Security is often one of main reasons why many organizations are postponing their move to the cloud. There are too many unknown factors; people don't understand how security is set up and often don't trust anyone with their data. "If it leaves our data center, then I don't know what is happening to it" is something I have heard often over the years.

The truth is that your data is probably far more secure in Azure than it could ever be in your local center. In this chapter, I'll try to explain how security in Azure is set up and remove any doubts about cloud security.

The following topics will be covered in this chapter:

• Azure Active Directory multi-factor authentication
• Azure Network Security
• Azure Firewall
• Data encryption
• Azure Key Vault
• Azure Security Center
• Advanced threat protection
• Just-in-Time access