index.yml

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title: Azure security documentation
summary: Security is integrated into every aspect of Azure. Azure offers you unique security advantages derived from global security intelligence, sophisticated customer-facing controls, and a secure hardened infrastructure. This powerful combination helps protect your applications and data, support your compliance efforts, and provide cost-effective security for organizations of all sizes.
brand: azure

metadata:
  title: Azure security documentation
  description: Learn about security in Azure. See information about security fundamentals, best practices and patterns, and Microsoft Defender for Cloud.
  services: security
  ms.service: security
  ms.subservice: na
  ms.topic: hub-page
  ms.collection: na
  author: TerryLanfear
  ms.author: terrylan
  manager: rkarlin
  ms.date: 06/02/2022

highlightedContent:
  items:
    - title: Begin your security journey
      itemType: get-started
      url: ./journey/index.yml
    - title: Learn about the Microsoft Entra family of multicloud identity and access solutions
      itemType: whats-new
      url: https://docs.microsoft.com/entra/
    - title: Find security services for your business needs
      itemType: overview
      url: ./fundamentals/end-to-end.md
    - title: Use best practices and recommendations to secure your cloud deployments
      itemType: concept
      url: ./benchmarks/introduction.md


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    - title: Fundamentals
      links:
        - url: ./fundamentals/overview.md
          itemType: overview
          text: Introduction to Azure security
        - url: https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Shared-Responsibilities-81d0ff91
          itemType: concept
          text: Shared responsibilities for cloud computing
        - url: ./benchmarks/index.yml
          itemType: concept
          text: Security controls for Azure services
      footerLink:
        url: ./fundamentals/index.yml
        text: See more

    - title: Developers
      links:
        - url: ./develop/secure-dev-overview.md
          itemType: overview
          text: Secure development best practices
        - url: ./develop/secure-develop.md
          itemType: tutorial
          text: Develop secure applications
        - url: ./develop/threat-modeling-tool.md
          itemType: concept
          text: Microsoft Threat Modeling tool
      footerLink:
        url: ./develop/index.yml
        text: See more

    - title: Security best practices and patterns
      links:
        - url: ./fundamentals/identity-management-best-practices.md
          itemType: concept
          text: Identity management
        - url: ./fundamentals/network-best-practices.md
          itemType: concept
          text: Network security
        - url: ./fundamentals/paas-deployments.md
          itemType: concept
          text: Securing PaaS deployments
      footerLink:
        url: ./fundamentals/best-practices-and-patterns.md
        text: See more

    - title: Secrets and keys
      links:
        - url: ../key-vault/general/overview.md
          itemType: overview
          text:  What is Azure Key Vault?
        - url: ../key-vault/secrets/quick-create-cli.md
          itemType: quickstart
          text:  Set and retrieve a secret
        - url: ../dedicated-hsm/overview.md
          itemType: overview
          text:  What is Azure Dedicated HSM?
      footerLink:
        url: ../key-vault/index.yml
        text: See more

    - title: Data protection
      links:
        - url: ./fundamentals/encryption-atrest.md
          itemType: concept
          text:  Data Encryption-at-Rest
        - url: ./fundamentals/data-encryption-best-practices.md
          itemType: concept
          text:  Data security and encryption best practices
        - url: ../storage/blobs/security-recommendations.md
          itemType: concept
          text:  Storage security
      footerLink:
        url: ./fundamentals/encryption-overview.md
        text: See more

    - title: Identity management
      links:
        - url: ../active-directory/hybrid/choose-ad-authn.md
          itemType: concept
          text:  Choose the right authentication method
        - url: ./fundamentals/steps-secure-identity.md
          itemType: concept
          text:  Securing your identity infrastructure
        - url: ./fundamentals/identity-management-best-practices.md
          itemType: concept
          text:  Security best practices
      footerLink:
        url: ./fundamentals/identity-management-overview.md
        text: See more

