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Microsoft Adds Virtual Network Support for Azure Firewall Manager, Enables Centralized Management
In a recent blog post, Microsoft announced Azure Firewall Manager now supports virtual networks. This new capability allows organizations to centrally manage security policies and route management for cloud-based security perimeters based on two network architectures, including secured virtual hub and hub virtual network.
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Linode Announces DDoS Protection Across Its Global Network
Linode announced the availability of its DDoS protection service across its network for detection and mitigation of DDoS attacks.
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Microsoft Extends Azure Security Center Capabilities to Partners, Adds Automation
At the recent Ignite conference, Microsoft announced several updates to their Azure Security Center offerings. These updates include enhanced cloud resource threat protection, Customer Lockbox extensions, the release of a Secure Code Analysis toolkit, additional support for Azure Disk Encryption, certificate management extensions, API automation and partner integrations.
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Extend Azure PaaS Resources to Your Network Using Azure Private Link
In a recent blog post, Microsoft announced a new preview service, called Azure Private Link, which provides organizations the ability to connect to Azure Platform as a Service (PaaS) offerings, or their own services, using a private IP address. Azure Private Link connections travel over Microsoft’s backbone network and avoid exposure from the public internet.
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Security Architecture Anti-Patterns by UK Government National Cyber Security Centre
The National Cyber Security Centre of the UK Government recently published a white paper on the six design anti-patterns that we should avoid when designing computer systems.
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Microsoft Releases Azure Bastion, Eliminating the Jumpbox Virtual Machine
In a recent blog post, Microsoft announced the preview of a secure remote desktop solution, called Azure Bastion, which does not require organizations to expose virtual machines using public IP Addresses. The platform as a service (PaaS) extends virtual machine connectivity using Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) and Secure Shell (SSH) inside a modern web browser.
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Making Security More Intelligent, Microsoft Releases Azure Sentinel
In a recent blog post, Microsoft announced further investments to its intelligent security offerings in the form of a Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) product called Azure Sentinel. SEIMs are used by security professionals as a data store that is capable of aggregating security events from logs across a variety of systems, including servers, firewalls, routers and switches.
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Amazon Adds Three New Threat Detections to Its GuardDuty Service in AWS
Amazon has added another set of new threat detections to its GuardDuty service in AWS. The three new threat detections are two new penetration testing detections and one policy violation detection.
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IT Operations Is the Most Predictable DevOps Differentiator Says Damon Edwards at DOES18 London
InfoQ spoke to Damon Edwards, co-founder and chief product officer, at Rundeck at DevOps Enterprise Summit London about his talk ‘Operations - The Last Mile Problem for DevOps in the Enterprise’ and the sneak preview of the new version of RunDeck, V3.0.
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VPNFilter Has Infected over 500,000 Routers Worldwide
Cisco security researchers have issued an advisory describing a sophisticated malware system, VPNFilter, that has targeted at least 500,000 networking devices in 54 countries.
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Bank of America - Blockchain Data Storage Patent Released
On April 12, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) released a patent filing from the Bank of America outlining their plans for a permissioned blockchain implementation that enables personal and business data sharing. A user will authorize service providers to securely access their data, but only for the specific records they have access to.
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Microsoft Adds Cross-Platform Support for Azure Relay Hybrid Connections
Microsoft recently announced that their Azure Relay Hybrid Connections service has reached General Availability. The Azure Relay Hybrid Connections service, which is WebSocket-based, complements the existing Azure Service Bus Relay offering which is now being referred to as WCF Relays.
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A Brief Introduction to Incident.MOOG with Rob Markovich
Recently we caught up with Rob Markovich, CMO of Moogsoft, to talk about the new version of their early warning system, Incident.MOOG.