043 - Azure News in August 2020 - Part 1

In this episode, we're talking about recent announcements and updates in Azure. There is a lot of news and improvements in the security space, so we focus on that topic today. Tune in!

Show Notes

• Azure Cloud Shell can run in an isolated virtual network (preview)
• Azure Firewall Manager is now generally available
• Eight new recommendations to enable threat protection features
• Container security improvements - faster registry scanning and refreshed documentation
• Vulnerability assessment for virtual machines is now available for non-marketplace images
• Choose to allow or disallow blob public access on Azure Storage accounts
• All Azure updates (Microsoft)

Creators and Guests

Host

Jussi Roine

Bridging the gap between business and security 🛡 Senior Security Architect at Not Bad Security | Microsoft MVP/MCM

Host

Tobias Zimmergren

CTO, co-founder at pons.io | Co-host ctrlaltazure.com | Ex-Microsoft, ex-MVP.

What is Ctrl+Alt+Azure?

Weekly conversations for cloud architects, developers, CIOs, and CISOs navigating Microsoft Azure, cloud adoption strategy, security governance, identity, and agentic AI. Hosted by industry experts Tobias Zimmergren and Jussi Roine.