Security

Fix: response_type ‘id_token’ is not enabled for the application (AADSTS700054)

by Chris Pietschmann | Nov 17, 2023

When creating and configuring an Azure AD App Registration to use for authenticating a web application with Azure AD, it's common to see the...

Top 10 Web Application Security Risks in Microsoft Azure and Ways to Mitigate Them

by Chris Pietschmann | Sep 7, 2023

In today's digital landscape, web application security is paramount. As businesses increasingly migrate their operations to the cloud, the...

AZ-500: Microsoft Azure Security Technologies Certification Exam

by Chris Pietschmann | Feb 3, 2023

The Microsoft Azure Security Technologies (AZ-500) certification exam tests and validates a candidates expertise at implementing security controls,...

Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert

by Chris Pietschmann | Jul 29, 2022

With Cybersecurity an extremely important aspect, and ever so increasing in importance, of any organization and their computer infrastructure and...

Azure CLI: Add/Remove IP Addresses on Azure Synapse Firewall

by Chris Pietschmann | Jul 20, 2022

Recently, I performed a lot of work as a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) / DevOps Engineer on a project that utilizes Azure Synapse for a large data...

Azure TLS certificate changes

by Dan Patrick | Oct 9, 2020

Microsoft is making changes to their certificates and it is important to understand how these changes will impact your deployments. Azure will...

Introduction to Azure Sphere – Secure IoT Development Platform

by Chris Pietschmann | Jul 29, 2020

Azure Sphere is Microsoft's Internet of Things (IoT) platform for building more highly secured IoT solutions. Azure Sphere incorporates components...

Easy to Use VPN with OpenVPN in Azure

by Chris Pietschmann | Jul 27, 2020

Security and Privacy are key in todays digital first world. Setting up a VPN with OpenVPN in Microsoft Azure offers a fairly simple method to add an...

Microsoft Azure Sphere’s $100K IoT Hacker Bounty Challenge

by Chris Pietschmann | May 8, 2020

Microsoft has begun a 3-month long Azure Sphere Security Research Challenge to find security vulnerabilities in its Azure Sphere OS for building...

Azure IoT Hub and DPS to only support TLS 1.2 on July 1, 2020

by Chris Pietschmann | Dec 26, 2019

Microsoft has announced they are moving Azure IoT Hub and Device Provisioning Service (DPS) to use Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.2 as the...

Remote Desktop (RDP) Security Tips: Stop Hackers, Exploits, Reduce Vulnerability

by Chris Pietschmann | Jul 25, 2019

In the current cloud landscape, security has never been more important than it is today. This applies to Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) security as...

Azure Bastion: VM RDP & SSH Access within Azure Portal

by Chris Pietschmann | Jun 14, 2019

Recently, a new Remote Desktop (RDP) and SSH remote access service in Microsoft Azure came to my attention. In short, Azure Bastion enables the...

IoT Security Architecture: Trust Zones and Boundaries

by Chris Pietschmann | Dec 20, 2018

There are many aspects to architecting an Internet of Things (IoT) solution. Security is probably the most important aspect of any computer system,...

Microsoft Virtual Security Summit 2018

by Chris Pietschmann | Feb 16, 2018

The Microsoft Virtual Security Summit is a 3 hour long, virtual event packed with information on protecting your organization in a mobile-first,...

Free eBook: Defending the New Perimeter – Modern Security from Microsoft

by Chris Pietschmann | Jan 4, 2017

The Free eBook "Defending the New Perimeter: Modern Security from Microsoft" is a guide to the Microsoft Cybersecurity Stack for IT Decision Makers...