Demystifying the Azure Well-Architected Framework: Guiding Principles and Design Best Practices for Azure Workloads

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S. Ambi KarthikeyanDemystifying the Azure Well-Architected Framework https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7119-3_6

6. Security: Protect Your Workloads in the Cloud

Shijimol Ambi Karthikeyan¹  

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Bangalore, Karnataka, India

 

Security paradigms in the cloud are different from traditional on-premises deployments where the focus was mostly on securing the network perimeter. In the cloud, the threat vectors are much more advanced, and so your security strategy has to be too. Security breaches would negatively impact the customer trust as well as your revenue. Hence, security is a non-negotiable aspect of any application architecture. This chapter will cover the practical ...