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Reduce costs and complexity with a highly secure cloud
foundation managed by Microsoft. Use multilayered, built-in
security controls and unique threat intelligence from Azure to
help identify and protect against rapidly evolving threats.
Watch on-demand: Azure security expert series premiere + expert-led sessions on Microsoft security services
Start with a secure foundation
Take advantage of multi-layered security provided by
Microsoft across physical datacenters, infrastructure, and
operations in Azure. Gain from the state-of-art security
delivered in Azure data centers globally. Rely on a cloud that is
built with customized hardware, has security controls
integrated into the hardware and firmware components, and
added protections against threats such as DDoS. Benefit from
a team of more than 3,500 global cybersecurity experts that
work together to help safeguard your business assets and data
in Azure.
Watch a video about our global infrastructure security
Simplify security with built-in controls
Protect your workloads quickly with built-in controls and
services in Azure across identity, data, networking, and apps.
Get continuous protection with deeper insights from Microsoft
Defender for Cloud. Extend protections to hybrid
environments and easily integrate partner solutions in Azure.
Find out more about security best practices in the following
links:
Manage identity and control access
Secure your network
Safeguard data
Key, secrets and certificate management
Get centralized visibility and prevent attacks
Detect threats early with unique intelligence
Identify new threats and respond quickly with services that are informed by real-time global cybersecurity intelligence
delivered at cloud scale. These actionable insights are developed by analyzing vast sources including 18 billion Bing web
pages, 400 billion emails, 1 billion Windows device updates, and 450 billion monthly authentications. Using machine
learning, behavioral analytics, and application-based intelligence, Microsoft data scientists analyze the flood of data in
the Microsoft Intelligent Security Graph. The resulting insights inform services in Azure and help you detect threats faster.
Learn more about the Microsoft Intelligent Security Graph
Microsoft Intelligent Security Graph API
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Extend threat protection to any infrastructure.
Application Gateway
Build secure, scalable, highly available web front ends in
Azure.
Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active
Directory)
Synchronize on-premises directories and enable single
sign-on.
Azure DDoS Protection
Protect your Azure resources from distributed denial-of-
service (DDoS) attacks.
Key Vault
Safeguard and maintain control of keys and other secrets.
Azure Information Protection
Better protect your sensitive information—anytime,
anywhere.
Learn more
Azure security documentation
Azure security best practices and patterns
Azure security best practices white paper
Security best practices for IaaS workloads
Securing PaaS deployments
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Azure Essentials video on Azure security fundamentals
Azure Friday video
Hands-on labs for Azure security
Azure compliance offerings
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Strengthen your security posture
with Azure
Reduce costs and complexity with a highly secure
cloud foundation managed by Microsoft. Use
multilayered, built-in security controls and unique
threat intelligence from Azure to help identify and
protect against rapidly evolving threats.
Watch on-demand: Azure security
expert series premiere + expert-led
sessions on Microsoft security services
Start with a secure foundation
Take advantage of multi-layered security
provided by Microsoft across physical
datacenters, infrastructure, and operations in
Azure. Gain from the state-of-art security
delivered in Azure data centers globally. Rely on
a cloud that is built with customized hardware,
has security controls integrated into the
hardware and firmware components, and added
protections against threats such as DDoS.
Benefit from a team of more than 3,500 global
cybersecurity experts that work together to help
safeguard your business assets and data in
Azure.
Watch a video about our global
infrastructure security
Simplify security with built-in controls
Protect your workloads quickly with built-in
controls and services in Azure across identity,
data, networking, and apps. Get continuous
protection with deeper insights from Microsoft
Defender for Cloud. Extend protections to
hybrid environments and easily integrate
partner solutions in Azure. Find out more about
security best practices in the following links:
Manage identity and control access
Secure your network
Safeguard data
Key, secrets and certificate management
Get centralized visibility and prevent attacks
Detect threats early with unique
intelligence
Identify new threats and respond quickly with
services that are informed by real-time global
cybersecurity intelligence delivered at cloud scale.
These actionable insights are developed by
analyzing vast sources including 18 billion Bing web
pages, 400 billion emails, 1 billion Windows device
updates, and 450 billion monthly authentications.
Using machine learning, behavioral analytics, and
application-based intelligence, Microsoft data
scientists analyze the flood of data in the Microsoft
Intelligent Security Graph. The resulting insights
inform services in Azure and help you detect
threats faster.
Learn more about the Microsoft Intelligent
Security Graph
Microsoft Intelligent Security Graph API
Related products and services
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Extend threat protection to any infrastructure.
Application Gateway
Build secure, scalable, highly available web front
ends in Azure.
Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active
Directory)
Synchronize on-premises directories and enable
single sign-on.
Azure DDoS Protection
Protect your Azure resources from distributed
denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.
Key Vault
Safeguard and maintain control of keys and other
secrets.
Azure Information Protection
Better protect your sensitive information—anytime,
anywhere.
Learn more
Azure security documentation
Azure security best practices and
patterns
Azure security best practices white
paper
Security best practices for IaaS
workloads
Securing PaaS deployments
Resources
Azure Essentials video on Azure
security fundamentals
Azure Friday video
Hands-on labs for Azure security
Azure compliance offerings
Microsoft Trust Center
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Azure pricing
Free Azure services
Flexible purchase options
FinOps on Azure
Optimize your costs
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Resources for accelerating growth
Solution architectures
Support
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Join ISV Success
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books
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Cloud computing
What is cloud computing?
What is multicloud?
What is machine learning?
What is deep learning?
What is AIaaS?
What are LLMs?
What are SLMs?
What is RAG?
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