    - title: Security monitoring
      links:
        - url: ../security-center/security-center-get-started.md
          itemType: quickstart
          text:  Onboard your subscription to Defender for Cloud
        - url: ../security-center/security-center-just-in-time.md
          itemType: how-to-guide
          text:  Just-in-time virtual machine access
        - url: ../security-center/tutorial-security-policy.md
          itemType: how-to-guide
          text:  Working with security policies
      footerLink:
        url: ../security-center/index.yml
        text: See more

    - title: IoT security monitoring
      links:
        - url: ../defender-for-iot/overview.md
          itemType: overview
          text:  Introducing Microsoft Defender for IoT
        - url: ../defender-for-iot/architecture.md
          itemType: how-to-guide
          text:  Microsoft Defender for IoT architecture
        - url: ../defender-for-iot/getting-started.md
          itemType: how-to-guide
          text:  Get started with Microsoft Defender for IoT
      footerLink:
        url: /azure/asc-for-iot/
        text: See more

    - title: Security analytics
      links:
        - url: ../sentinel/overview.md
          itemType: overview
          text:  What is Microsoft Sentinel?
        - url: ../sentinel/quickstart-onboard.md
          itemType: quickstart
          text:  Onboard Microsoft Sentinel
        - url: ../sentinel/get-visibility.md
          itemType: quickstart
          text:  Get started with Microsoft Sentinel
      footerLink:
        url: ../sentinel/index.yml
        text: See more

    - title: Threat protection
      links:
        - url: ../security-center/security-center-alerts-overview.md
          itemType: concept
          text:  Security alerts in Microsoft Defender for Cloud
        - url: ../storage/common/azure-defender-storage-configure.md
          itemType: concept
          text:  Microsoft Defender for Storage
        - url: /azure/azure-sql/database/threat-detection-overview
          itemType: concept
          text:  Microsoft Defender for SQL
      footerLink:
        url: ./fundamentals/threat-detection.md
        text: See more

    - title: Logging and auditing
      links:
        - url: ./fundamentals/log-audit.md
          itemType: concept
          text:  Azure logging & auditing
        - url: ./fundamentals/management-monitoring-overview.md
          itemType: overview
          text:  Management and monitoring overivew
      footerLink:
        url: /search/?category=Documentation&scope=azure&search=security%2baudit%2blog
        text: Search for more

    - title: Network security
      links:
        - url: ./fundamentals/network-overview.md
          itemType: overview
          text:  Security overview
        - url: ./fundamentals/network-best-practices.md
          itemType: concept
          text:  Security best practices
        - url: ../ddos-protection/fundamental-best-practices.md
          itemType: concept
          text:  DDoS Protection

    - title: Infrastructure security
      links:
        - url: ./fundamentals/physical-security.md
          itemType: concept
          text:  Azure facilities, premises, & physical security
        - url: ./fundamentals/infrastructure-network.md
          itemType: concept
          text:  Network architecture
        - url: ./fundamentals/protection-customer-data.md
          itemType: concept
          text:  Customer data protection
      footerLink:
        url: ./fundamentals/infrastructure.md
        text: See more

    - title: Virtual machine security
      links:
        - url: ./fundamentals/virtual-machines-overview.md
          itemType: overview
          text:  Security overview
        - url: ./fundamentals/iaas.md
          itemType: concept
          text:  Best practices for IaaS workloads
        - url: ./fundamentals/azure-marketplace-images.md
          itemType: concept
          text:  Security configuration recommendations

    - title: Database security
      links:
        - url: ./fundamentals/encryption-overview.md#encryption-of-data-at-rest-with-azure-sql-database
          itemType: overview
          text:  Data security
        - url: ./fundamentals/paas-applications-using-sql.md
          itemType: concept
          text:  Best practices for PaaS databases
        - url: ./fundamentals/database-security-checklist.md
          itemType: concept
          text:  Security checklist

    - title: Governance and compliance
      links:
        - url: ../governance/policy/overview.md
          itemType: overview
          text:  Azure Policy service
        - url: ../governance/blueprints/overview.md
          itemType: overview
          text:  Azure Blueprints service
      footerLink:
        url: ../governance/index.yml
        text: See more