Hardening Azure Applications: Techniques and Principles for Building Large-Scale, Mission-Critical Applications

© Suren Machiraju and Suraj Gaurav 2019

Suren Machiraju and Suraj GauravHardening Azure Applicationshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4188-2_3

3. Hardened Cloud Applications

Suren Machiraju¹  and Suraj Gaurav¹

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Issaquah, WA, USA

 

In the previous chapters, we examined the capabilities of two cloud platforms—Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services—and took a quick tour of application classifications. In this chapter, we will tie it all together by showing you how to host a “hardened” application on the cloud platform. However, before we venture into how to harden an application, let us get a better understanding of why it is important to harden an application and then review the features of a hardened application.

Hardened Applications

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