by George Chrysovaladis Grammatikos | Oct 1, 2022 | Azure, Networking, Security
The Azure Front Door is a global OSI layer 7 service (Application Layer, i.e., HTTP/HTTPS) that provides reliability, resiliency, scalability, availability, and great performance to web-based services. Three tiers are available in Azure Front Door: Standard, Premium,...
by George Chrysovaladis Grammatikos | Mar 1, 2021 | Azure, Compute, DevOps, DevOps, IT, Security
In this post, I will present the apps (including Azure Console) that we can use to connect to an Azure Linux VM. There are several apps in the market, but in this post, I will present only the free solutions we can easily find in the net. The below has the most...
by George Chrysovaladis Grammatikos | Nov 30, 2020 | Azure, DevOps, Identity, IT, Security
In this post, you will read some of the well-known MFA frequently asked questions and each answer. Question 01 : The user mistakenly removed authenticator app from its mobile phone, and now the Additional security verification option is unavailable to configure it...
by George Chrysovaladis Grammatikos | Aug 30, 2020 | Analytics, Azure, Security
This post is the first part of a of series about Azure Security Center Introduction In this post series, we will talk about one of the most important services on Azure, the Azure Security Center. Throughout this post, we will read what Azure Security Center is, what...
by George Chrysovaladis Grammatikos | Jun 14, 2018 | Azure, Security, Storage
Microsoft provides the ability to encrypt VMs VHD files. This can be achieved by the Azure Key Vault service. But, before we start, let’s find an explanation about Azure Key Vault and what it does. Azure Key Vault is a vault that contains keys, secrets and it is...
by George Chrysovaladis Grammatikos | May 24, 2018 | Azure, Security
Microsoft Azure provides a way to manage cryptographic keys and application secrets in a way that it doesn’t expose them to applications. Let’s say that you have a web application and you access this application via a key stored in web config or it is...
