Keeping your Azure Firewall with the correct SKU is vital to maintaining the security and stability of your cloud infrastructure. You must follow precise steps to ensure peak performance and optimization for seamless and efficient firewall upgrades and downgrades. To help you with this, I have created a guide outlining the steps for upgrading or downgrading your Azure Firewall….
Introduction: During a discussion with a colleague, he asked me about the significance of creating a private Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster. I explained to him that a private AKS cluster is essential for organisations to maintain a secure and isolated environment for their Kubernetes workloads. In a shared environment, there is a risk of unauthorised access, data breaches,…
I recall conversing with a friend about the internet access settings for Azure Virtual Machines (VMs) around five to six years ago. The topic arose as we aimed to improve the VMs’ security by design and minimize internet access. The discussion centred on ways to enhance security by restricting internet access by default, which led us to impose restrictions…
Before the public cloud, we depended on third-party software from firewall network device vendors to handle all firewall devices in our data centre. However, the transition to the public cloud posed operational hurdles when dealing with several cloud-based firewall devices. We needed software that could efficiently manage these devices or appliances centrally. Thankfully, cloud providers eventually introduced a centralised…
Greetings! Today, I want to delve into a critical web app access security topic. Specifically, I will discuss using Azure services such as Azure Front Door, Azure Private Endpoint, and Azure Web App Access Restrictions to ensure your web app is well-protected against malicious attacks and unauthorized access. With the growing number of cybersecurity threats out there, it is…
Organizations can rely on Microsoft Azure Firewall, a cloud-based security solution, to safeguard their data and control network traffic. This powerful tool utilizes various techniques to prevent attacks, including intrusion detection and prevention systems and malware protection. Azure Firewall, businesses can easily manage traffic between different clouds and on-premises networks and between other regions and subnets within a cloud….
Users can seamlessly link multiple virtual networks by utilizing virtual network peering in Azure. This integration enables the networks to operate as a single entity for connectivity. When virtual machines interact across peered virtual networks, they leverage Microsoft’s backbone infrastructure for communication. Consequently, traffic is directed through Microsoft’s private network, similar to how traffic between virtual machines within the…
Azure announced the latest addition to Azure’s Application Gateway product family – Application Gateway for Containers. This powerful tool offers layer 7 load balancing and dynamic traffic management capabilities, specifically designed to cater to workloads within a Kubernetes cluster. With its advanced features, Application Gateway for Containers streamlines operations and enhances performance, making it an excellent choice for businesses…
Azure Front Door (AFD) is the ultimate solution for businesses with multiple locations and a global customer base. It offers speedy and secure access to internet-facing apps, serving end-users worldwide. With Microsoft’s global edge network, consisting of numerous points of presence (PoPs) distributed across the globe, your content is guaranteed to reach enterprise and consumer end-users in their vicinity….
RDP or SSH sessions are commonly used to access target servers as an IT admin. If a jumpbox is unavailable, it is often provided for connecting to the required target server for an RDP/SSH session. In the case of the public cloud, a jumpbox server is placed in the management Virtual Network, which in some environments, may be exposed…
