Azure Compliance Manager Microsoft Azure Compliance Manager is a tool that enables organizations to assess and track their compliance with various regulatory standards, including the GDPR, ISO 27001, the HIPAA, and more. It provides a dashboard to monitor compliance progress and offers guidance and recommendations for improving compliance. It also enables users to assess their…
Category: IR and cloud forensics
IR and cloud forensics – Security and Compliance 2 – Cloud Perspective
IR and cloud forensics This section delves into the crucial realm of handling security incidents and conducting digital forensics in cloud environments. IR is the disciplined approach of detecting, managing, and mitigating cybersecurity incidents to minimize their impact on an organization. Within the context of cloud computing, IR becomes even more complex, requiring specialized strategies…
Azure Monitor – Security and Compliance 2 – Cloud Perspective
Azure Monitor Azure Monitor offers centralized monitoring and logging capabilities, assisting IR teams in detecting and responding to security events in Microsoft Azure. Azure Monitor is a comprehensive monitoring and observability service provided by Microsoft Azure that allows users to collect, analyze, and act on telemetry data from various Azure resources and applications. It provides…
Evolving threat landscape 2 – Security and Compliance 2 – Cloud Perspective
Amazon GuardDuty is a managed threat detection service provided by AWS that helps users protect their AWS cloud environments from security threats and vulnerabilities. It continuously monitors and analyzes AWS resources and account activity to identify and alert users about potential malicious activities and suspicious behavior. Key features of Amazon GuardDuty include the following: Types…
Evolving threat landscape – Security and Compliance 2 – Cloud Perspective
Evolving threat landscape This section examines the dynamic and constantly changing nature of cybersecurity threats in the context of cloud computing. This section provides an overview of the latest trends, attack vectors, and techniques used by cybercriminals to target cloud environments. Readers will gain insights into the significance of staying updated on emerging threats, understanding…
Cloud security best practices 3 – Security and Compliance 2 – Cloud Perspective
Overview of database services in the cloud – Database Services – Part 1
Overview of database services in the cloud This section provides a comprehensive and detailed understanding of the diverse range of database offerings available in cloud computing environments. Cloud providers offer managed database services that simplify database administration by handling tasks such as provisioning, configuration, patching, backups, and scaling. Two major categories of database services are…
Types of databases – relational and NoSQL 6 – Database Services – Part 1
Here’s a guide to help you get started: Figure 8.2: Basic Amazon RDS service setupSetting up Amazon RDS offers a fully managed relational database service, making it easier to deploy, operate, and scale databases in the AWS cloud. The steps outlined previously provide a general guideline for creating and configuring an RDS instance, but remember…
Types of databases – relational and NoSQL 5 – Database Services – Part 1
Relational databases offer a structured, reliable, and mature approach to data management. Their benefits in terms of data integrity, powerful querying capabilities, and established best practices make them an excellent choice for applications that require structured data storage and management, especially when the relationships between data entities are well defined.Let’s delve into the details of…
Types of databases – relational and NoSQL 2 – Database Services – Part 1
Let’s understand how we can set up DynamoDB in AWS.Setting up Amazon DynamoDB in AWS involves several steps. Here’s a high-level overview of the process: aws dynamodb create-table \ –table-name YourTableName \ –attribute-definitions AttributeName=PartitionKey,AttributeType=S \ –key-schema AttributeName=PartitionKey,KeyType=HASH \ –provisioned-throughput ReadCapacityUnits=5,WriteCapacityUnits=5 aws dynamodb wait table-exists –table-name YourTableName aws dynamodb put-item \ –table-name YourTableName \ –item ‘{“PartitionKey”:…