Microsoft Azure Security Center, First Edition

Chapter 3 Policy management

Ever since the release of Azure Security Center, our customers have found the issue of policy management a bit confusing. It’s not too hard to understand why, because the term policy can mean a lot of different things. The problem with ambiguous terms like this one is that people often try to lay their own meanings over them—and in most circumstances, those meanings aren’t right.

The good news is that this book can steer you in the right direction when it comes to Azure Security Center policy! In fact, you’ll find that Azure Security Center policy is quite simple. It can also be quite powerful, as a recent update has given it new and amazing powers. This chapter discusses this update, which, at the time of this writing, ...