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New Azure Security Benchmark Foundation helps organizations embrace zero trust

February 22, 2021 Feb 22, 2021 02/22/21
Azure Gov Team
Disclaimer: Customers are wholly responsible for ensuring their own compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. Information provided in this post does not constitute legal advice, and customers should consult their legal advisors for any questions regarding regulatory compliance. To help organizations stay secure in a zero trust ...

Join us Oct. 28: Balancing security + gov cloud innovation

October 22, 2020 Oct 22, 2020 10/22/20
Karina Homme
The proliferation of data combined with the speed of advancing technology bring complex challenges to government’s ability to protect itself from evolving cyberthreats while striving to accelerate cloud innovation. In support of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, we invite you to RSVP and join us for a virtual Azure Government Meetup...

Microsoft publishes secure isolation guidance for Azure and Azure Government

August 31, 2020 Aug 31, 2020 08/31/20
Stevan Vidich
Azure is a hyperscale public multi-tenant cloud services platform that provides customers with access to a feature-rich environment incorporating the latest cloud innovations. While a multi-tenant cloud platform implies that multiple customer applications and data are stored on the same physical hardware, Azure uses logical isolation to ...

CMMC with Microsoft Azure: Identification & Authentication Maturity (4 of 10)

May 7, 2020 May 7, 2020 05/7/20
TJ Banasik
This is the fourth in a ten-part blog series where we’ll demonstrate principles of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification aligned with Microsoft Azure. Subsequent blogs in the series will delve into incident response, maintenance & media protection, recovery & risk management, security assessment & risk management, system...

Announcing availability of Azure Sentinel, Azure AD Domain Services and DDoS Protection in Azure Government

April 2, 2020 Apr 2, 2020 04/2/20
Azure Gov Team
Azure Government continues to invest in delivering new cloud capabilities to government customers at a rapid pace. On the security side, we’ve recently added several new services to give you greater choice and help you optimize the security of your digital estate. New security services available in Azure Government include Azure Sentinel...

New services in Azure Government to enhance your security posture

March 9, 2020 Mar 9, 2020 03/9/20
Azure Gov Team
Azure Government continues to invest in delivering new cloud capabilities to government customers at a rapid pace. Over the next few weeks, we’ll highlight a wide range of new services along with how-to resources to help you accelerate modernization initiatives. On the security side, we’ve recently added several new services to give you...

Monitoring Cloud Security for Zero Trust with Azure Sentinel (3 of 6)

February 4, 2020 Feb 4, 2020 02/4/20
TJ Banasik
This is the third in a six-part blog series where we will demonstrate the application of Zero Trust concepts for securing federal information systems with Microsoft Azure. In this third blog of the series we will explore how to leverage Azure Sentinel for security monitoring in Zero Trust models. Additional blogs in the series will include ...

Five tips for securing your IaaS workloads

February 26, 2019 Feb 26, 2019 02/26/19
Azure Gov Team
This is the second blog in a three-part series on security in Azure Government co-authored by Robert Jaffee, Sr. Program Manager, and Diego Lapiduz, Chief Information Security Architect, with Microsoft Azure Global Government. (In case you missed it, check out the first blog: Six tips for securing identity in the cloud.) In this blog, we’...