft Azure Security and Compliance
News and information from the Azure security and compliance teams
Certificate Transparency
Certificate Transparency (CT) is a new Internet standard that addresses the concern of mis-issued...
Date: 04/25/2018
Azure Disk Encryption with EncryptFormatAll feature for Data disks on Linux IaaS VM
In this blog, we will introduce you to the new Azure disk encryption feature parameter...
Date: 11/30/2017
Announcing Azure Disk Encryption Preview for Virtual Machine Scale Sets
Today, we are excited to announce the public preview of Azure Disk Encryption (ADE) for Virtual...
Date: 09/28/2017
Disabling 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,...
Date: 08/18/2017
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...
Date: 08/04/2017
Applying 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...
Date: 07/13/2017
Deprecating Azure disk encryption preview extension for Linux IaaS VMs
The Azure Disk Encryption engineering team has deprecated the Linux security extension...
Date: 07/12/2017
Azure Network Security Whitepaper/Article Released
One of the biggest challenges we have when learning about a new cloud service provider is trying to...
Date: 06/30/2017
Azure Logging and Auditing–Turn Chaos into Order
Azure is a big thing – so big that a lot of you tell me it’s hard to keep up. But you’re also IT...
Date: 06/29/2017
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...
Date: 06/22/2017
Azure TLS Certificate Changes
We know security is a top priority for you, and so is uptime of your applications. To give you...
Date: 06/12/2017
Azure Security Center Dashboard Updated
Good news on the Azure Security Center front! We’ve refreshed the dashboard to make it easier for...
Date: 05/09/2017
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...
Date: 03/17/2017
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...
Date: 03/07/2017
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...
Date: 02/14/2017
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...
Date: 01/04/2017
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...
Date: 12/27/2016
Microsoft Security Intelligence Report features Azure Security Center Advanced Threat Detection
The Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (SIR) focuses on software vulnerabilities, software...
Date: 12/22/2016
Monitoring your hybrid environment with OMS security
If you’re wondering how to use Microsoft Operations Management Suite (OMS) Security and Audit...
Date: 12/22/2016
Use Key Encryption Keys to Backup Your Encrypted Azure Virtual Machines
Many of you have been asking us about the ability to encrypt virtual machines in Azure. It’s an...
Date: 12/20/2016
Get Threat Intelligence Reports with Azure Security Center
There’s a very cool feature in Azure Security Center that deserves more attention. Actually, there...
Date: 12/19/2016
Tom Shinder Discusses Cloud Security at CloudAdminCon 2016
I had a chance recently to speak with a group of cloud computing leaders recently at the...
Date: 12/16/2016
Boost Azure Security Center with Integrated Vulnerability Assessment
Azure Security Center provides you a single view of the security state of your Azure assets. That...
Date: 12/16/2016
Tip of the day - Generate Azure Security Center for Azure Log Integration
You may not see log entries from Azure Security Center imported into your Azure Log Integration log...
Date: 12/07/2016
Investigating Suspicious Activity in a Hybrid Cloud with OMS Security
Monitoring devices in a hybrid environment is imperative to your secure posture. The intent of...
Date: 11/30/2016
Tip of the Day: Azure Security Center Email Alerts
I was on a call recently where it came up that some of our avid Azure and Azure Security Center...
Date: 11/22/2016
Azure Security Center Podcast with Sarah Fender
Heads up on a new podcast with Sarah Fender on Azure Security Center. (recorded November 3, 2016)...
Date: 11/22/2016
New: Azure IaaS Security Best Practices
If you’re been watching this space, you know that we have a growing collection of Azure security...
Date: 11/21/2016
New and Improved Azure Security Information Site
We’re all about the principle of continuous improvement over here in Azure security. No matter how...
Date: 11/18/2016
How Does Azure Security Center Help Microsoft IT?
Microsoft IT (known to many as MSIT) uses Azure Security Center to help secure Microsoft corporate...
Date: 10/31/2016
Azure Security Best Practices
Do you know about the Azure Security Information site? It’s a collection of articles and other...
Date: 10/27/2016
Protect Azure SQL Databases with Azure Security Center
Our aim is true – to help you protect, detect and respond to threats against your Azure based...
Date: 10/26/2016
Azure Security Center–Data Collection and Storage
In order for Azure Security Center to get the information it needs to assess your current security...
Date: 10/25/2016
What’s the Difference Between an Azure Security Center Alert and a MSRC Notification
This week someone wrote to me and asked about an email he received from Microsoft regarding a...
Date: 10/21/2016
Let us know what you’d like to see in Azure Security Center
Azure Security Center helps you protect, detect and respond to threats against your Azure assets. We...
Date: 10/20/2016
What’s New in Azure Security Center?
One thing about the cloud is that things are always changing. And as an Azure security service,...
Date: 10/19/2016
Add Microsoft Antimalware to Azure Service Fabric Clusters
Hello Azure security community! Yuri Diogenes (CSI Enterprise Mobility + Security / Azure Security /...
Date: 10/07/2016
Azure Disk Encryption for Linux VMs and VMs with Premium Storage reaches General Availability
Today, at Microsoft Ignite Conference, we announce the general availability of Azure disk encryption...
Date: 09/26/2016
Integrate Azure Activity logs and Azure Security Center Alerts over Syslog to QRadar
NOTE: This blog post is outdated and some of the steps may not work correctly. If you have problems,...
Date: 09/24/2016
White Paper-Microsoft Cloud Germany-Compliance in the cloud for organizations in EU/EFTA W
Microsoft understands that for its enterprise customers to realize the benefits of cloud computing,...
Date: 09/22/2016
UK Governance, Security and Compliance Issues Post Brexit-Whitepaper
Microsoft Azure provides services that can help address the security and compliance needs of...
Date: 09/08/2016
Azure SQL Database Threat Detection–Advanced DB Security in the Cloud
We’ve talked a number of times on this blog about how Azure Security Center is able to bring in...
Date: 09/08/2016
Microsoft Operations Management & Security product meet-up at Ignite 2016
Would you like to participate in a discussion on IT management and security? This is an opportunity...
Date: 09/07/2016
Pen Testing FROM Azure Virtual Machines
Did you know that we support and hope that you’ll pen test your own applications and services you...
Date: 08/29/2016
New book–Azure Security Infrastructure
Writing books is one of the most difficult things I’ve done. On the other hand, it’s also one of the...
Date: 08/26/2016
Get free hands-on experience with OMS Security and Compliance
Cloud has changed a lot of things, and many of them for the better. But one thing that I’ve heard,...
Date: 08/25/2016