Chapter 11: Implementing Database Security

The Azure cloud offers multiple database options to store application data. Customers can choose from a range that includes relational, NoSQL, and in-memory databases. The database technologies on offer also span both proprietary database management systems such as Microsoft SQL and open source systems such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB. Regardless of the option that we choose to use, we need to implement a comprehensive security strategy to protect our Azure databases from common risks such as unauthorized access, data leakage/theft, and database vulnerabilities. This chapter will cover how to implement this type of holistic database security.

Our focus in this chapter will be on the Azure SQL ...

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