Securing Public Access to Azure Resources

As organizations migrate services to the cloud, exposing resources to the public internet introduces significant security risks. Understanding how to safeguard these entry points is crucial for protecting sensitive data and maintaining application availability. This course provides a clear pathway to securing public access to your Azure resources. You will progress from understanding core cloud security concepts to implementing robust defense mechanisms that shield your applications from common vulnerabilities and malicious traffic. What you'll learn: • Understand foundational security principles including Zero Trust architecture and public endpoint vulnerabilities. • Configure Azure Application Gateway to manage and secure web traffic entering your virtual network. • Implement Web Application Firewall (WAF) policies to protect applications from common web exploits. • Deploy Azure Front Door to optimize global routing while enforcing secure SSL/TLS termination. • Enable Azure DDoS Protection to defend your infrastructure against distributed denial-of-service attacks. • Apply modern infrastructure-as-code concepts to automate and standardize security configurations. You will start by exploring essential terminology and fundamental network security concepts before moving on to step-by-step configuration guides. Through detailed written explanations and realistic architectural scenarios, you will learn how to layer these security services to create a defense-in-depth strategy. This course is designed for IT professionals, cloud administrators, and aspiring security engineers who are new to Azure security. No prior cloud security experience is required, though a basic understanding of cloud concepts is helpful. Start reading today to build a secure, resilient foundation for your public-facing cloud resources.