Exploring how to secure database on Azure!
Database security is crucial because it safeguards against cyberattacks targeting valuable information, preventing data breaches that can lead to theft, damage business and brand reputation, result in revenue loss, and incur significant costs.
✅ Defense-in-depth
The defense-in-depth approach emphasizes strategies for network security, access management, threat protection, information encryption, and compliance, encompasses features such as firewall rules, authentication methods, row-level security, threat detection, encryption in transit and at rest, as well as services like Always Encrypted, Dynamic Data Masking.
✅ Database security best practices
Best practices for database security encompass encrypting data, employing comprehensive encryption methods, implementing database hardening, utilizing advanced threat protection, promoting separate authentication accounts, adhering to the principle of least privilege, and adopting a Zero Trust security model, collectively contributing to a robust strategy for safeguarding an organization’s data and operations.
- 🔽 Enhance security with the principle of least…
