Azure Cloud for Threat Mitigation : Designing Secure Infrastructure Practices for Protection

In the ever-expanding digital frontier, where cloud infrastructure powers global enterprises, a single vulnerability can unleash chaos: data breaches, ransomware sieges, and crippling downtime that cost billions. But what if you could architect an impenetrable fortress in Microsoft Azure, turning threats into opportunities for unbreakable resilience?
Unlock the secrets with Azure Cloud for Threat Mitigation: Designing Secure Infrastructure Practices for Protection by cloud security authority Cyrus Laban. This indispensable 2025 guide is your comprehensive playbook for fortifying Azure environments against evolving cyber risks, blending cutting-edge strategies with actionable insights to safeguard identities, networks, data, and operations. Whether you're grappling with misconfigurations, insider threats, or advanced persistent attacks, Laban delivers a proven framework to design, deploy, and defend robust infrastructures that scale securely.
Navigate a meticulously organized path through five essential parts, enriched with real-world wisdom and Azure-native tools:

• Foundations of Azure Security: Decode the shared responsibility model, core services like Azure AD and Key Vault, and threat modeling using STRIDE/DREAD—complete with case studies on cloud breaches.
• Designing Secure Azure Infrastructure: Craft resilient networks with VNets, firewalls, and DDoS protection; harden compute resources via Bastion and JIT access; and lock down data with encryption at rest/transit.
• Proactive Threat Mitigation with Azure Tools: Harness Microsoft Defender for Cloud for alerts and remediation, Azure Sentinel for KQL queries and playbooks, and Azure Policy for compliance enforcement.
• Integrating Security into DevOps: Embed security in CI/CD pipelines, secure IaC with ARM/Bicep validation, and master incident response in DevSecOps.
• Advanced Topics and Real-World Applications: Implement zero-trust architectures, confidential computing, and post-quantum crypto; tackle compliance across frameworks like GDPR/HIPAA; and future-proof against AI-driven threats.

Elevate your expertise with hands-on labs in nearly every chapter—configure secure access, build threat models, encrypt databases, automate responses, and simulate incidents using Azure portals, PowerShell, and CLI. Tailored for cloud architects, security engineers, DevOps teams, and IT leaders, this first edition features case studies on ransomware recovery, IaC misconfigurations, and zero-trust in finance, plus appendices with checklists, glossaries, resources, and sample code/templates.