Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Services for Architects

Chapter 3Identity

This chapter focuses on two key elements of the cloud that are critical to every organization, and while they initially may seem an odd combination, they are two sides of the same coin in the cloud. As you will see throughout this book, many organizations leverage cloud services and applications. This means the old security mindset of a big firewall at the edge of the network to provide security for the enterprise no longer works, as many of the most important assets now live outside the corporate perimeter. This means the identity becomes the new primary security perimeter instead of the network (but still keep that firewall!), especially as many organizations adopt a zero-trust network position.

In this chapter, you will ...